Example sentences of "an important role in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The yard was a product of piecemeal development over many years and found an important role in the air-braked wagonload network ( Speedlink ) from the 1970s onwards . |
| 2 | While the Protestant church , like the Polish Catholic church , has played an important role in the efforts for reform , the nature and situations of the two churches could hardly be more different . |
| 3 | Bread and pastries in particular play an important role in the prison diet because of the roughage and carbohydrate content . |
| 4 | He played an important role in the first three tries as well as kicking four goals , one from the touchline . |
| 5 | Through the park , landscaped in the eighteenth century , the River Lune winds along its spectacular valley — a valley that played such an important role in the Romantic Movement . |
| 6 | Mr Noir 's popularity rating has jumped 12 points since his resignation , making him the person on the right whom the French would ‘ most like to see playing an important role in the future ’ . |
| 7 | This was one reason why they played such an important role in the renaissance of interest in the classical world from the fifteenth century onwards : here were many examples of objects giving tangible evidence for events which could otherwise only be read about . |
| 8 | Apoptosis also plays an important role in the ever-present battle against infection . |
| 9 | THE London Metal Exchange has played an important role in the exposure of an alleged scam by an American company with a virtually identical name , writes Jonathan Confino in New York . |
| 10 | Weaving plays an important role in the economy of the Western Isles , particularly because home weaving fits in well with crofting . |
| 11 | It 's main 32 acre site incorporates the most up-to-date laboratory and production facilities , bearing witness to the commitment to research and development which have played such an important role in the company 's dramatic growth . |
| 12 | Apart from some of the actual buildings , little remains in the way of water wheels and machinery , to remind us of what was clearly once an important chain of mills which played an important role in the development of Cheltenham . |
| 13 | It is now used for the baking business of A.C. Collet and Sons , and still continues to fulfil an important role in the local community . |
| 14 | There is , however , evidence from a quite different experimental procedure that can be taken to confirm that retrieval mechanisms play an important role in the phenomena considered here . |
| 15 | Structural genes code for luxury proteins that play an important role in the life of the cells — haemoglobin in red blood cells , contractile proteins in muscle . |
| 16 | In addition , the emerging information regarding the properties of the platelet-derived growth factor argues for an important role in the atherogenic process of this platelet α-granule constituent . |
| 17 | Although Barraclough 's ( 1972 ) suggestion that as many as a fifth of the suicides in a series he studied might have been prevented by the wider use of lithium would be difficult to substantiate and is probably an overestimate , the fact that the lives of as many as 16 per cent of patients with manic-depressive illness may end in suicide ( Pitts and Winokur 1964 ) suggests that lithium is likely to have an important role in the prevention of suicide in some patients . |
| 18 | You will be able to explore those formative years when Sooty played an important role in the development of children 's entertainment . |
| 19 | The introduction of inflationary expectations into the Phillips relationship created what is known as the expectations-augmented Phillips curve and this plays an important role in the monetarist approach to inflation . |
| 20 | Handicapped members , who play an important role in the Rangers , pay no subscription . |
| 21 | This was announced to the waiting press and supporters by Dr Helen Martini , who was to play an important role in the fight to get the children home in the weeks that followed . |
| 22 | The rise in recorded offences in many parts of the Western world in the first half of the nineteenth century played an important role in the original formulation of this belief , which is still accepted by many scholars . |
| 23 | Their respective folk art and rural crafts are playing an important role in the development of their clothes . |
| 24 | However , the radio did play an important role in the dissemination of certain types of news , and it was clearly more influential than the press . |
| 25 | Mirrors , being the most readily available and most literal source of self-perception — a faculty which is always weak in anorexics — also play an important role in the symbology or symbolism of the disease . |
| 26 | In contrast to this , women play an important role in the Gospel . |
| 27 | But they are vital members of the team and have played an important role in the season 's success so far . |
| 28 | SUFFOLK and Essex naturalists are to play an important role in the world 's first global bird conservation organisation which was launched yesterday . |
| 29 | Fresh-faced middle-school graduates and ‘ older youth ’ clamoured for a chance to become part of China 's educated elite , with the prospect of an important role in the modernisation programme and adequate rewards for their skills . |
| 30 | Fang would play an important role in the next round of student demonstrations at the end of 1986 . |