Example sentences of "[noun] play [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The images play on the deepest fears of the adventurers , and the man in the mask laughs again .
2 Kids play on the tips amidst swarms of flies .
3 Kids play in the snow , the seasons change but winter soon returns .
4 Readability implies that a particular target readership has the experience — the visual , intellectual , and emotional experience — to identify the detail in pictures , to understand what is happening in pictures , and to have some understanding of what is happening ‘ beyond ’ the pictures ( atmosphere , psychological states , what is being demonstrated in an informative illustration ) — in other words , what part the pictures play in the total book , what they contribute .
5 The French government asked SPRU to look at what role such methods play in the British system .
6 If reserves play in the first team they still charge first team prices .
7 The four winners play in the semi-finals at Wembley Arena on Saturday May 2 with the final the following day .
8 It will constitute a contribution to the relatively neglected area of emotional development from childhood to early adolescence and help to elucidate the role these emotions play in the development of self monitored social control .
9 ( 1991 ) explored this result further by considering the role that eye movements play in the findings .
10 Skinheads had converged from all over the metropolis to hear the 4-Skins play in the heart of London 's Asian community .
11 Dicey identified three guiding principles which underpinned the British constitution : the legislative sovereignty of Parliament ; the universal rule throughout the constitution of ordinary law ; and the role which constitutional conventions play in the ordering of the constitution .
12 The greatest change will be in the public perception of what part universities play in the education system .
13 Each child provides a stimulus to the others , and gains from the place their own contributions play in the joint explanation .
14 Four local bands play in the castle grounds .
15 Gary Harriss says he hopes to be an amateur for another five years play in the walker Cup and then turn pro …
16 Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth .
17 Child monks play in the alcoves .
18 Many of his compositions play with the merging of foreground , middle-distance and background details into one overlapping pattern .
19 What role do client relations play in the business strategies of design firms ?
20 There is a rather more dangerous kind of exaggerating , described by Eric Berne in his pop psychology book Games People Play as the game of ‘ Harassed ’ , which involves making things really dreadful for yourself .
21 But this in no way negates the importance of understanding the role which all these people play in the context of curriculum change , for while the picture of an obscurantist inspector or manager eager to discourage the innovative teacher is one which is often conjured up by teachers themselves as an excuse for inaction , it can be all too true .
22 What role can/should people play in the regeneration of their own areas ?
23 Secondly , media education is conditioned by the roles which the mass media play in the perception of viewers , listeners and readers .
24 The book focuses on the challenge of ethnic survival and empowerment and discusses the positive role that ethnic minority media play in the process .
25 The book focuses on the challenge of ethnic survival and empowerment and discusses the positive role that ethnic minority media play in the process .
26 Sometimes , small lava fountains play in the centre , and these reveal just how completely liquid lava can be , as it splashes and sloshes round the base of the fountain ; at other times , small jets of gas blow up through the lava in fiery gouts , churning up the lake into glowing whorls and currents of molten rock .
27 A warning about selecting advertisements Many advertisements play with the meanings of words .
28 ‘ In any case , I believe the players play for the honour and glory rather than the money . ’
29 ‘ In countries like Australia and New Zealand the leading players play in the region of 25 rep games a season , perhaps a dozen or so of which will be full internationals .
30 The second main criticism is that modernization theory tends to ignore the role that class and other interests play in the promotion or inhibition of development .
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