Example sentences of "[coord] play a [adj] role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , both ICAMs are expressed at low levels on resting vascular endothelium ; ICAM-1 is strongly upregulated by cytokine stimulation and plays a key role in the arrest of leukocytes in blood vessels at sites of inflammation and injury . |
| 2 | The museum includes a library and archives documenting the reign of the Orléans-Bragança family ; it receives 300,000 visitors a year and plays a key role in the artistic and cultural life of Brazil . |
| 3 | It provides technical advice and computing facilities , printed and photocopied research material , a specialised library , a seminar programme which attracts attendance from outside Cambridge as well as within , and plays a major role in sustaining the publication of Local Population Studies . |
| 4 | ‘ BP possesses first-class expertise in the subject and plays a significant role in the management of the project . |
| 5 | But if religious beliefs have provided presupposition , sanction , even motivation for science ; if they have regulated discussions of method and played a selective role in the evaluation of rival theories , the possibility of a more wide-ranging , and I hope rewarding , inquiry opens up . |
| 6 | The famous bull Terling Marthus , with plenty of American blood in his ancestry , was imported from South Africa and played a major role in continuing the British breed 's development . |
| 7 | Involvement of the teachers : In successful schools , the teachers were involved in curriculum planning and played a major role in developing their own curriculum guidelines . |
| 8 | Albert Einstein was largely responsible for the first , was entirely responsible for the second , and played a major role in the development of the third . |
| 9 | Joined the Group in 1975 and played a major role in developing the Group 's significant offshore engineering activities . |
| 10 | Joined the Group in 1985 and played a major role in developing the Group 's gas turbine division . |
| 11 | This suggests that all in the kings ' followings , lesser men as well as great nobles , were involved in the action , and played a collective role in underwriting the kings ' commitments . |
| 12 | Mr Sim was chairman of the North East Water Board from 1970-75 and played a crucial role in the authority 's response to the needs of the developing North Sea oil industry . |
| 13 | Mr Sim was chairman of the North east Water Board from 1970-75 and played a crucial role in the authority 's response to the needs of the developing North Sea oil industry . |
| 14 | In 1939 Morgan went to France at OC2 Air Formation Signals and played a key role in organising telecommunications between the French and British forces : for this he was appointed CBE . |
| 15 | Her background as a social worker helped when she intervened in the child abuse row and played a key role in drawing up new guidelines on how the social services should handle future cases . |
| 16 | He continued his impressive end-of-season form and played a key role in Stuart Ripley 's equaliser . |
| 17 | He topped the poll for the shadow cabinet elections and played a leading role in the policy review process . |
| 18 | But a number of able scholars , most of them of liberal sympathies , were drawn into western academic life and played a leading role in guiding western research . |
| 19 | John Hampden 's admirers claim he was the Winston Churchill of the English Civil War , and played a vital role in the birth of democracy . |
| 20 | It will now be for the developers , the financial institutions and others in the private sector to use their expertise and to play a major role in realising the full potential of available unused public sector land . |
| 21 | At this stage , the NILP sought to become incorporated within the wider Labour Party and to play a full role in the state-wide struggle against the Tories . |
| 22 | Managers are now therefore far more likely to demand sophisticated computer applications and to play a leading role in their development and implementation . |
| 23 | Above all , the Presiding judges are regularly consulted and play a key role in relation to appointments on their Circuits . |
| 24 | Looking ahead to the AGM , nominations are needed now for class members or teachers to serve on the Executive Committee and play a vital role in deciding how the Society is run ON YOUR BEHALF . |
| 25 | Why not accept that , and play a leading role in creating it in as beneficial an environment as possible ? |
| 26 | Free radicals — species with one or more unpaired electrons — are very important in many areas of chemistry ; from initiating the formation of polythene and playing a major role in the chemistry of the Earth 's atmosphere to causing the deterioration of food . |
| 27 | As Mao 's personal secretary and speechwriter for over 30 years , Chen was one of the ‘ Great Helmsman ’ 's closest confidants , writing countless tracts and playing a key role in the Cultural Revolution , Mao 's catastrophic campaign to purify the Communist party hierarchy and revive what he imagined to be China 's fading revolutionary ardour in the 1960s . |
| 28 | In the 1950s , the elderly were described as ‘ passengers ’ , threatening to pull down the standard of living enjoyed by society as a whole ; they were a regressive element , dampening the ‘ initiative of youth ’ , and playing a conservative role in social and political life . |
| 29 | Culturally dominant and playing a pervasive role in the everyday life of élite and masses alike , it wielded enormous influence . |