Example sentences of "[noun sg] play [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reason for this difference , and it lies at the heart of the distinction between many public and private sector organizations , is the central role that the budget plays in fixing the level and distribution of taxation in governments . |
| 2 | I feel that this event was another small step towards a recognition of the very important part the car park plays in our culture . |
| 3 | Cyclic fluctuations in population numbers occur in many species of small mammal , and the exact role predation plays in the rise and fall of population numbers is not yet agreed upon ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 5 | Now they began to see for themselves the amazing interconnected web of life which links the creatures and plants on Denmark Farm , and the critical role which each link plays in maintaining the chain of existence — the working ecological system . |
| 6 | Like Las Vegas money machines — where lights whirl , the jackpot flashes and the sound of cascading money plays for the smallest win — so the sprung plywood floor of the wrestling ring thuds and echoes with exaggerated effect . |
| 7 | In doing so , they would highlight the various roles that money plays in society : a medium of exchange or of speculation , a store of value , and so on . |
| 8 | For the next two chapters we are going to look at the special role that money plays in the economy . |
| 9 | Fairy stories too , and at a more sophisticated level plays like Shakespeare 's " A Midsummer Night 's Dream " , can be helpful in raising the question of whether appearances are real or imaginary . |
| 10 | Observers such as IDC 's David Smith believe that of the big three HP is the most likely to make a move because unity plays to HP 's hand , something he says is not the case with either IBM or Digital . |
| 11 | So , when Naive Prober plays against Tit for Tat , both do worse than when Tit for Tat plays against another Tit for Tat . |
| 12 | And when Naive Prober plays against another Naive Prober , both tend to do , if anything , even worse still , since runs of reverberating defection tend to get started earlier . |
| 13 | Printing plays in a cheap , unbound , quarto format indicates that the drama was commonly perceived as on the same standing as almanacs , joke books , pamphlets , and other popular writing which appeared in the same form . |
| 14 | Despite a penchant for shouting ‘ Go ! ’ at every available opportunity , they 're as relevant a reaction to real hard times as the Cypress Hill record the DJ plays after their set . |
| 15 | Which football side plays at Portman Road ? |
| 16 | The colloquium will raise questions concerning the role that news reporting plays in modern society . |
| 17 | The vigilante movie plays to those emotions in all of us , legitimising it . |
| 18 | kd lang plays at the Hammersmith Odeon on 8 and 9 May |
| 19 | If you prefer to just watch , there 's county cricket and league football at the County Ground and ‘ The Saints ’ Rugby Club plays at Franklin Gardens on Weedon Road . |
| 20 | In mediaeval times , Stephen Harding 's phrase Laborare est orare ( ‘ to work is to pray ’ ) sums up the central role which labour played in people 's lives . |
| 21 | And as you said , really some of the football played in the first half was quite delightful was n't it ? |
| 22 | Primal Scream 's petty pilfering of dance rhythms turned into wholesale hijacking when they gave club deejay Andy Weatherall a cast-off riff to play with and he returned with the seductive bump and grind of ‘ Loaded ’ . |
| 23 | But that is petty cash to the jackpot the Rangers players and the club will earn from becoming the first British side to play under the changed European Cup format . |
| 24 | Warrington centre Batemen ( injured thigh ) and Hull forward Marlow ( groin strain ) were both named in the side to play in Perpignan . |
| 25 | The Wales B wing Damion Griffiths was refused a permit to play for Cardiff tonight . |
| 26 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 27 | Gloucester 's star rugby player Mike Teague is to leave the club to play for the Midlands side Moseley next season . |
| 28 | Serious negotiations with the owners of the Greyhound Stadium next to the old ground are under way and are aimed at getting the club to play on a new pitch inside the track there , in a rebuilt 15,000 all-seater stadium . |
| 29 | Nowadays , those same players and their sons and daughters , led by the example of professional tennis players , and more recently national associations , are looking at the effect of the court on their bodies as their main priority when choosing a court or a club to play at . |
| 30 | ‘ By his own admission , Gordon was not in the right frame of mind to play at Norwich . |