Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] a leading role " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SDP leader Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson had declared that his party could not continue to participate in the previous PP-SDP-PA centre-left coalition arrangement without a clear consensus on two key policy issues : Iceland 's position in EFTA negotiations with the European Communities ( EC ) , in which he had personally played a leading role as Foreign Minister , and a proposed US$1,000 million project to build a new aluminium smelting plant south of Reykjavik . |
| 2 | The DET also plays a leading role in the drawing up of syllabuses and work programmes , the setting and marking of exams , and the approval of textbooks and other materials . |
| 3 | The fact that the working class also plays a leading role in the production process : that the old production hierarchy is turned upside down ; that the old ‘ relation ’ of domination and slavery … is absent . |
| 4 | The Gas Turbine division has also played a leading role in this area and is pioneering the concept of total maintenance [ health care ] contracts for critical power packs both on and offshore . |
| 5 | Similarly the FDP campaign was dominated by Hans-Dietrich Genscher , the longstanding Foreign Minister who had also played a leading role in the unification process , and FDP posters urged the electorate to " Vote for the Germany the world trusts ! " . |
| 6 | They also play a leading role in financial services , agribusinesses and timber . |
| 7 | Like other Marranos in London , Carvajal prayed at the Catholic chapel of the Spanish ambassador , while simultaneously playing a leading role in the secret Jewish community , which met at the clandestine synagogue at Creechurch Lane . |
| 8 | However , the problems were so huge and required so much finance that other resources were required and the European Community has now taken a leading role . |
| 9 | Edward Cody of the AP and I once came to the conclusion that in every interview we conducted in Lebanon , a special chair should be set aside for The Plot — since The Plot invariably played a leading role in all discussions we ever had with politicians , diplomats or gunmen . |