Example sentences of "[noun] play a major [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These circumstances play a major role in determining the variety of rearing systems found in nature .
2 While the known antioxidant actions of the aminolsalicylates are compatible with the proposal that ROM play a major role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease , proof of the hypothesis must await the outcome of controlled trials in the human disease of more specific agents that interfere with oxidative metabolism .
3 ‘ In this new environment business requires many more highly qualified people whose skills and abilities play a major part in determining competitive advantage . ’
4 Our principal concern , in the present context , is to consider how conflicts between social groups develop within the limits of given structural conditions , how such conflicts bring about political change , and what kinds of social group play a major role in this process .
5 Banks play a major role in reducing and eliminating such risks on behalf of their customers .
6 In regard to TEC courses , for example , these are offered by over thirty Welsh colleges , and the Polytechnic of Wales and about half the Institutes of Higher Education play a major role in the provision of courses leading to TEC higher awards .
7 Economics play a major role in dictating a rig 's safety .
8 This suggests that the solution of limestone in such areas must be controlled by components other than carbonic acid and it seems likely that organic acids play a major role .
9 The book is a collection of documents aimed at stimulating discussion and action and at promoting a more general awareness of the cultural environment in which the mass media play a major part .
10 Musicals play a major part in the Forum line-up .
11 In contrast to its initial responsibilities , MDC is now operating in localities with a significant indigenous population where local authorities play a major role .
12 ‘ Relaxation and meditation play a major role in yoga and in the treatment of stress-related illnesses , the scourge of modern society , ’ says Norma Duffield of the Centre , currently enrolling for its autumn courses at Queen 's University , Belfast and Holywood .
13 The hospitals play a major part in treating diseases , in dealing with the victims of accidents , and their rehabilitation .
14 Often , negative experiences in institutions during childhood and youth play a major part in this .
15 These physical ( or capital ) assets play a major role in the generation of income within an economy .
16 Though priests play a major role , what is pictured is not high festival , but the deadly business of siege , unusually short , admittedly , and with a remarkable conclusion , but still siege .
17 Of course vaccines alone will not prevent child mortality caused by infectious diseases ; better social and economic conditions , and better education about prevention play a major part , as they did in industrialised countries about a century ago .
18 Though the epicuticular lipids play a major role in reducing water loss through the integument , it now seems unlikely that this depends on an oriented layer of wax molecules subject to disruption at a critical transition temperature ( Hackman , 1971 ) .
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