Example sentences of "a large part in " in BNC.

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1 In this he recognizes the same problem which faces the insider/ethnographer , for he clearly understands that pretence , deception , and bizarre social drama play a large part in police culture and accepts this will be difficult to research .
2 But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that .
3 Dana had travelled from Berlin to Salamanca on an old motor bike that was to play a large part in our lives both in Spain and in England .
4 The politics of the street , which had played such a large part in putting Ian Paisley into Stormont , had now returned him and his supporters to the streets .
5 Isolating stallions from other horses obviously plays a large part in the aggression and even viciousness some stallions display towards mares .
6 The rogue p53 gene was also thought to play a large part in lung , stomach and bowel cancer .
7 Chance plays a large part in shaping evolution .
8 As you will see , our emotions , our thought processes ( both conscious and unconscious ) and our self-awareness all play a large part in governing our physical health .
9 The stock editor generally concentrated on stock revision and supervision of withdrawals , but in some authorities he or she also played a large part in the selection of new books .
10 Mirth and humour , though not the highest peaks of the mystic world , are vital to it and they play a large part in it .
11 Of course this all depends on your opinions or your taste , factors which play a large part in religious observance .
12 Food plays a large part in elderly people 's lives .
13 It is sometimes easy to deride work in artificial intelligence — and some researchers are their own worst enemies when it comes to persuading people to back their efforts — but there is every sign that advances in this discipline will play a large part in the kind of machines that tomorrow 's computer users will buy .
14 Yet while monopoly capital and government subsidy played a large part in this rise , it is important to set this development against the total picture of German industrial effort .
15 Divorce or bereavement means that loneliness and grief play a large part in their life for some time .
16 ‘ Economic constraints play a large part in deciding who attends which course .
17 Anne had been born and brought up in Bellerby in North Yorkshire , a member of the Metcalfe family which has played a large part in keeping this tradition alive .
18 Members played a large part in their local communities working with the many charitable organisations .
19 Pocklington beck , which played a large part in the 13th and 14th centuries , though no longer used for the running of mills or for carrot washing , is a favourite place for youngsters who paddle in it or catch tiddlers .
20 Because so little lesbian or gay pornography is produced in this country , HM Customs & Excise play a large part in the policing of our lives .
21 While the controller or finance director of a subsidiary will spend most of his or her time working on the financial accounts , and can excel at the job by being a good housekeeper , the group finance director , often number two to the chief executive , plays a large part in the running of the company and therefore needs a considerably wider range of skills .
22 Though mischief or simply tomfoolery played a large part in his life , he was certainly not track-mischievous in the way Niki Lauda was .
23 Personality plays a large part in this , so let's start there .
24 Given our expertise in body language , which plays a large part in such intuitive forebodings , we ignore these warnings at our peril .
25 Dominant social attitudes play a large part in suggesting to older people that ‘ disengagement ’ is what is expected of them — and ultimately it becomes what they themselves expect from old age .
26 The bombing of Shanghai , widely shown on newsreels early in 1932 , helped to trigger the fears of civilian bombing which played such a large part in popular thinking about war and peace during the 1930s .
27 Music still plays a large part in his life and one of the great thrills of filming Consenting Adults was the opportunity to jam with Atlanta blues musicians .
28 Staff from the group have played a large part in the Logica data architecture and 1:10K digital mapping consultancies , and have worked with staff from other divisions to start developing a BGS wide approach to digital databases .
29 However , scent does not seem to play a large part in hunting .
30 As everywhere else on earth , climate has played a large part in the distribution of species , as have vegetational changes , which are the direct result of climatic variation .
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