Example sentences of "[noun sg] play a [adj] role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | If microvascular occlusion plays a primary role in the pathogenesis of the disease , reduced blood flow would be expected in association with these subclinical manifestations of recurrence . |
| 2 | At this point Freud is closer to Max Weber 's theory , where the charismatic figure plays a similar role in creating change . |
| 3 | Finally , the rural team in the Resource Development Department plays a vital role in ensuring all N C V O's work takes on board the rural dimension . |
| 4 | They are supposed to advance our understanding of the concept by showing how authoritative action plays a special role in people 's practical reasoning . |
| 5 | Any visitor to Ireland does n't have to travel very far before realising that this is a land where religion plays a major role in the life of every city , town and village . |
| 6 | Religion plays a vital role in society because it provides an explanation of origin and destiny , of identity and purpose . |
| 7 | The purpose of information is to enable people to make better decisions and accounting plays a major role in the vital area of decisions about finance and investment . |
| 8 | As my hon. Friend pointed out , Labour played a disreputable role in relation to trusts . |
| 9 | Fortunately his words were usually more ferocious than his actions , and , although he had Eisenhower 's full confidence , the President played a restraining role in foreign affairs . |
| 10 | In an address to the English Association , Henry Newbolt had himself expressed his antipathy to institutions of any kind ( see p.32 ) , yet both Newbolt and the Association played a crucial role in the preparation of this government report . |
| 11 | CCG 's Training Department played a significant role in the mobilisation as CCG 's Bob Rae explained , ‘ Bookkeeping and Induction sessions were run in schools in Ryedale , Scarborough and the surrounding areas . |
| 12 | The blood of animals was also sacred , or seen as belonging particularly to the deity , and so its shedding played a central role in Jewish cult . |
| 13 | Baptism played a prominent role in Mithraic rites . |
| 14 | 40 second electronic combat squadron played a key role in the conflict , jamming radar . |
| 15 | Conversely , where employers ' associations remained weak and underdeveloped — as in France up to the inter-war period — collective bargaining played a negligible role in setting the terms and conditions of employment , with the result that legislative provisions assumed relatively greater importance . |
| 16 | Taken against the background of considerable other evidence about the genetics of psychosis ( especially schizophrenia ) we can therefore certainly conclude that inheritance plays a major role in determining susceptibility . |
| 17 | Another , on their economic importance , shows how male fern has been used as a cure for worms or as a love philtre , how clubmosses provide homoeopathic treatments for everything from hiccups to pre-menstrual tension , and how the mosquito fern plays a vital role in rice production . |
| 18 | While short spacing plays a causal role in child mortality , it also ensues from a child death , as when breastfeeding and abstinence — the traditional spacing mechanisms — are abruptly halted owing to the death of a nursing infant , and conception occurs . |
| 19 | Insulin plays a crucial role in triglyceride and VLDL metabolism , particularly as the clearing enzyme lipoprotein lipase is dependent on insulin for its activity ( Brunzell & Bierman , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | In the fourteenth century the village played a major role in the wool trade . |
| 21 | The youngster played a major role in looking after him and ensuring he could be cared for at home . |
| 22 | The Women 's Cooperative Guild played a decisive role in helping to secure for Labour the newly-enfranchised female vote . |
| 23 | These kinds of problems were not envisaged in the seminal work of economists such as Walt Rostow , writing in the 1950s , and Hollis Chenery , writing in the 1960s , whose work played a key role in justifying the early stages of development assistance . |
| 24 | Among middle-class women , early marriage played a similar role in increasing risk of depression . |
| 25 | Of course , one technical advance that emanated from Cornish mining played a key role in stimulating the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago . |
| 26 | According to Martin Dolinchek , a former intelligence officer with the now defunct Bureau of State Security ( BOSS ) , South African intelligence played a key role in building the credibility of Inkatha from its launch in 1974 . |
| 27 | In Germany the bureaucracy played a vital role in the subordination of society and the creation of elites through which the regime played off one group against another , enabling ‘ a minority to terrorize the majority ’ ( Neumann 1944 , p. 367 ) . |
| 28 | Contemporary perception was influenced by immediate demands and needs and these served indirectly to reinforce the determination to play a leading role in the world — a determination based on desire rather than understanding . |
| 29 | At Highlander , workshops of this sort of cultural exchange play a critical role in reaching across the natural human barriers which we can expect to find when a number of different people from widely different communities , cultural backgrounds , and economic and social circumstances are thrown together for a weekend to discuss their common problems in an attempt to find solutions . |
| 30 | As class leaders as well as local preachers , persons of humble birth had the opportunity to play a responsible role in their communities . |