Example sentences of "[verb] a significant part " in BNC.
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| 1 | they usually involve a significant part of the work being carried out without close supervision ; |
| 2 | Continental crust is only about one-half as efficient at conducting heat as oceanic crust , so if a supercontinent , such as Pangaea , covers a significant part of the Earth 's surface heat will build up in the mantle below it . |
| 3 | The Liberal Party devoted a significant part of its one-party election broadcast to the Trident programme , the Gulf war and the role of the UN . |
| 4 | It thus appears to neglect a significant part of care under the National Health Service which is of crucial importance to elderly people and their carers . |
| 5 | It is clear from the evidence on British kinship that people do acknowledge a wide range of uncles , aunts , nieces , nephews and cousins as forming part of their kin network in some sense , but whether these people place a significant part in structures of support is quite another matter . |
| 6 | Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas . |
| 7 | Each child registered may well bring the school an additional £500 — this extra money forming a significant part of a school 's funding . |
| 8 | Other tourist services forming a significant part of the package |
| 9 | The churches played a significant part in dealing with this condition and the parish schools were the most important providers of elementary education . |
| 10 | His side played a significant part in making this a good match . |
| 11 | The pattern of social and mental health problems indicates GPs were more sensitized to mental health and illness , and that this played a significant part in choice of referral . |
| 12 | As one of the ‘ specialists ’ involved in assessment subsequent to GP referral , ASWs clearly played a significant part in diverting these women from possible compulsory admission . |
| 13 | Their gradual integration with the Blackpool tramway has been documented elsewhere in this book , suffice to say they played a significant part in the Promenade service until their demise in 1937 . |
| 14 | In this and the following story , religious belief played a significant part in what does , or does not seem possible for the client to accept . |
| 15 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 16 | In the other belligerent countries , fewer women worked in munitions , but they played a significant part in the total war effort . |
| 17 | This consensual bargaining process also played a significant part in determining the allocation of resources between individual Area Boards on matters on which their interests differed . |
| 18 | In so far as the RHA did feel impelled to act , the constant worry about shortages of staff and inadequacies of conditions at its mental hospitals , making neglect or abuse of patients more likely to occur , played a significant part in decision-making . |
| 19 | He also wore ‘ a purple camblet kilt ’ : sartorial defiance : the kilt had been banned after the ‘ 45 in which the Macleods played a significant part , not least in assisting Bonnie prince Charlie to escape . |
| 20 | Meteorology is probably the most international of the sciences , and Scott played a significant part in establishing the tradition of ready co-operation between countries that became the accepted norm . |
| 21 | There is little doubt that the national crisis of 1940–41 played a significant part in turning plans for comprehensive welfare from high-minded aspiration into practical legislation . |
| 22 | The carpets , together with a Chenille loom and a selection of valuable hand painting carpet designs , will be displayed in an area representing Glasgow 's industrial heritage of which the well-known Templeton 's factory played a significant part . |
| 23 | Wherever the initiatives for these developments came from — and John Holden at Manchester played a significant part — Brinson is emphatic that : |
| 24 | The picture of a growing economy provided by the Plan , in which production was sure of finding sales , probably played a significant part in the resumption of growth after 1952 ’ ( Carré et al. , 1976 , p. 471 ) . |
| 25 | We have argued in favour of retirement relief , as land is merely one of several business assets and as such does not have to be part of a disposal for that disposal to constitute a significant part of the business . |
| 26 | Quiss had demolished a significant part of the castle when he first discovered this , unwilling to believe that the stones , every one of them , all the tens of thousands of cubic metres the castle must be composed of , all those kilotonnes of rock really were saturated , filled full of hidden , indecipherable lettering . |
| 27 | That the local priests continued to play a significant part in the regulation of local sexual morality from the beginning of the state is shown by accounts of ‘ boy meets girl ’ from the 1920s . |
| 28 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 29 | The city organises the shows independently , and invites no other major institution to play a significant part . |
| 30 | Although the time a child spends on task relates to many factors , including some beyond the teacher 's control , the organizational complexity obtaining in many primary classrooms would seem to play a significant part . |