Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the role " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also played down the role of Sir Alan Walters , the Prime Minister 's personal economic adviser , in the critical decisions to intervene heavily in the past two weeks and raise interest rates to protect the pound last Thursday . |
| 2 | He also put more emphasis on public worship , prayers , and the sacraments than most of his contemporaries , and played down the role of preaching as a means of edification ; for these reasons , Hooker has been seen by some ecclesiastical historians such as Peter Lake as ‘ close to the ideological origins of Arminianism ’ . |
| 3 | THE '70s brought gender-bending from both men and women , first in glam rock — the androgynous Bolan and Bowie , brickies in make-up Slade and Sweet , leather-clad angel Suzi Quatro , and then disco — the struttingly sexual Labelle and Nona Hendryx , and androgynes Amanda Lear and Grace Jones who played out the role of dominatrix . |
| 4 | To prove this , he turned down the role of the American archaeologist in Ingmar Bergman 's The Touch , because the shooting would coincide with the birth of his child . |
| 5 | ANIMALS ! ’ or ‘ BIRCH ’ EM ’ and ‘ SMASH THESE THUGS ’ encouraged the public to treat young football fans as criminals , and the fans themselves then acted out the role that had been supplied for them . |
| 6 | He singled out the role of the Army , describing it as the " vital bulwark of the country 's state sovereignty " . |
| 7 | But she 's not really complaining : Mozart launched her international career at the 1982 Aix Festival when at short notice , and at only 25 , she took on the role of Pamina in The Magic Flute . |
| 8 | He used ceremonial occasions to launch scathing attacks on conservatives and took on the role of the spokesman of all Hungarians , inside and outside the country . |
| 9 | After the link in 1966 with Scripture Union , he took on the role of secretary instead for several years . |
| 10 | With the Prime Minister sitting , smiling , between this unlikely comic duo , Mr Patten took on the role of presenter Sue Lawley while Swansea-born Mr Heseltine — billed by the Tory chairman as ‘ the most famous living Welshman ’ — groped into his memory for an accent with which to parody Mr Kinnock . |
| 11 | Mr. Charles Vaughan took on the role until 1961 when Micky Watson assumed both halves for a short time until the arrival of Mr. G.T. Edwards as Secretary , on an honorarium of £200 per annum . |
| 12 | Judith took on the role of House Mother . |
| 13 | In the beargardens that became a feature of almost every major kite flying meeting , a parade of well-dressed bears took on the role of chairbears , observing in silence the antics of crazy ‘ humes ’ as they lounged in their designer suits , awaiting the call to elevation . |
| 14 | Probably a priestess took on the role of Artemis and became the epiphany of the goddess . |
| 15 | When Julie took on the role as Ruth in The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil , it could have destroyed her confidence in her femininity for ever . |
| 16 | Stations everywhere took on the role of the Tabard Inn at Southwark , where Chaucer 's pilgrims assembled for their journey to Canterbury . |
| 17 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation / Wildlife Trusts Partnership took on the role of lead-organisation within the Consortium , although they have tried hard to liaise with all other partners , particularly CPRW . |
| 18 | Blindcraft moved to its present home in 1972 and in 1975 , the Region took on the role of supervisory authority . |
| 19 | Because of the star 's absence , his understudy took on the role . |
| 20 | TWO-GOAL Billy McConnell took on the role of super sub at Olympia yesterday as Holywood dramatically overturned a 2–1 deficit to move within sight of the Harp Senior League title with a 6–2 hammering of Annadale . |
| 21 | It had been the Royal Air Force base in the province since the early part of the century , but took on the role of Ulster 's principal airport when the Nutt 's Corner aerodrome was handed over . |
| 22 | Wu Po-hsiung was appointed Interior Minister , replacing Hsu Shui-teh who took on the role of Taiwan 's unofficial ambassador in Japan . |
| 23 | Deputy Premier Djamshed Karimov took on the role of acting Premier after the resignation of Prime Minister Akbar Mirzoyev on Aug. 30 . |
| 24 | His observation of the way in which after 1942 Churchill took on the role of Roosevelt 's faithful second left him with long-lasting suspicions of Britain 's priorities . |
| 25 | Armstrong himself took on the role of coach because he wanted a big challenge . |
| 26 | Mike took on the role of environmental manager in 1990 and like most others wears two hats … his other is process investigation manager . |
| 27 | It was there , in fact , that when Cliff Drysdale had to leave his place as chairman of the ATP 's seminar on power tennis to begin his day 's television commentary , that Arthur Ashe took over the role , with customary authority and enthusiasm . |
| 28 | Another Florentine nobleman , Jacopo Corsi , who took over the role of patron of the camerata when Bardi left for Rome , composed two numbers for Dafne , a tiny aria for Apollo and a unison coro finale , which have survived , but these are hardly in a nuova maniera . |
| 29 | Hazel joined the Company in March 1970 and after a few months took over the role of transport manager , in which capacity she has been responsible for keeping the Company on the move ever since . |
| 30 | David Birney took over the role in the TV series . |