Example sentences of "[be] to play a [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an integrated approach , in which education encompasses more than schooling , is essential if educators are to play a positive role in rural development . |
| 2 | The ambitions of the northern nobility were to play a crucial role in national politics at the end of the century . |
| 3 | It also brought European immigrants , who were to play a crucial role in the introduction of Marxist ideas to Latin America , flooding into these countries , where newly built ports and railways were facilitating the spread of new political theories . |
| 4 | That sixties period and all the stories from the era were to play a massive role in Morrissey 's subsequent lyricism and his handling of The Smiths record sleeves : the stories , the Moors murders , Viv ( Spend , Spend , Spend ) Nicholson , Elsie Tanner ( the perfect Northern character so desperately attempting to escape to a better lifestyle ) , the stream of sixties Northern imagery films ( from The Family Way through Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to The Lovers ) and the countless left-overs from the Merseybeat era now parading their former moments of glory around working men 's clubs . |
| 5 | The political and ideological ferment of the interwar period , when the ideological and cultural were fused , created the historical conditions in which intellectuals , writers and artists were no longer distanced from the social process and were to play a significant role in national and international events . |
| 6 | I feel strongly that if the library and information profession is to play a significant role in the handling of information within business ( and other ) organisations , we really must stop pussy-footing around with weak half-baked notions ! |
| 7 | The Princess of Wales is to play a leading role in a charity caring for the homeless , it was announced yesterday . |
| 8 | The Liberal Democrats were seeking three places on the 24-member body , which is to play a consultative role in securing adequate resources for the EC 's regional communities . |
| 9 | ‘ If geography is to play a full role in the study of environmental problems it is important that greater stress be given to the biosphere , which constitutes a vital resource base for man , and which has been altered more extensively by human activities than most other elements of the environment . ’ |
| 10 | During the tumultuous years that followed , Nottinghamshire was to play a major role in the bitter conflict . |
| 11 | William Coote , who was to play a major role in social purity up to the 1920s , went through a typical adolescent conversion experience in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 12 | In such a policy , the social security system was to play a major role since ‘ the income provided by the scheme to persons who are sick , unemployed , injured or past work will almost invariably be spent to the full . ’ |
| 13 | Not only was he supportive of the 1932 Amsterdam congress , he was also quick to seize the initiative and promote the founding in December 1932 of the AEAR , the Association of Revolutionary Writers and Artists , in which Nizan was to play a prominent role . |
| 14 | Air Chief Marshal Sir David Lee , then a Group Captain commanding 904 Wing , took over the airfield at Kemajoran which was to play a key role in the repatriation of POWs and internees . |
| 15 | The SCS was to play a crucial role in this and future strike action . |
| 16 | In a letter in the Gentleman 's Magazine of 1790 , ‘ Philippos ’ , identified by Pugh as Granville Penn , who was to play a central role in the foundation of the London Veterinary College , wrote that he ‘ had often lamented the failure of the plan which the late ingenious M Bourgelat had formed for establishing a veterinary school in England ’ . |
| 17 | The idea of democracy as a threat to liberty was not new , as we have seen ; but it was to play a central role in modern liberal thinking about democracy . |
| 18 | It was also reported in August 1989 that Circuit Judge Bracewell was to play a vital role in the administration of the Children Act , advising on the system needed to match individual cases to the court best fitted to deal with them . |