Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENGLAND soccer star David Platt is tackling a new role as a chef . |
| 2 | Recent studies , however , suggest a possible role of neutrophils in the early pathogenic process . |
| 3 | These findings suggest a possible role for cell-specific expression of ET-1 in the pathogenesis of CFA and associated pulmonary hypertension . |
| 4 | Taken together , the two studies suggest a causal role for the experience of poor parenting in childhood in later poor psychosocial functioning . |
| 5 | ‘ Community enterprises provide a vital role in enabling communities to develop all kinds of initiatives to deal with economic , social and environmental issues . ’ |
| 6 | In November 1990 No 35 absorbed the Daks from 25 Squadron at nearby Ysterplaat , becoming a mixed role unit , taking in maritime patrol , general transport duties , target towing and navigator training ! |
| 7 | The House of Lords is more constrained ( see Chapter 3 ) ; it was forced to accept a restricted role under the terms of the 1911 and 1949 Parliament Acts . |
| 8 | This would be my shopping list : I would like voluntary organisations to accept a continued role as innovators — they perform this role better than anyone . |
| 9 | It may be that responses from within the universities were shaped as much by an unwillingness to accept a national role for the universities , as — by the Report 's unprecedented prioritization of English studies . |
| 10 | Many find it hard to accept a dependent role and fight to assert an independence that they lack the means to substantiate , often , in the process , alienating and exasperating the very people they depend on . |
| 11 | Lord MacLean told MacIver , who drove the lorry after the robbery : ‘ You may not have occupied a principal role , but you played an essential one . |
| 12 | Rejecting Galen 's theory , that blood passes directly from right to left ventricle , he proposed a vital role for the lungs , where a vital spirit emerged from the mixture of air and blood . |
| 13 | This latter type of description specifies a typical role which a character plays in a scene , but the term role will be reserved for the role-filler notion discussed already , to avoid confusion . |
| 14 | With the collapse of communism in eastern Europe the Council of Europe found a new role during 1990/91 in assisting in the establishment of democratic and legally accountable political and economic systems in eastern Europe . |
| 15 | In feeding habits they occupy a similar role to the kites in Europe , Africa and Asia . |
| 16 | The regional managers occupy a crucial role in providing a strategic framework for management of the Teacher Placement Service . |
| 17 | As a consequence of this , teacher trainers occupy a crucial role , that of developing in students the skills necessary to deliver a centrally defined curriculum package by grade , hour , week and year . |
| 18 | This will continue to provide a major role for the profession in the conduct of life assurance and pensions business . |
| 19 | Consequently , some nodal units should be set up to provide a supporting role through downstream activities such as analysis , whilst others act as upstream support by providing a library-type function , in which data relevant to the background of the design , and company practices , reside . |
| 20 | As Dean Acheson had commented back in 1962 , Britain had indeed lost an empire yet failed to find a post-imperial role . |
| 21 | THE QUEST to find a new role for the Scottish Constitutional Convention will be extended for another month , in spite of considerable doubts expressed about its future yesterday by the leadership of the Scottish Liberal Democrats . |
| 22 | In his mounting misery at the loss of the goodness he had earlier recovered , Davide drifted through the meal , unable to participate in the rising arguments , to find a happy role as ally or adversary . |
| 23 | One promising line of further reconnaissance involved the attempt to find a fundamental role for waves where no one had previously supposed they were relevant . |
| 24 | Because work is still considered a male role , leisure , similarly , is thought to be a male preserve . |
| 25 | Nor does it immediately show us how this approach allots a special role to the economy , since the dominant contradiction of a society may be a feature of any practice at all , and may change with circumstances . |
| 26 | In this sense it has a similar role to that of the Office of Fair Trading in relation to UK competition rules such as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , although in a number of respects and in particular in so far as the Commission has the power to take binding decisions , its powers are more extensive than the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 27 | For the strategic visionary , repetition has a similar role — to develop an intimacy with the subject at hand , to deal with strategy as ‘ craft ’ , as one of us has noted elsewhere : |
| 28 | When two families start living together for whatever reason , everyone has a new role to play and , until new house rules have been established , the children are bound to feel insecure , jealous and anxious . |
| 29 | Modern government has a strategic role , not to replace the market but to ensure that the market works properly . |
| 30 | The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market in that it acts as the main banker to both the central government and the clearing banks . |