Example sentences of "have a [adj] role to play " in BNC.

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31 In all this , music has a significant role to play in enabling and fostering closer relationships between the denominations .
32 Indeed , as we will see later , it still has a significant role to play even when the latest presentation graphics software is being used to generate the information .
33 In so doing she demonstrates that the potential scope of the novel is enriched , not exhausted , by technological development , and that , conceived as an ‘ open ’ and heterogeneous genre , the novel still has a significant role to play in contemporary society , both as a mode of knowledge and as a means of communication .
34 Lastly , it should not be forgotten that the common law , through the restraint of trade doctrine , has a potential role to play .
35 It has a positive role to play in an organisation , and that role is particularly emphasised in this chapter .
36 This collaboration was not only about generating some ideas which could become possible policies , it was also designed to allow a sharing of a common challenge and to promote understanding of the fact that everyone in an LMS environment has a vital role to play .
37 As president of the Southern Society in 1984/85 , it was brought home to me very strongly that the district society network has a vital role to play in communications between Moorgate Place and the membership .
38 In so doing , we recognise that CCW has a vital role to play in the immediate future , but we also recognise that many other ‘ actors ’ must also play their part in moving Wales towards sustainability .
39 The country 's education system has a vital role to play in hallowing , protecting and furthering inequality .
40 Why do the Government believe that for people on low incomes in employment the social security system , especially through family credit , has a vital role to play , yet for people on low incomes in education the social security system , through housing benefit , plays no role ?
41 Every member of the team has a vital role to play in ensuring that this happens .
42 The European Community has a vital role to play : increasing European investment in science and technology ; promoting joint ventures between companies and countries ; reducing duplication ; investing in technology transfer and diffusion ; and raising the standards of basic science and technological education in schools , colleges and universities .
43 The Community has a vital role to play — but it needs more power and resources .
44 Thus law often has a dual role to play , not only providing the basis for the ‘ smooth ’ functioning of society , but also forming part of an interrelated system which functions to provide legitimacy , cohesion , integration and unity .
45 Investment has a dual role to play within any economy .
46 The LTA must be funded and has a large role to play .
47 Nor should this be confused with evidence ( see Chapter 5 ) that the left hemisphere has a special role to play in the organisation of sequential motor behaviour .
48 Another important aspect of diversification is the need for retraining in which the agricultural training board has a dynamic role to play .
49 The Local Government International Bureau will have a major role to play in ensuring that local government is indeed ready .
50 They include such things as stock control , critical path analysis , and organiser programs — and may well have a major role to play in mathematics learning in the future .
51 This fact , linked to the evidence that a high proportion of defective issues are suffering from use-related types of damage — such as detached boards and loose pages — points very strongly to the conclusion that the routine vetting of material supplied to readers should have a major role to play in the selection of items for repair and refurbishment .
52 It is arguable that more recently retired business men would have a constructive role to play .
53 No one who seeks to impose his will by terror can have a constructive role to play in the resolution of the conflict in Northern Ireland .
54 The government managed to make its legislation ‘ stick ’ , in contrast to Mr Heath 's experience , and has refuted the old ‘ liberal ’ view that the courts did not have a useful role to play in industrial relations .
55 We also agree that hysteroscopic biopsy may have a useful role to play in the investigation of these patients .
56 In certain aspects of M&A advisory work it is appropriate to involve specialists from the management consultancy firm who may have a useful role to play on larger and/or more complex assignments .
57 It is possible that synthetic speech may have a useful role to play in testing language learners ' ability to perceive important segmental and suprasegmental distinctions in the language they are learning .
58 If rural areas are to absorb and retain more labour than they have been expected to do in the past then agriculture and other forms of primary production will have a key role to play .
59 From the start of welfare provision for the disabled it was recognized that social workers would have a key role to play in putting the handicapped in touch with the provision available .
60 With Northern Ireland so reliant on its air links , Belfast International will always have a key role to play in the province 's transport and tourism infrastructure .
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