Example sentences of "play a role in [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the company 's rotation policy dictated that he should be moved ‘ rather abruptly ’ into the wages department , where he played a role in setting and negotiating piece rates . |
| 2 | It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " . |
| 3 | Marsh 's book had considerable influence and played a role in stimulating the US government to set up a Forestry Commission to manage the nation 's resources . |
| 4 | Labour sought to play a role in achieving those goals . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , given the sensitivity to arousal , life events have also been found to play a role in bringing about an acute relapse . |
| 6 | He hinted he would do more than host formal functions and represent Israel on state visits : ‘ I hope I will be able , through the efficient work of the government , to play a role in developing the Middle East peace process . ’ |
| 7 | It was considered that there was a need for a public authority to play a role in securing access to and observance of the law , where the issues involved justified it , if individuals might otherwise be deterred from bringing cases to the courts because of their complexity , the financial costs involved or for any other reason . |
| 8 | This does give Europe the possibility of a role , perhaps in bringing the war to an end , when unwise forces in Washington may want to continue the war too long , and also to play a role in clearing up the mess afterwards , although its going to be a terrifying mess . |
| 9 | It was suggested then that the linear arrangement of linguistic elements plays a role in organizing messages at text level . |
| 10 | It is , nevertheless , this public face which looms largest in relation to the second way in which Parliament plays a role in controlling the Executive . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems that we need to have things both ways : we need a central representation that plays a role in processing every phoneme and every word and that is subject to learning , retuning and priming . |
| 12 | On this view pragmatics ( at least in part ) is about how , given a sentence uttered in a context , that context plays a role in specifying what proposition the sentence expresses on this occasion of utterance . |
| 13 | Moreover , geopolitics have played a role in duplicating lines to land-locked deposits . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , one wonders to what extent higher education in the UK has played a role in creating not a military-industrial , but financial-bureaucratic complex , dominated by the City and the Treasury , which works to the long-term disadvantage of not simply manufacturing but all forms of ‘ producer ’ industries . |
| 15 | It is hoped that the work will contribute to policy : in establishing the different senses of environmental degradation that tourism may engender ; in considering whether tourism in fact has played a role in generating a heightened green awareness ; and in demonstrating the diverse kinds of environment that visitors expect even in an area of outstanding ‘ natural ’ beauty as in the Lake District . |
| 16 | If this interpretation is correct , then evolutionism may have played a role in promoting a greater awareness of environmental fragility mainly through its Lamarckian rather than its Darwinian version . |
| 17 | We can play a role in developing Europe or we can turn our backs on the Community . |
| 18 | Earlier yesterday , Mr Mandela told supporters in Wembezi township , 75 miles west of Pietermaritzburg , that the international community should play a role in setting up an internal peace force . |
| 19 | Extreme values of temperature and the presence of fog can play a role in causing pollution concentrations to reach health-threatening levels ( figure 7.5 ) . |
| 20 | Can outside pressure play a role in influencing the course of events ? |
| 21 | Dec. 19 China agrees that UN should play a role in resolving Cambodian problem Hun Sen Chairman ; Foreign Affairs Bou Thang Vice-Chairman Say Phouthang Vice-Chairman ; Chairman of Central Control Commission Chea Soth Vice-Chairman Kong Samol Vice-Chairman ; Minister in charge of Cabinet of Council of Ministers Say Chhum Vice-Chairman ; Agriculture Gen. Tea Banh Vice-Chairman ; National Defence Pung Peng Cheng Minister Assistant to Chairman of Council of Ministers Kong Korm State Affairs Inspectorate Koy Buntha Social Affairs and War Invalids Chea Chanto Planning Ho Hon Industry Sin Song Interior Chhay Than Finance Pen Navuth Education Ung Phan Communications , Transport and Posts Chheng Phon Information , Press and Culture Taing Sarim Trade Ouk Bun Chhoeun Justice Yith Kim Seng Health Khun Chhy Minister attached to Council Ministers Hor Nam Hong Minister Assistant in charge of monitoring Foreign and Judicial Affairs Cha Rieng Chairman of National Bank Cheam Yiep Director-General of General Directorate for Tourism Sim Ka Chairman of State Control Committee Sam Sarit Director of General Department for Rubber Plantations |
| 22 | However , the proportions in which elements are produced in the big bang depend on the number of types of neutrino ( the neutrinos play a role in moving energy around the fireball ) . |
| 23 | The aim of this study was to examine whether endogenous eicosanoids play a role in controlling cyclosporin A induced toxicity . |
| 24 | It should be clear from the last chapter that they both play a role in determining the equilibrium level of income and employment and that a change in any one of them will cause the level of national income to change via the multiplier effect . |
| 25 | Any notion of the Government playing a role in increasing the provision of child care seems to escape the Prime Minister . |
| 26 | There are some signs that CMHTs are playing a role in mapping the structure of need in their localities . |