Example sentences of "[noun] have played a role " in BNC.
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1 | Moreover , geopolitics have played a role in duplicating lines to land-locked deposits . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Alcoholic beverages have played a role in many societies for over 7000 years — before the existence of written history . |
4 | A parliamentary commission was set up on Nov. 13 to establish whether the police had played a role in the recent violence , which continued into the following week in the departments of Jinotega and Estelí where 15 people were killed . |
5 | ‘ If this bank had played a role in the Hoylake/BAT battle it would have been top of the table , ’ said Philip Healey , editor of Acquisitions Monthly . |
6 | At different times , and in different ways , the spatial divisions in economic organization have played a role in the national patterns of short-term fluctuations characteristic of the successive historical periods . |
7 | 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 . |