Example sentences of "[noun] had a role " in BNC.
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| 1 | David had a role as one of the Jets . |
| 2 | If WEU had a role , it was to ensure the closest possible cooperation within NATO , and although it did play a limited role in the Saar settlement , it remained essentially a paper organisation . |
| 3 | The government also took the view that the law had a role to play in redressing the balance in bargaining between employers and unions . |
| 4 | Pawnbrokers had a role in society , and it was one which writers in social and literary reviews were constantly querying . |
| 5 | Did n't he recognize that trade , the trade union movement had a role to play er in that , in , on that page and to the , to the credit of , of the local press , they had responded and so we are now asked to put forward the views of the trade union movement , something I think which local trades councils should be doing , should be the role of local trades councils to do that effectively . |
| 6 | Even foot-soldiers had a role to play . |
| 7 | But if film executives were to be believed , the majority of the audience was less interested in salving their fears about wars and conflicts ahead than in looking back to the time when Britain had a role to play in the world . |
| 8 | For gradually over thousands of years , the Mother Goddess who gave birth to all things had lost her power as people realized that men had a role in procreation . |
| 9 | So , despite the loss of the temple , and its intricate system of worship and sacrifice , the hereditary priesthood had a role — a role which expanded , in fact , as the People themselves were thrust out into the world . |
| 10 | If we had a rational energy policy , we could ensure not only that coal had a role to play now , but that it could continue to play an important role in the future . |
| 11 | Carol and Mark were ever loyal and proud of their mother , while Denis had a role which would have dismayed a weaker man . |
| 12 | The USA had a role to play in this process , he said , which might involve setting up a Committee of Foreign Ministers within the framework of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) . |