Example sentences of "[noun sg] may have play a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this interpretation is correct , then evolutionism may have played a role in promoting a greater awareness of environmental fragility mainly through its Lamarckian rather than its Darwinian version . |
| 2 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 3 | Sheriff Robert Younger told him : ‘ You are a first offender and perhaps your alcoholism may have played a part in these offences . |
| 4 | Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption . |
| 5 | But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ? |
| 6 | It was hard to avoid the conclusion that while pique may have played a part in its foundation , it had come into being not so much to benefit its members in terms of strengthening trade within the seven , but on the basis of a belief that in unity there was strength : in other words , as a group of seven they would be in a less disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the Six than if each separately attempted to negotiate some accommodation with the Six . |