Example sentences of "[adv] play a [adj] role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have fallen in love for stranger reasons , but music has obviously played a central role in their marriage . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But Britain and Europe can only play a full role in reducing divisions between North and South from a position of strength . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They are already playing a crucial role in multimedia design and development . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | Family doctors already play a vital role in the Health Service and they will play an even bigger role in future . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As the fund entered its second century , it still played a vital role in the welfare of the patients . |
| 18 | The amateur cricketer still played a significant role in the game . |
| 19 | And journeys always played a central role in his imagination . |
| 20 | If Great Britain were still to play a significant role in military operations in Europe , massed levies would be needed . |
| 21 | The state has always played a critical role in fostering the development of a capitalist economy ( Baran and Sweezy , 1966 ) . |
| 22 | Luck has always played a key role in doing the pools , but half the fun was thinking that skill mattered . |
| 23 | Suicide has always played a big role in Greenland . |
| 24 | DOWNPATRICK are well out of the running for championship honours this season but they can still play a significant role in the destination of the Lombard and Ulster Section I trophy . |
| 25 | Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on . |
| 26 | In fact hardcopy and the four drawer filing cabinet still play a major role in many ‘ information systems ’ . |
| 27 | On the eve of the crisis , most politicians , political commentators and — so far as we can tell — citizens remained sceptical that the sixty-seven year old General would ever play a major role in politics again . |
| 28 | In temperate areas , members of the genus Cooperia usually play a secondary role in the pathogenesis of parasitic gastroenteritis of ruminants although they may be the most numerous trichostrongyle present . |
| 29 | The local church also plays a strategic role in building up a regional and national picture , the accuracy of which will depend upon the quality of the data which churches have amassed and are willing to divulge . |
| 30 | The rainforest also plays a key role in good irrigation . |