Example sentences of "[noun pl] played a [adj] role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The socialist parties played a peripheral role in the revolution of 1905 . |
| 2 | Situated on the banks of the River Mondego , on an important crossroads , it has for centuries played a vital role in the life of the centre of the country . |
| 3 | Three years later the introduction of a new registration system for despatches and telegrams played a crucial role in changing the position of the more senior officials , the first-division clerks , and giving them , far more than in the past , a share in policy-making . |
| 4 | A national industrial relations system formulated with labour organisations which are an adjunct to a successful nationalist movement , which has secured independence , may be expected to show some characteristics different from [ one ] in which national independence antedated the union movements or in which the union movements played a minor role in the nationalist movement . |
| 5 | The commitment of these individuals played a key role in the birth and early achievements of GDA . |
| 6 | DSS officials played a constructive role in that campaign . |
| 7 | While stamp duties of various kinds played a useful role in wartime , especially when they could be attached to particular loans , their total importance was slight . |
| 8 | We have already seen how the endogeneity of inflationary expectations played a central role in Friedman 's critique of the Phillips curve . |
| 9 | Public sector workers played a similar role in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | There is little likelihood that cereals played a minor role in the economy . |
| 11 | Equivalent of the Territorial Army , the Volunteers played a major role in Hong Kong 's doomed resistance against the Japanese early in the Pacific War . |
| 12 | It should be obvious from all that has been said that most small towns played a significant role in the economic life of the province , alongside the cities and major towns . |
| 13 | Previously Warriors played a major role in the land war in the Gulf . |
| 14 | The ‘ absence ’ of international issues is , however , in many ways an illusion : one can say that if formal controversy over foreign policy was markedly absent from the campaign , international factors played a major role in shaping it , and , even more so , to affect the future course of British politics , whatever the incumbent government does . |
| 15 | Central Asia dominated the production of cotton , and the Baltic republics played a comparable role in advanced engineering . |
| 16 | Meanwhile the opinions of newspaper proprietors played a disproportionate role in determining politicians ' views of what the public wanted . |
| 17 | A striking instance of the effect of trade is to be seen in West Africa , where cowries played a key role in cultural life , even though absent from local seas . |
| 18 | A score was assigned for a given profile , and computer facilities played a key role in the development of this area . |
| 19 | The maintaining of links with co-religionists played a significant role in the formulation of James 's foreign policy . |