Example sentences of "have played [art] role in " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , one wonders to what extent higher education in the UK has played a role in creating not a military-industrial , but financial-bureaucratic complex , dominated by the City and the Treasury , which works to the long-term disadvantage of not simply manufacturing but all forms of ‘ producer ’ industries .
2 It is hoped that the work will contribute to policy : in establishing the different senses of environmental degradation that tourism may engender ; in considering whether tourism in fact has played a role in generating a heightened green awareness ; and in demonstrating the diverse kinds of environment that visitors expect even in an area of outstanding ‘ natural ’ beauty as in the Lake District .
3 If this interpretation is correct , then evolutionism may have played a role in promoting a greater awareness of environmental fragility mainly through its Lamarckian rather than its Darwinian version .
4 He was later reputed to have played a role in the sea battle against the French off Sandwich in 1217 .
5 ‘ If this bank had played a role in the Hoylake/BAT battle it would have been top of the table , ’ said Philip Healey , editor of Acquisitions Monthly .
6 A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed .
7 Formed nationally in 1900 it had played no role in pioneering local labour representation ; not until the early interwar years did it emerge with quite remarkable rapidity as the dominant political force in West Ham .
8 At different times , and in different ways , the spatial divisions in economic organization have played a role in the national patterns of short-term fluctuations characteristic of the successive historical periods .
9 Moreover , geopolitics have played a role in duplicating lines to land-locked deposits .
10 Reference has been made to economic and monetary union , which have played a role in the discussions .
11 Alcoholic beverages have played a role in many societies for over 7000 years — before the existence of written history .
12 The company 's two main unions , the Communications Workers of America ( CWA ) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ( IBEW ) , have played no role in the worker committees , though , taken together , both unions represent 85% of the hourly paid staff .
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