Example sentences of "play an important role in " in BNC.
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| 31 | A decade later Baird had the sea-going vessel Albatross especially equipped for survey work , and he played an important role in the creation of the Woods Hole laboratory later in the decade , although this was established independently of the government . |
| 32 | Although Newton did not hinder the setting up of a programme in animal morphology under Balfour , he was suspicious of the laboratory-based discipline and played an important role in galvanizing the country 's amateur bird-watchers to form a network that could provide information of real scientific value . |
| 33 | Frederick Law Olmsted ( 1822–1903 ) played an important role in saving Yosemite , emphasizing that private selfishness would lead to destruction unless the land was controlled by the state . |
| 34 | Biology played an important role in southern exploration , for many of the early explorers were sealers and whalers . |
| 35 | Her oratory and organizational skills played an important role in her husband 's election as Labour MP for West Leicestershire in 1923 . |
| 36 | In their capacity as the Society 's ‘ Printers ’ ( neither was in fact a printer himself ) Martyn and Allestry played an important role in the establishment of experimental philosophy , publishing such key works as the Micrographia ( 1665 ) of Robert Hooke [ q.v. ] and the History of the Royal Society ( 1667 ) by Thomas Sprat [ q.v . ] . |
| 37 | Yet the evidence , as outlined in the earlier chapters of this book , is that , historically , such alternatives played an important role in encouraging , supporting and strengthening movements for social change . |
| 38 | The Branch played an important role in the negotiation of a job evaluation scheme for the industry 's 30,000 technical engineering staff , who are responsible for the running of generating sets in power stations , installation and maintenance of the distribution network , construction planning , generation and transmission development , etc . |
| 39 | One of the merits of Father Cheetham as Vicar — a man who played an important role in Eliot 's life — was that he was , if the expression is not irreverent , a fine ecclesiastical showman . |
| 40 | With most other lines of communication knocked out by the civil war , Porua 's La Clava played an important role in informing that isolated community . |
| 41 | Wider international issues such as the Persian claim to Bahrain , Indian independence and the Palestine war , also played an important role in shaping manpower recruitment and migration . |
| 42 | Foreign aid played an important role in helping to cover Bangladesh 's large budget and balance-of-payments deficits , as well as providing food aid to bridge the gap between local production and demand . |
| 43 | The very important interest JCI has in the diamond industry goes back to the days when Barney Barnato , together with Cecil Rhodes played an important role in the establishment of De Beers in Kimberley . |
| 44 | The pope 's brother , Richard , played an important role in Roman and papal politics . |
| 45 | The subsequent spread of this strain to Manchester and other regional centres also provided strong circumstantial evidence that social contact outside hospital played an important role in the spread of this strain . |
| 46 | Members of this Gaullist elite also played an important role in engineering the General 's return to power in 1958 . |
| 47 | On electricity privatisation , N V C O played an important role in bringing together voluntary organisations representing consumers of the service with environmental organisations . |
| 48 | the Southampton Flying Boat , the Walrus Amphibian which also played an important role in the Second World War , one of the Schneider Trophy planes and the prototype Spitfire — the only version of the plane RJ Mitchell lived to see . |
| 49 | All this suggests that lack of competitive pressure felt by US business played an important role in the loss of its pre-eminent position The structure of domestic industry was probably dominated by fewer firms than in Japan or the EEC taken as a whole . |
| 50 | Most commentators agree that the rapid price acceleration played an important role in generating high inflationary expectations , which remained remarkably resilient even under later conditions of mass unemployment . |
| 51 | This was announced to the waiting press and supporters by Dr Helen Martini , who was to play an important role in the fight to get the children home in the weeks that followed . |
| 52 | SUFFOLK and Essex naturalists are to play an important role in the world 's first global bird conservation organisation which was launched yesterday . |
| 53 | While health visitors are presently considered to be the experts in health promotion , in future nurses of every clinical specialty will be expected to play an important role in health promotion , and in educating patients and colleagues towards self help in addition to getting the very best out of available health resources and expertise . |
| 54 | Nevertheless its three principal currents — Alfonsine monarchism , Carlism and undisguised fascism — were in the long run to play an important role in the destruction of Spanish democracy and the creation of the dictatorship that replaced it . |
| 55 | As a result , the Buckfastleigh site continues to play an important role in the DVR 's finances , although rumours abound of plans to develop the railway yard area into a business park , out of town hypermarket or other development . |
| 56 | Michael Traber , representing WACC 's General Secretariat , reported however , that Europe 's many cultures and languages make regional cooperation difficult , and that CATV is likely to play an important role in the strengthening of individual societies . |
| 57 | At industry level , multi-employer bargaining under the auspices of employers ' associations continues to play an important role in Western European countries such as Germany , France , Sweden and Italy . |
| 58 | Equally difficult to quantify are the variables of age and experience , although they are expected to play an important role in language learning . |
| 59 | All these factors were to play an important role in the disaster of 1940 . |
| 60 | Allen was to play an important role in the story of the BUF , in general it was those who came to fascism from outside politics who were to prove the most important elements in the organization . |