Example sentences of "[noun sg] played a major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor was she forced out by the men in grey suits — though intrigue played a major role . |
| 2 | In the fourteenth century the village played a major role in the wool trade . |
| 3 | The youngster played a major role in looking after him and ensuring he could be cared for at home . |
| 4 | Tory politicians of the so-called New Right have undoubtedly been the most active in promoting these ways of thinking , and the ‘ law-and-order ’ question played a major part in Mrs Thatcher 's victorious election campaign in 1979 . |
| 5 | Steve Douglas 's Fanzine ‘ Go for It ’ started this year , and from a piece of folded photocopied paper , it eventually went on to become a printed glossy skate mag covering much of the skate scene at the time and the next few years for which the Farnborough scene played a major part if not the main part . |
| 6 | One simple factor played a major part in the calculations : time of day . |
| 7 | Despite such efforts , it is likely that abortion played a major part in the regulation of family size amongst the working class , especially in factory districts , where knowledge of abortifacient techniques was widespread . |
| 8 | Since the Royal Commission on Population found that out of a sample of 7,625 pregnancies only 147 resulted in criminal abortions ( equal to 2 per cent of all pregnancies and 17 per cent of all abortions ) , it is unlikely that changes in the abortion rate played a major part in accounting for the decrease in working class fertility . |
| 9 | Although Dicey 's theory played a major role in shaping the dominant tradition , his views are subsequently re-invented in the light of the requirements of this tradition . |
| 10 | Because the established church played a major role in the provision of education before the passing of the Elementary Education Act of 1870 , it is not surprising that the lofty , brick-built church of St Peter shares its site with a school . |
| 11 | IN THE old days , ’ he said , ‘ the Soviet Union played a major part in keeping Western Europe stable . |
| 12 | Oral tradition played a major part in transmitting and passing down this culture of superstition . |
| 13 | Oral tradition played a major role in education , and we we should remember that many of Charles ' legal documents were merely written reminders which related to verbal laws , decisions , commands and traditions . |
| 14 | After the outbreak of the Reformation crisis , Henry 's overseas ambitions were unabated , and it seems certain that their cost played a major part in prompting the rapacious seizure and subsequent disposal of the monastic lands , the greatest tenurial revolution in English history since the Norman Conquest . |
| 15 | The vigour with which Lenin pressed his own view of the Party played a major role in crystallizing the latent divisions among the Social Democrats . |