Example sentences of "have played a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Section refugee office has played a leading role in this area of work , processing some 4,000 cases since 1980 . |
| 2 | Over the last six years , the Cities and Media Forum has become an established part of the Festival and has played a substantial role in the debates about developing the media economies of regional cities in the UK . |
| 3 | Anthropology has played a significant part in illustrating ways in which symbolic use is made of the body to make statements about the condition of society itself ( Mauss 1935 , Douglas 1973 , Blacking 1977 , etc. ) , and hair became an apposite symbolic indicator of the problems the forces of control were faced with at this time . |
| 4 | In spite of the sharp recession induced by US economic sanctions , General Noriega has played a skilful game of counter-propaganda . |
| 5 | Mr de Klerk said Mr Mandela was fully aware of the proposed releases , lending substance to the belief that the world 's most famous political prisoner has played a decisive negotiating role with the government way beyond the political limitations normally placed on prisoners . |
| 6 | ‘ Since about 1890 ’ , he believes , ‘ homosexuality has played a vital part in Western culture . ’ |
| 7 | The second special factor has been the role played by the Murid Brotherhood , an Islamic movement founded in the first decade of the twentieth century by Amadu Bamba , which has played a key political role in delivering support first for the French colonial authorities and later for the governments of independent Senegal . |
| 8 | The growth of the popular press , which could bring news of the latest entertainment to the breakfast tables of the nation , clearly has played a crucial role in defining sport as part of a commercialized mass culture . |
| 9 | One could argue that British inhibition has played a part in the poverty of British scripts . |
| 10 | No factory has played a more central role in France 's industrial and social development , particularly after Renault was nationalised in 1945 as a punishment for collaboration . |
| 11 | Pakistan 's history has been punctuated by army coups and periods of martial law , but Gen Beg has played a major stablising role since the death of military president Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq in August last year . |
| 12 | Except for an unsuccessful trip to Baghdad before the allied air offensive , the UN 's secretary-general , Javier Perez de Cuellar , has played a minor diplomatic part . |
| 13 | President Lech Walesa has played a curiously neutral role in this debate . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It has played a part in cementing European unity . |
| 16 | ‘ She has played a vital part in some of the most important movements and problems of the last 25 years , the ecumenical movement , the problem of refugees , the problems of world poverty and hunger , the problem of race relations . |
| 17 | Since that date Christie 's has played a key role in many of these negotiations , and the fruits of its success are evident in Patronage Preserved , an exhibition to be held at 8 , King Street , London from 2–20th January 1991 . |
| 18 | Apartheid has played a key role in the AIDS epidemic by promoting migrant labour , which splits families for long periods , encouraging extramarital relationships . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The media has played a key role in presenting the Arab people as somewhat ‘ different ’ . |
| 21 | Nochlin has played a genuinely pioneering role in the development of Anglo-American feminist art history and the essays deserve to be placed within that intellectual and political context . |
| 22 | As will be described below , the leader of the Serbian communists , Slobodan Milošević , has played a major part in whipping up anti-Albanian feeling in Kosovo . |
| 23 | Sue Curnow has played a large number of parts in the theatre and on television in both England and New Zealand . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The lesson of history is quite simple : animal experimentation has played a crucial role in many major medical advances and it is reasonable to expect that it will continue to do so . |
| 26 | In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary . |
| 27 | Thus the lack of fundamental ecological knowledge has played a significant role in the shaping of these forests and lack of foresight has led to the demise , by deliberate poisoning and girdling , of many species which are now considered to be commercially viable . |
| 28 | Finally , biotechnology has played a significant role in improving productivity via traditional plant and animal breeding programmes and in controlling environmental quality via waste-water treatment , and it is now beginning to feature prominently in mineral extraction . |
| 29 | The examples described below illustrate all these , though as yet there do not appear to be many instances of disasters in the management of which GIS has played a significant part . |
| 30 | The first is the animal , the bestial , which has played a part in symbolising occult and malevolent forces throughout history . |