Example sentences of "[adv] play a [adj] role in " in BNC.

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1 The environment you choose to learn in plays a crucial role in how well you progress .
2 People have fallen in love for stranger reasons , but music has obviously played a central role in their marriage .
3 However , the development of Australian unions has been markedly and uniquely influenced by the institutional support given to them by the federal arbitration system which has long played a fundamental role in wage-determination and the settlement of disputes ( see Chapter 5 ) .
4 This does not mean that women are reduced to merely playing a passive role in their initiation , a point made by Rosenbaum ( 1981 ) in her study of female addicts in the USA .
5 And do n't be fooled into thinking power can only play a secondary role in a car 's handling ; to an HPC it 's everything .
6 But Britain and Europe can only play a full role in reducing divisions between North and South from a position of strength .
7 During a visit to the Galapagos in 1835 , Charles Darwin was fascinated by these birds , and they eventually played a central role in developing his theory of evolution through natural selection .
8 Anthropology thus played a central role in the development of Marxism but it would be totally misleading to think of Marx and Engels as early anthropologists .
9 Whilst independent of any group or school of musical ethos , he nevertheless played a vital role in the development of music this century , both as a composer and teacher , combining exotic rhythms with Western harmonies and a continuous preoccupation with birdsong and Catholicism ; these elements are most effectively combined in his epic St Francis of Assisi , premièred at the Paris Opera in 1983 .
10 One deaf person who did come through to play a leading role in deaf affairs was David Fyfe .
11 Stanley , Signor , Lidgard & Karr ( 1981 ) present some cogent criticism of the work of Raup and his associates and establish that chance factors have not played a dominant role in producing dramatic changes in diversity .
12 After 1534 , Henry began to issue ecclesiastical injunctions on his own authority ; in 1535 his secretary of state , Thomas Cromwell , who had already played a major role in engineering the break with Rome , was appointed vicegerent or vicar-general of the church .
13 While simple imitation fails to explain the occurrence of such novel utterances , a number of researchers have presented evidence indicating that imitation may nevertheless play a significant role in the child 's mastery of vocabulary , syntax and pragmatic functions ( Bloom et al .
14 They are already playing a crucial role in multimedia design and development .
15 Technology is already playing a significant role in classroom teaching and the general trend towards technology-based learning which we have already described , may well accelerate related developments within schools .
16 This would deny the national curriculum one of its greatest strengths and would expose schools to blame for not playing a co-operative role in the mix of better education and training which is needed .
17 Voluntary organizations already play a major role in providing day centres , lunch clubs , advice and pastoral counselling , and probably the most effective way of providing an acceptable mental health service is by attaching professional workers to the places where homeless people already go willingly for help .
18 Nancy Henstead who 's a regional nurse from Oxford Regional Health Authority says ‘ nurses already play a substantial role in the day to day running of hospitals , but until now , they 've gone unrecognised for it ’ .
19 Family doctors already play a vital role in the Health Service and they will play an even bigger role in future .
20 Our conclusion that ammonia does not play a pathogenic role in the development of H pylori related gastritis in man is also consistent with the recent ultrastructural studies by Thomsen et al .
21 They carry a low degree of CD because , being context-dependent , they do not play a major role in pushing the communication forward .
22 THE Border Golfers ' Association , which began with the amalgamation of seven clubs in 1893 and went on to play a major role in the development of the Scottish Golf Union , will launch a season of centenary celebrations at Kelso on Sunday .
23 Bobby Neill , who won a British featherweight title in the 1950s and went on to play a significant role in the development of such top-class boxers as Alan Rudkin and Alan Minter , has said : ‘ … hungry fighters ?
24 Its practical effect was not very great ; but it began an attack on what radicals later came to call the ‘ old corruption ’ , the network of sinecures and jobbery which still played a large role in British political life .
25 As the fund entered its second century , it still played a vital role in the welfare of the patients .
26 The amateur cricketer still played a significant role in the game .
27 And journeys always played a central role in his imagination .
28 If Great Britain were still to play a significant role in military operations in Europe , massed levies would be needed .
29 The state has always played a critical role in fostering the development of a capitalist economy ( Baran and Sweezy , 1966 ) .
30 Luck has always played a key role in doing the pools , but half the fun was thinking that skill mattered .
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