Example sentences of "played a central [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour Party , which had played a central part in achieving educational change through Circular 10/65 ( see page 15 ) , had become more and more doubtful about the political wisdom of some of the changes it had itself pioneered . |
| 2 | It has also played a central part in promoting management education in Wales : in 1977 it was designated as the Regional Management Centre for the Principality . |
| 3 | The nouveau roman has played a central role in the debates surrounding postmodernism : the metafictional techniques and strategies associated with the writers commonly identified with this movement have come to be regarded as , in many ways , synonymous with what constitutes postmodernist fiction . |
| 4 | However , the social security system has played a central role in these processes as an element of government economic management , particularly where it has been used to support employment policies aimed at the exclusion of increasing numbers of older people from the labour market . |
| 5 | Alan Walker argues that the social security policies have played a central role in puffing people on the margins of society , forcing them into retirement and then providing them with a pension which reduces many older people to economic dependency and even poverty . |
| 6 | To derive this inequality , Bell made two assumptions : ( a ) the effects of a measurement at A do not affect the measurement at B and vice versa , and ( b ) all the variables describing the two particles are independent of the settings of the apparatus at A and B. Both seem very reasonable requirements , which indeed have played a central role in the development of physics since the time of Isaac Newton . |
| 7 | Smart was not the first to try to modernise the psalms , which had played a central role in Anglican worship since the Reformation . |
| 8 | In 1976 the friendship treaty was abrogated , Soviet debts ( some US$11 billion ) were repudiated , and the Egyptians moved closer to the USA , which had played a central role in the Camp David and other peace negotiations in the area . |
| 9 | The banks have played a central role in this industrial restructuring . |
| 10 | In addition , the All-Party Student Unity group , which had played a central role in Ershad 's downfall , stationed groups across the country to assist Election Commission officials in ensuring peaceful and fair voting . |
| 11 | People have fallen in love for stranger reasons , but music has obviously played a central role in their marriage . |