Example sentences of "[vb infin] played a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some well-informed people suggest that the Americans may have played a discreet role in last week 's cabinet reshuffle . |
| 2 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 3 | It is a fair bet that at the conclusion of this year 's Masters , the 18th will again have played a decisive role in the outcome . |
| 4 | Mr Major may have played a clever hand over Scotland in the run-up to the election , and one which brought unexpected success . |
| 5 | Whether they eventually become brilliant scholars or not does n't really matter ; we will have played a significant part in creating a happy and confident individual — and what could be more important than that ? |
| 6 | Seldom can fate have played a stranger trick . |
| 7 | Five thousand did so , and may have played a decisive part in turning a 5,060 Tory majority into a 580 Labour one . |
| 8 | For if they vote with John Major next Wednesday , they will have played a crucial part in giving him a fresh mandate to break his election promises . ’ |
| 9 | Other factors may also have played a part . |
| 10 | It is not clear whether they are issues in which Marx was ever really involved ; if he had been , then it would seem likely that they would have played a more important role in his later work . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe he would have played a few minutes more , ’ said Zoff . |
| 12 | A hectic programme for the 18-year-old : ‘ I may have played a little too much rugby this season but I so enjoy playing , and I try not to say ‘ no ’ to anyone who invites me to play . |
| 13 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 14 | It was hard to avoid the conclusion that while pique may have played a part in its foundation , it had come into being not so much to benefit its members in terms of strengthening trade within the seven , but on the basis of a belief that in unity there was strength : in other words , as a group of seven they would be in a less disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the Six than if each separately attempted to negotiate some accommodation with the Six . |
| 15 | Drugs may have played a part too . |
| 16 | Increase in annual temperature range on the continents as a consequence of regression of epicontinental seas might well have played a significant role in the mass extinctions of large reptiles at the end of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic . |
| 17 | Other mechanisms must have played a part and their inclusion could alter the best-fit climate sensitivities significantly and lead to improved values for the explained variance . |
| 18 | Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption . |
| 19 | It is evident that the larger and more popular temples may have played a considerable part in the economy of any province . |
| 20 | One early candidate , Henry Plough in 1517 , was simply appointed ; the opinion of the local priest — and , one assumes , of the local community — must have played a large part in most recommendations . |
| 21 | This independence and opportunity for large profit must have been the most important distinction between riches and grinding poverty and must have played a greater part in creating the economic hierarchy of rural society than any other factor . |
| 22 | Gorbachev , interviewed in West Germany , suggested that Islamic fundamentalism might have played a part in the disturbances . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 25 | Roger may have played a significant part in raising funds for the enterprise . |
| 26 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 27 | They are the people who can refer clients on to solicitors and it is highly likely that the ‘ Advisory Liaison Service ’ and the proposed liaison officers could have played a significant part in making and fostering those contacts . |
| 28 | Productivity also rose for a number of reasons of which taxation was probably the most important , although factors like technological improvements , peaceful conditions , access to wider markets and slavery must all have played a part . |
| 29 | But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ? |
| 30 | They should have played a more open game and allowed us to see Bangor scoring lots of goals . |