Example sentences of "[noun] played a active [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the Emperor Marcian and his wife Pulcheria played an active part in the meetings : Marcian and Leo found themselves at loggerheads not so much over the dogmatic formulation as over the disciplinary canons that were appended . |
| 2 | Indeed , regional Leagues played an active role in strike-breaking , encouraging the enrolment of volunteer workers , providing lorry drivers and transporting foodstuffs , and publishing news-sheets and leaflets attacking ‘ the pernicious influence of the reds ’ . |
| 3 | The farmers ' wives played an active role in Germany particularly if there were dairy cows or other stock . |
| 4 | Many Quakers and , as we shall see , large numbers of Christian socialists in the ILP played an active role in resisting the war . |
| 5 | WWF played an active role , making a statement on its policy on the greenhouse effect and pledging £5,000 to a trust fund set up to facilitate participation by developing countries in the IPCC . |