Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] part in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In the event my evidence — on the scientific value of clinical ecology — played little part in the proceedings because the charges brought by the GMC touched only peripherally on Dr Mumby 's clinical activities .
2 No doubt personality problems played some part in the views of many of the individuals concerned , but perceived characteristics of Jews and their alleged behaviour provided a rationalization of such extremist views for most members of these organizations .
3 A Labour Government will be able , therefore , to play some part in the meetings in Portugal between January and June and they will take the chair at the meetings in the United Kingdom from 1 July onwards .
4 Professional standards have traditionally played little part in the accounts of central government .
5 Apparently , the guru had played little part in the proceedings , confining himself to putting records on the gramophone ; and this , for Eliot , seemed to render him the more sinister .
6 The advent of Dutch William in 1688 may have brought a Protestant ruler , but it brought one already embroiled in war with Louis XIV , and ended a period in which the offshore island had played small part in the struggles of continental Europe .
7 which we did , and I 'm pleased to say that they endorsed that that general position , in other words their not going to come to a conclusion whether or not they should take any part in the proceedings , whether they should intervene or seek to stop the project until much later in the day .
8 In the 1656–8 Parliament , as a member for Surrey , he was active in committees but took little part in the debates .
9 He took his seat in the House of Lords on 4th July , 1859 , ‘ but never took much part in the debates ’ .
10 I still dreamed of food and the convivial , outdoor feast , but I no longer took full part in the proceedings .
11 Bryan Robson will play some part in the proceedings , three months after his last Premier League outing .
12 The employer ceases to be entitled to take any part in the proceedings .
13 Tibbles also denied any part in the attacks .
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