Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a major role " in BNC.
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| 1 | It provides technical advice and computing facilities , printed and photocopied research material , a specialised library , a seminar programme which attracts attendance from outside Cambridge as well as within , and plays a major role in sustaining the publication of Local Population Studies . |
| 2 | 2 The personal will of the King was no longer decisive in government , and the effective choice of the Prime Minister and his leading Cabinet colleagues passed out of his hands and became a major role for a powerful House of Commons . |
| 3 | Advocates of the view that primary education should be placed in the hands of the clergy failed to win their case , but priests were given entire control of religious instruction and assigned a major role in the new provincial schools councils . |
| 4 | The famous bull Terling Marthus , with plenty of American blood in his ancestry , was imported from South Africa and played a major role in continuing the British breed 's development . |
| 5 | Involvement of the teachers : In successful schools , the teachers were involved in curriculum planning and played a major role in developing their own curriculum guidelines . |
| 6 | Albert Einstein was largely responsible for the first , was entirely responsible for the second , and played a major role in the development of the third . |
| 7 | Joined the Group in 1975 and played a major role in developing the Group 's significant offshore engineering activities . |
| 8 | Joined the Group in 1985 and played a major role in developing the Group 's gas turbine division . |
| 9 | It will now be for the developers , the financial institutions and others in the private sector to use their expertise and to play a major role in realising the full potential of available unused public sector land . |
| 10 | The Government are fully committed to placing the emphasis on employment-lead standards of competence and giving a major role to industry lead bodies both in the development of competence based occupational standards and in ‘ ownership ’ of them . ’ |
| 11 | Free radicals — species with one or more unpaired electrons — are very important in many areas of chemistry ; from initiating the formation of polythene and playing a major role in the chemistry of the Earth 's atmosphere to causing the deterioration of food . |
| 12 | Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase . |
| 13 | Small scale enterprise and self-employment are increasingly recognised as playing a major role in Britain 's economy . |