Example sentences of "[noun prp] play a [adj] role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notional expenditure level assessed by the GRE plays a vital role in the process of allocation for the Block Grant element of the Rate Support Grant , so that it is of considerable importance for the assessment procedure to be equitable . |
| 2 | As the Association 's general secretary , David played a major role in the many developments which took place during the period . |
| 3 | The RSSPCC played a leading role in the Orkney affair . |
| 4 | This recognises that Pakistan played a significant role in the conflict through its assistance to Afghanistan resistance forces and in receiving Afghan refugees . |
| 5 | CPRW played a key role in drafting a declaration to the Edinburgh European Summit insisting that ‘ subsidiarity ’ must ‘ guarantee EC citizens the right to a clean and healthy environment ’ . |
| 6 | After the war Goldschmidt played a central role in the development of the French nuclear power programme and he has some complimentary , uncomplimentary and candid things to say about the British civil nuclear power programme . |
| 7 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said Peake played a crucial role in away wins over Sheffield Wednesday and Port Vale last week . |
| 8 | As the largest provider of visit attractions in Scotland , Historic Scotland plays a major role in the Scottish tourism industry . |
| 9 | As the government 's manager of the marketable national debt , the Bank of England plays a predominant role in the gilt-edged market . |
| 10 | Last year , church leaders in Benin played a major role in the political debate that opened the door to current democratic changes . |
| 11 | Too Soon for Love was , like Cry Baby Killer , straightforward sensationalism of the still current topic of youth rebellion and teenage violence , yet another sequel to Rebel Without a Cause with Nicholson playing a secondary role in a gang of second-rate , cut-price actors who had clearly been chosen to look like the originals in the Dean film . |
| 12 | A museum of economic botany was opened in 1847 , and in later decades Kew played a vital role in the spread of useful plants around the British empire . |
| 13 | These views are significant for our purpose because Mill played a pivotal role in British nineteenth-century thought . |
| 14 | Now came the opportunity for Sylvia to play a significant role in her own treatment — something which I consider vital if the cure is to be permanent . |
| 15 | Guinness plays a key role in the Irish economy where an immense contribution is made each year ; for instance , over IR£200 million is spent annually on the wages and salaries bill for its 3,000 employees up and down the country , along with the purchase of home grown raw materials and other requirements for its operations in the Republic . |
| 16 | E. Ray Lankester played a prominent role in the establishment of a similar laboratory at Plymouth in 1888 , and in the same year the Marine Biological Laboratory was formed at Woods Hole in the United States . |
| 17 | BANBRIDGE Academy pupil Mark Tumilty played a starring role in Cork yesterday as the Irish under-18 hockey team opened their Home Countries campaign with a 4–2 win over Wales . |
| 18 | While Dicey played a major role in shaping this tradition , his particular views are not to be equated with it . |
| 19 | Punch played a central role in the evolution of satirical humour and in creating opportunities for the cartoonist and the illustrator . |
| 20 | Mr Khasbulatov , who like Mr Yeltsin played a prominent role in foiling the coup , says Congress is a bulwark against dictatorship and described the four-day session as a triumph for stability and democracy in Russia . |
| 21 | Among these , IL-6DBP/NF-IL6 plays a key role in IL-6 signal transduction because its trans -activation potential is induced by IL-6 in the human hepatoma cell line Hep3B . |
| 22 | Convinced of the impossibility of a successful electoral strategy in 1972 , because of the levels of repression and fraud , in 1975 , ANDES played a key role in the formation of the BPR . |
| 23 | Entertainment in Japan plays a major role in establishing personal and business relationships . |
| 24 | Japan played a crucial role in the chain of events leading to the Korean War . |
| 25 | In Cuba , the avant-garde poet Rubén Martínez Villena played a leading role in events of the 1920s and 1930s , and Nicolás Guillén joined the Communist party in 1937 . |
| 26 | Evidence has been uncovered showing how Britain played a leading role in preventing hundreds of Italian war criminals standing trial . |
| 27 | DETAILED evidence has been uncovered showing how Britain played a leading role in preventing hundreds of Italian war criminals standing trial in Yugoslavia , Greece , and Ethiopia at the end of the second world war . |
| 28 | Liberal Democrats want Britain to play a full role in creating a dynamic and democratic Europe . |
| 29 | The inability of the States of Western Europe to play a decisive role in the solution of these new questions was shown clearly by the impotent resentment with which the French government had to watch the first partition of Poland in 1772 and the Russian annexation of the Crimea in 1783–84 . |
| 30 | The SRC plays a vital role in university policy decisions . |