Example sentences of "have played a key role " in BNC.

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1 Since that date Christie 's has played a key role in many of these negotiations , and the fruits of its success are evident in Patronage Preserved , an exhibition to be held at 8 , King Street , London from 2–20th January 1991 .
2 Apartheid has played a key role in the AIDS epidemic by promoting migrant labour , which splits families for long periods , encouraging extramarital relationships .
3 The media has played a key role in presenting the Arab people as somewhat ‘ different ’ .
4 The role of the Pope is not discussed by Freud , but it has played a key role in the Roman Catholic and Protestant hostilities .
5 The completion of the Single European Market is also an international achievement in which Britain has played a key role .
6 Our management unit has played a key role in the development of efficient and effective management within the sector .
7 New Lord Mayor of London Francis McWiliams is said to have played a key role in persuading Mr Heseltine to turn again .
8 The industry-backed " Competitiveness Council " , chaired by US Vice-President Dan Quayle , was reported to have played a key role in influencing Administration policy .
9 Pollution is likely to have played a key role in the mass die-offs of seals , dolphins and fish and other natural disasters in recent years , she claimed .
10 Government officials in Bonn said that the Soviet Union had played a key role in obtaining the agreement under which the thousands who had taken refuge in the Prague and Warsaw embassies were taken to the West at the weekend .
11 If socialist regimes have been reluctant to promote indigenous businessmen for this reason , most regimes have sought to curtail the role of the immigrant groups who had played a key role in the economy in the colonial period .
12 Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox .
13 Before he retired in 1939 he had played a key role in the establishment of archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge .
14 Gen. Grachev , who had hitherto been Yeltsin 's deputy Defence Minister , had played a key role in the military opposition to the coup attempt in August 1991 [ see p. 38369 ] .
15 Among the latter was Imelda Marcos whom he had defeated in the election , and who , together with her husband President Ferdinand Marcos , had been forced from office in 1986 by a popular campaign in which Ramos had played a key role .
16 Together with former generals Rene Cruz and Honesto Isleta — who had played a key role in the Ramos election campaign — Almonte formed part of a group of former military officers who were widely believed to constitute the unofficial power centre of the new administration .
17 There then followed a frenzied round of negotiations during which it was believed that the Renamo leader was encouraged to sign the accord by the South African government and by Roland " Tiny " Rowland , the chief executive of the UK-based multinational Lonrho who had played a key role in the negotiations process [ see p. 39039 ] .
18 Referring to the Autumn Statement 's firm limits on public sector wage increases , its public spending ceilings and its priority for programmes that would help the economy , Mr Lamont said those measures had played a key role in putting Britain on course for recovery and would be continued .
19 The police have played a key role in the development of this configuration .
20 This was a particularly important factor in the conversion of intellectuals , particularly writers and artists , who have played a key role in the dissemination of Marxism in Latin America .
21 In this process the TNCs have played a key role , particularly in the privatization of consumption .
22 NERC scientists were the first to discover the hole in the ozone layer , and have played a key role in UN-backed climate change research .
23 The world 's northern , or boreal , forests have played a key role in mitigating the greenhouse effect by soaking up huge quantities of excess carbon dioxide .
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