Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a leading role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Prabhakar , a 34-year-old applied physicist , is poised to become head of NIST , to which the Clinton administration has given a leading role in stimulating the US economy . |
| 2 | The British Section refugee office has played a leading role in this area of work , processing some 4,000 cases since 1980 . |
| 3 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 4 | Their role as ‘ wise ones ’ , instructors and initiates is well documented , and their totem , the Hooded Cobra , often depicted in anthropomorphic form , has played a leading role not only in Hindu , but in Buddhist art throughout India , Sri Lanka , Java , China and Japan . |
| 5 | Since then the CIOB has played a leading role in developing and launching qualifications for construction managers and supervisors — namely the Site Supervisory Certificate , Site Management Certificate and Site Management Diploma . |
| 6 | But the process was one in which Britain has played a leading role , and the result is one in which we can clearly see the imprint of our views . |
| 7 | Since becoming a primary sponsor of The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum , the company has played a leading role in helping to educate managers from the emerging market economies of Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | There has been considerable progress during the year on a number of aspects related to the cost competitiveness of the UK 's oil industry , progress in which the Wood Group has played a leading role in national discussions and , more importantly , in a wide range of initiatives and developments directly with our customers . |
| 9 | Pam Ayres joined a group of school children as they toured the centre which has played a leading role in saving rare breeds of sheep and pigs . |
| 10 | Software602 is negotiating with Microsoft Corp 's Prague subsidiary at the moment to translate its software , and has play-ed a leading role in pressing for legislative changes . |
| 11 | The Division has taken a leading role in developing research into the assessment of work based learning ( AWBL ) . |
| 12 | It sought the examination of Dr. Thomas Hayes , formerly senior forensic scientist in the Forensic Explosives Laboratory of the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment , Dr. Hayes having played a leading role in that capacity in the investigation of the crash . |
| 13 | Bibit and four companions were assisted in their escape by 15 soldiers from the Young Officers ' Union , a shadowy , dissident group within the armed forces which was believed to have played a leading role in organizing the coup attempt . |
| 14 | And in the creation of all this euphoria Berel Karlinsky had played a leading role . |
| 15 | It had been formed to act as a co-ordinating body for banned organizations , and had played a leading role in the 1984-86 uprisings in black townships . |
| 16 | The account of the Roman conquest of Britain by the Roman writer Tacitus , is certainly more " primary " than Collingwood 's Roman Britain written in the twentieth century , yet Tacitus was describing events in which he himself had not participated , though his father-in-law , and one of his key " sources " , was the General , Agricola , who had played a leading role in the campaigns . |
| 17 | The reason for our excursion was that , back in the USA , Beth had taken a leading role in one of the films now showing . |
| 18 | The Shah had taken a leading role in this process . |
| 19 | For over a decade the medical and nursing professions in Britain have taken a leading role in calling for a clearer national commitment to tackling social inequalities in health . |