Example sentences of "play a key role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE SOVIET UNION played a key role in the agreement under which thousands of East Germans who had taken refuge in the West German embassies in Prague and Warsaw were allowed to go to the West on Sunday , government officials said yesterday . |
| 2 | Although the details have not been disclosed , the Soviet Union played a key role in convincing the East Germans to let refugees holed up in West German embassies leave for the West . |
| 3 | Leading the attack is the Peking Municipal Party Committee , stacked with zealous ideologues who played a key role in suppressing the student movement . |
| 4 | These kinds of problems were not envisaged in the seminal work of economists such as Walt Rostow , writing in the 1950s , and Hollis Chenery , writing in the 1960s , whose work played a key role in justifying the early stages of development assistance . |
| 5 | In 1939 Morgan went to France at OC2 Air Formation Signals and played a key role in organising telecommunications between the French and British forces : for this he was appointed CBE . |
| 6 | Her background as a social worker helped when she intervened in the child abuse row and played a key role in drawing up new guidelines on how the social services should handle future cases . |
| 7 | Of course , one technical advance that emanated from Cornish mining played a key role in stimulating the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago . |
| 8 | In the process , they played a key role in shaping the world as we know it ; determining , in fact , the entire course of evolution . |
| 9 | It goes on , correctly , to show how Jack Blum , an investigator who worked for Democratic Senator John Kerry 's subcommittee on terrorism , narcotics and international Relations , played a key role in persuading the New York district attorney , Robert Morgenthau , to take an interest in BCCI and begin his own investigation . |
| 10 | According to Aviation Week & Space Technology , a Russian design team headed by Stonily Kashafotdinov , who played a key role in the design of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter , has a completed basic engineering work and wind-tunnel testing for a piston-engined Unlimited air racer which will have supersonic capability . |
| 11 | Cecilia Ochoa of the Philippines , one of the participants of the Frankfurt meetings , played a key role in organising the Quezon City seminar , where the majority of participants were women in leadership roles . |
| 12 | It came from a number of sources , but without doubt the media played a key role in making heroin a suitable enemy . |
| 13 | Convinced of the impossibility of a successful electoral strategy in 1972 , because of the levels of repression and fraud , in 1975 , ANDES played a key role in the formation of the BPR . |
| 14 | The conflict played a key role in exacerbating tension between the Dual Alliance of Austria and Germany , on the one side , and Russia and France on the other . |
| 15 | A striking instance of the effect of trade is to be seen in West Africa , where cowries played a key role in cultural life , even though absent from local seas . |
| 16 | They played a key role in the original establishment of the Labour Party , and provide a large proportion of the party 's funds today . |
| 17 | However , we showed that the contribution which PNP appointees were able to make was inseparable from the wider management structures within which they were located , and in particular that the head played a key role in facilitating and supporting their endeavours . |
| 18 | During the Russo-Japanese war , out of sight , he played a key role in raising huge sums to finance Japan 's war effort . |
| 19 | CPRW played a key role in drafting a declaration to the Edinburgh European Summit insisting that ‘ subsidiarity ’ must ‘ guarantee EC citizens the right to a clean and healthy environment ’ . |
| 20 | A score was assigned for a given profile , and computer facilities played a key role in the development of this area . |
| 21 | A CO Down businessman who played a key role in the inter-party talks at Stormont has failed to win a Unionist Party nomination to stand in East Belfast in May 's local government elections . |
| 22 | And then midway through the second-half he played a key role in Brian Strain 's vital winner . |
| 23 | First elected to Parliament in 1946 , Averoff later served in various ministerial capacities most notably as Foreign Minister in 1956-63 , when he played a key role in reaching agreement on Cyprus 's independence in 1960 . |
| 24 | The government on Aug. 20 withdrew indemnity from three ANC members who played a key role in the movement 's armed struggle — Chris Hani , chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe ( the ANC 's armed wing ) , Ronnie Kasrills , a former Umkhonto intelligence chief , and Mac Maharaj . |
| 25 | According to Martin Dolinchek , a former intelligence officer with the now defunct Bureau of State Security ( BOSS ) , South African intelligence played a key role in building the credibility of Inkatha from its launch in 1974 . |
| 26 | Rafael Pardo Ruedas , a former government security adviser who played a key role in negotiating the demobilization and political integration of the left-wing April-19 Movement ( M-19 ) guerrillas in March 1990 [ see pp. 37244 ; 37311 ] , was appointed Defence Minister on Aug. 24 , replacing Gen. Oscar Botero Restrepo . |
| 27 | He played a key role in Clinton 's transitionary team following the 1992 presidential election victory . |
| 28 | The commitment of these individuals played a key role in the birth and early achievements of GDA . |
| 29 | 40 second electronic combat squadron played a key role in the conflict , jamming radar . |
| 30 | The letter was brought from PLO headquarters in Tunis by Norwegian Foreign Minister Johan Joergen Holst , who played a key role in secret Israeli-PLO contacts which lead to the agreement . |