Example sentences of "[be] to play a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exodus for rock AMERICAN rockers Aerosmith are to play a one-off concert at the Point Depot , Dublin , on October 27 — but the driven rock stars ca n't make it to Belfast either . |
| 2 | Such an integrated approach , in which education encompasses more than schooling , is essential if educators are to play a positive role in rural development . |
| 3 | I 'm to play a dumb show hostess ( what d' you mean , ‘ play ’ ? ) , a ‘ surprise ’ Christmas present for Jim . |
| 4 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
| 5 | More specifically it was in southern California , Reagan 's home territory , that political issues began to surface that were to play a major part in national politics in the years that followed . |
| 6 | The ambitions of the northern nobility were to play a crucial role in national politics at the end of the century . |
| 7 | It also brought European immigrants , who were to play a crucial role in the introduction of Marxist ideas to Latin America , flooding into these countries , where newly built ports and railways were facilitating the spread of new political theories . |
| 8 | The Lost Prince in particular belongs to a long tradition of didacticism in stones for the young while in its rapid pace and direct style it looks forward to the growing body of junior adventure stones of the late 1920s and the 1930s when children were to play a leading , active part in important , often great events . |
| 9 | That sixties period and all the stories from the era were to play a massive role in Morrissey 's subsequent lyricism and his handling of The Smiths record sleeves : the stories , the Moors murders , Viv ( Spend , Spend , Spend ) Nicholson , Elsie Tanner ( the perfect Northern character so desperately attempting to escape to a better lifestyle ) , the stream of sixties Northern imagery films ( from The Family Way through Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to The Lovers ) and the countless left-overs from the Merseybeat era now parading their former moments of glory around working men 's clubs . |
| 10 | The political and ideological ferment of the interwar period , when the ideological and cultural were fused , created the historical conditions in which intellectuals , writers and artists were no longer distanced from the social process and were to play a significant role in national and international events . |
| 11 | Beyond the reach of the imperial censors , these publications were to play a significant part in the politics of the late 1850s . |
| 12 | The right action at this stage is to play a small Club from both hands on the King of Clubs . |
| 13 | I feel strongly that if the library and information profession is to play a significant role in the handling of information within business ( and other ) organisations , we really must stop pussy-footing around with weak half-baked notions ! |
| 14 | The Princess of Wales is to play a leading role in a charity caring for the homeless , it was announced yesterday . |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrats were seeking three places on the 24-member body , which is to play a consultative role in securing adequate resources for the EC 's regional communities . |
| 16 | MORRISSEY is to play a pre-Christmas gig in Paris and , in response to recent criticisms ( not least in these pages ) , special schemes are being put in place to ensure fans are not again inconvenienced by a last-minute cancellation . |
| 17 | ‘ If geography is to play a full role in the study of environmental problems it is important that greater stress be given to the biosphere , which constitutes a vital resource base for man , and which has been altered more extensively by human activities than most other elements of the environment . ’ |
| 18 | An important feature of these interactions , which was to play a major part in the new interactionism , was that we use stereotypical ‘ labels ’ to make sense of other people , based on cues or knowledge that we have about them . |
| 19 | Edmund of Lancaster , loyal to the end , was to play a major part in the Anglo-French diplomacy of the 1290s and died represent-ing his brother as lieutenant in Aquitaine at Bayonne on 5 June 1296 . |
| 20 | During the tumultuous years that followed , Nottinghamshire was to play a major role in the bitter conflict . |
| 21 | William Coote , who was to play a major role in social purity up to the 1920s , went through a typical adolescent conversion experience in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 22 | The Doctor , still mistaken for Pettulian , learns of a conspiracy against Nero in which the murdered lyre player was to play a major part . |
| 23 | In such a policy , the social security system was to play a major role since ‘ the income provided by the scheme to persons who are sick , unemployed , injured or past work will almost invariably be spent to the full . ’ |
| 24 | Oddly enough , in the next murder case I found myself investigating , Geoffrey was to play a small , terminal part , the effects of which were slightly to take the gilt from my findings . |
| 25 | Not only was he supportive of the 1932 Amsterdam congress , he was also quick to seize the initiative and promote the founding in December 1932 of the AEAR , the Association of Revolutionary Writers and Artists , in which Nizan was to play a prominent role . |
| 26 | Air Chief Marshal Sir David Lee , then a Group Captain commanding 904 Wing , took over the airfield at Kemajoran which was to play a key role in the repatriation of POWs and internees . |
| 27 | Yet fate was to play a strange card . |
| 28 | There seemed little point in worrying ; the 12-string guitar work of Johnny Marr was to play a crucial part in the band 's make up . |
| 29 | The SCS was to play a crucial role in this and future strike action . |
| 30 | In a letter in the Gentleman 's Magazine of 1790 , ‘ Philippos ’ , identified by Pugh as Granville Penn , who was to play a central role in the foundation of the London Veterinary College , wrote that he ‘ had often lamented the failure of the plan which the late ingenious M Bourgelat had formed for establishing a veterinary school in England ’ . |