Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a prominent [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As concern has grown over lake acidification in diverse parts of Europe and North America during the last 20 years , the influence of changes in land use has become a prominent part of the debate . |
| 2 | Most noticeably the mouse has become a prominent computer accessory . |
| 3 | In October Barnard was accused in court of having assassinated a prominent ANC activist , David Webster , in May 1989 [ see pp. 36647 ; 37033 ] . |
| 4 | Only six months earlier her husband 's last book had occupied a prominent position on that stand and hundreds like it up and down the country . |
| 5 | Although British statesmen had played a prominent part in bringing these organisations into being , the United Kingdom did not become a founder member and later approaches to join were either ineffective or rebuffed . |
| 6 | In so far as women had played a prominent part in Romanian politics , the precedents were not happy . |
| 7 | In Tolmezzo Domanov was joined by General Peter Krasnov , who had played a prominent part in the Russian Civil War , first as Ataman of the Don Cossacks and later in the Baltic States . |
| 8 | The figure was Major Jaromir Nechansky who had been a commander of a paratroop regiment , and who had played a prominent role in the anti-Nazi uprising of 1945 . |
| 9 | John Blake , the advocate for the Town and Country Planning Association , which had played a prominent role at the Sizewell public inquiry , described the outcome as a ‘ foregone conclusion ’ and largely withdrew to the sidelines . |
| 10 | As Secretary of the Manchester branch of the Association of Teachers of German , he had played a prominent role in attracting the Goethe Institute to Manchester . |
| 11 | Mr Wiseman also hinted he had found a prominent milk producer to lead his attempt to recruit dairy farmers to supply milk directly to his dairies . |
| 12 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 13 | The British Foreign Secretary , Palmerston , wrote in a despatch of December 1833 that there could be " No reasonable doubt … [ but ] that the Russian Govt. is intently engaged in the prosecution of those schemes of aggrandizement toward the South which , ever since the Reign of Catherine , have formed a prominent feature of Russian policy " . |
| 14 | Courage in the Skies ( Stanley Paul , 208pp , illus , hbk , £18.99 ) by AVM Johnnie Johnson and W/C Laddie Lucas two distinguished World War Two pilots , brings to life the many characters that have played a prominent part in aviation combat history , along with the many amazing developments in aircraft technology from the days of World War One to the more recent Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf . |
| 15 | The trade unions are by far the largest body representing people who will be affected by the introduction of new technologies , and in Britain they have played a prominent part in the debate about information technology . |