Example sentences of "play an important role in " in BNC.

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1 He played an important role in the first three tries as well as kicking four goals , one from the touchline .
2 However little ‘ charisma ’ had come into these considerations in 1933 , there seems no doubt that the ‘ Hitler myth ’ — or significant elements of it — played an important role in shaping the behaviour of the conservative élites in the following years in at least two ways .
3 Apart from some of the actual buildings , little remains in the way of water wheels and machinery , to remind us of what was clearly once an important chain of mills which played an important role in the development of Cheltenham .
4 Rottmayer played an important role in Czech architecture between 1918 and 1939 .
5 Similarly , the dualism which played an important role in Pythagorean philosophy appears to echo the Zoroastrian cosmic opposition of Ohrmazd and Ahriman , although these two ultimates were regarded as personal gods and not as abstract principles like the Pythagorean ten basic pairs of opposites , such as limit versus unlimited , good versus bad , male versus female , odd versus even .
6 Whatever the motives , Cook played an important role in enabling middle-class women to travel for pleasure .
7 Any shortcomings or faults the final Directive has can not be levelled solely at our Community partners ; the UK government played an important role in both fashioning and broadening the scope of the Directive .
8 Essential oils played an important role in his recovery .
9 The Namibian churches , which played an important role in resistance to the South African regime , and in providing basic education before independence , seem likely to play an important part in this non-formal education .
10 You will be able to explore those formative years when Sooty played an important role in the development of children 's entertainment .
11 The rise in recorded offences in many parts of the Western world in the first half of the nineteenth century played an important role in the original formulation of this belief , which is still accepted by many scholars .
12 These papers played an important role in trying to raise an early consciousness of nationalism and pride in the face of colonial dominance and alien values .
13 Gerry : Having a Black lesbian worker as chairperson and more Black/gay stewards played an important role in changing the Union .
14 Between 1908 and 1948 several groups negotiated the needs of older people , among them the National Conference on Old Age Pensions ( NCOAP ) , the National Spinsters ' Pensions Association ( which played an important role in the reduction of women 's pension age from 65 to 60 ) , the National Federation of Old Age Pensions Associations ( NFOAPA ) , and the National Old People 's Welfare Committee , established by voluntary groups during the Second World War .
15 An exception are altar-pieces which , because they played an important role in Catholic worship , were kept in their original settings .
16 Fearless in their use of colour and ornament ( jewellery played an important role in their imagery ) they employed a variety of , for that time , unorthodox material : copper , aluminium , ivory , mother-of-pearl , semi-precious stones , gold and silver , as well as bronze to achieve their desired effects .
17 However , few people realise that the world 's best known edible all-rounder , also played an important role in the next stage in the development of colour photography .
18 Waugh 's domination of the SA bowlers also played an important role in lifting his State back into calculations for the Sheffield Shield final .
19 For successful snowballing , though , being seen as ‘ alright ’ is crucial from the outset and the earlier work in the known sector played an important role in this .
20 The pawnshop also played an important role in enabling families to survive from week to week — setting their meagre possessions to work to provide some security .
21 Octavia Hill was an energetic propagandist and played an important role in bringing the appalling problems of filthy , overcrowded slum dwellings to the attention of government and of philanthropists .
22 He attended the Peace Conference at Versailles in person and played an important role in the decisions reached .
23 The USA , which had emerged as the most powerful nation in the world after the First World War , played an important role in the post-war world .
24 Subsequent decisions on strategy concerned the best use of American resources in the European theatre of war , and here the British Prime Minister , Winston Churchill , played an important role in 1942 .
25 Schmidt played an important role in encouraging international agreement among the ‘ Group of Seven ’ leading Western countries who began to meet annually after 1975 .
26 It also played an important role in preventing the expansion of immigrant landlordism into neighbouring districts — a policy that reinforced the central inner-city areas as immigrant ghettoes .
27 Silver played an important role in the Harappan civilization of the Indus basin .
28 I have known her since my earliest days in publishing , when she played an important role in the launching of Paladin Books , and I have admired and learned from her every since … ’
29 However , few people realise that the world 's best known edible all-rounder , also played an important role in the next stage in the development of colour photography .
30 Chambers ' book thus played an important role in creating the framework of opinion into which Darwin 's theory would be received .
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