Example sentences of "have play the " in BNC.

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1 A ‘ good ’ guest , one who 'll really deliver the goods , has to play the game .
2 The Gaullist RPR , which has played the leading historical role in helping German postwar political recovery — while opposing any military revival — has given the most unequivocal welcome to the idea that Germany could again be one nation .
3 The crew were more than complimentary about the way Kylie has played the young siren .
4 In this America 's Cup , he has played the game harder than anyone .
5 Traditionally , the head has played the central role ; the tip of the pyramid , the centre of the web .
6 All these rebuffs by the electorate have taken place during a year in which Major has played the role of world leader : the Gulf war ; the Soviet coup ; the chairmanship of the G7 countries ; the Maastricht treaty on European economic , monetary and political union .
7 Who has played the better rugby ?
8 Unless Miss Rendell writes any more Wexford adventures , he has played the man from Kingsmarkham for the very last time .
9 For the past few years , IBM has played the game ( in a mathematical sense ) poorly .
10 The majority of their team has played the neighbouring Gorleston course on a number of occasions and should make their local knowledge count .
11 Second , where change has occurred , particularly at the intraregional scale , migration has played the leading role .
12 This concept has played the leading role in the development of the modern law but the question of definition has tended to be passed over in the cases with little analysis .
13 Migration ( Figure 4.5B ) has played the key role in these growth patterns — indeed , to a greater extent than might be expected from the overall rates of population change , because it is also compensating for substantial natural decrease in some of the fastest growing counties , principally those noted as retirement areas like East and West Sussex , the Isle of Wight , Dorset and Devon ( Figure 4.5A ) .
14 King Hussein ibn Talal , of the Hashemite dynasty , has played the major role in Jordanian politics since he succeeded his father as King in 1952 .
15 Congress , since the middle ages , since the nineteenth century , Swan Hunter has played the leading role in British maritime history .
16 MAry Cobb FHCIMA , has played the leading role in establishing systems which are now being tested and , it is hoped , adopted during the course of 1993 .
17 Miss Perrie has played the part of Ivy Brennan in the top-rated series for 17 years .
18 Like everyone else , I 'd played the ‘ It wo n't happen to me , but if it does … ’ game , and had envisaged , in the case of breast cancer , dying intact , yet there I was , rushing round the taverna looking for a scalpel .
19 I HAD N'T seen Nirvana since December '91 , when they 'd played the Transmusicales Festival in Rennes , France .
20 What would he have had if he 'd played the stoic ?
21 For one team 's desperate desire to establish its worth in the scrums , Toks has had to play the price of a life confined to a wheelchair , a need for 24-hour-a-day attendants , and an almost total loss of his business and social aspirations .
22 ‘ I 'll have to play the sick ma act with him too , ’ he thought , white in the face , his heart pounding , ‘ and I 'll have to do it naturally .
23 Rather they explore the possibilities of rhythm and use the two contrasting guitars to show every instrument does n't have to play the same melody .
24 While a great deal depends upon reform efforts outside the prison system ( and indeed these efforts are often located outside the criminal justice process ) , prison personnel do not have to play the passive roles in which they tend to be cast .
25 ‘ You do n't have to play the shrinking virgin for me , ’ he mocked .
26 Now you 're alright , that 's everything should happen there but it is not physically impossible but it 's gon na put staff under a lot of stress and we 're gon na have to play the game of making it workable .
27 His father believed that he had a good eye and could have played the game well if he was not liable to slip into a trance and forget that his attention was needed .
28 Whenever he was out he set himself the task ‘ to study how and why until I discovered how I should have played the ball that beat me ’ .
29 Wolstenholme will have played the course many times when the tournament starts tomorrow .
30 Defending solicitor Mr. Blundell asked the magistrates to consider whether Mr. Thurgood would have played the part of peacemaker and then gone out and attacked the soldiers ' car .
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