Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a major role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of particular concern to most of the members of the FFA was the effect of the drift-netters on the albacore tuna resource , which plays a major role in many Pacific economies . |
| 2 | In Canada , the aims of the women 's pressure groups which played a major role in bringing about reforming legislation , have been described as follows : |
| 3 | The Bulgarian Green Party , which played a major role in the movement leading to the overthrow of communism , has changed its name to the Conservative Environmental Party . |
| 4 | It 's an emotive issue and raises questions like whether it 's appropriate that a company such as Daimler-Benz which played a major role in the Third Reich , should be allowed as they want to , to build their headquarters near Hitler 's bunker . |
| 5 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
| 6 | She has served as a student counsellor with the Education and Training Department and as deputy director of practice regulation she played a major role in setting up the new regulations for financial services business and audit . |
| 7 | Many hitherto unpublished photographs accompany details of the parts played by the Royal Observer Corps , Civil Defence , Fire , Police and Ambulance services , plus the men and women who worked in the anti-aircraft emplacements , ATS , Balloon Command , and of course the RAF , who played a major role in photographing and bombing the manufacture and launch sites . |
| 8 | It is also essential that they are part of the community , getting to know the members , donors , tenants and volunteers who play a major role in the work of the Trust . |
| 9 | Q. You had a major role in the new Tencel plant in Mobile . |
| 10 | Here in Britain we see a major role as key worker , or care manager , coordinating welfare services as well as health care . |
| 11 | Possibly , according to some scientists , they play a major role in destroying life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 12 | Settlements can best be examined by considering personal injury claims , in which they play a major role , and which have been the subject of research and critical assessment . |
| 13 | Word order is extremely important in translation because it plays a major role in maintaining a coherent point of view and in orienting messages at text level . |
| 14 | The differences found between them may throw light on certain rarely remarked properties of the object which suggest that it has a major role in the development of cognitive abilities and the ways in which the world is perceived , understood and lived in . |
| 15 | Coleman claimed that his greatest contribution to the young veterinary profession was that he played a major role in securing that from 1796 appointments as veterinary surgeons ( a term used by the Standing Board of General Officers ) in the cavalry , and eventually ( 1805 ) in the artillery , were by commission rather than by warrant . |
| 16 | He played a major role in the organization of the royal expedition to Boulogne of that year , and was knighted at the end of the campaign . |
| 17 | Following World War I , he played a major role in the gramophone industry as chairman of the Edison Phonograph Company and the Columbia Graphaphone Company . |
| 18 | He played a major role in the talks between the government and Solidarity leaders which in April 1989 paved the way for the dismantling of the communist regime . |
| 19 | It played a major role in the production of the first tactical nuclear weapons ; and , in consequence , moved sharply away from basic investigations towards engineering development . |
| 20 | Together with Aymer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke [ q.v. ] ( often his partner in these years ) , he led an expedition to the north in 1315 ; in 1316 he took a major role in the suppression of the Welsh rising of Llywelyn ab Rhys ( Llewelyn Bren ) [ q.v. ] and of the revolt at Bristol ; and in the same year he was among the committee of bishops and magnates appointed to reform the royal household . |