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

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1 Iron has a crucial role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy living .
2 The GP has a crucial role to play in the development of health services .
3 The Report of the Swann Committee in 1985 added weight to the widely held view that in Britain 's culturally and racially pluralistic society the education system has a crucial role to play in promoting racial harmony .
4 Manchester Computing Centre has a crucial role to play in the care of the datasets .
5 Not only are characters within the tale likened to animals — for instance the miller , proud as a peacock , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " , or his wife , " " peert as is a pye " " ( 3926 , 3935 , 3950 ) — but an animal has a substantial role to play in the story : the clerk 's horse , a stallion , who even has a name , Bayard .
6 The French tyre manufacturer has a key role to play in the Bugatti , and is developing the world 's first ultra-high performance tyre specifically for four-wheel drive supercars .
7 The chemist has a key role to play in protecting resources , health and the environment , and also preventing the ‘ dumping ’ in developing countries of chemicals rejected as too dangerous for use in the industrial world .
8 The financial controller has a key role to play in facilitating this learning process by improving the way in which the cost-accounting system reveals what really are the cost-drivers ( i.e. the factors really leading to the incidence of specific types of costs ) .
9 There is obviously much uncertainty in these broad generalizations , but geomorphic evidence has a key role to play in relating such global tectonic models to the geological history of the continents .
10 We believe that N C V O has a key role to play in involving the voluntary sector in representing your concerns .
11 The Institute has a key role to play in bringing the expertise of transport professionals to bear on this issue .
12 Beyond social contact , the phone has a practical role to play in the lives of working mothers .
13 Dr Sherlock concluded that irradiation has a useful role to play in the preservation of foods in conjunction with other currently employed processes .
14 Video has a useful role to play in " interpretations of history " ( Attainment Target 2 in the National Curriculum for history ) .
15 ‘ I know that people are not going out of their way to create problems but I believe the national side has a great role to play in terms of providing players with status , confidence and a substantially increased market value .
16 The headteacher has a major role to play in encouraging governors to adopt a response to the staffing responsibilities of LMS which values people and ensures the successful development of the school .
17 Given that object recognition is a categorical process , in that one does n't recognize each individual chair one sees but identifies it as belonging to the same category as other chairs one has seen , this suggests that the inferotemporal cortex has a major role to play in object recognition .
18 Every single person in his organization has a major role to play in pleasing the customer and they know it , and do it .
19 The chemical industry 's ‘ Responsible Care ’ programme has a major role to play in demonstrating that the industry is serious in its intent to perform better .
20 In all this , music has a significant role to play in enabling and fostering closer relationships between the denominations .
21 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 .
22 It has a positive role to play in an organisation , and that role is particularly emphasised in this chapter .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 The country 's education system has a vital role to play in hallowing , protecting and furthering inequality .
26 Every member of the team has a vital role to play in ensuring that this happens .
27 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 .
28 As indicated above , trade now has an acknowledged role to play in Soviet development .
29 It is the argument of this book , as it is the argument of Bettelheim 's book , that reading has an important role to play in this process of finding meaning .
30 It is clear that government has an important role to play in this area .
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