Example sentences of "[art] [adj] part in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was very much a local affair with the town 's voluntary groups playing the largest part in the proceedings . |
| 2 | The course of Hornblower 's love for the forthright ( and fictional ) sister of the noble Wellesleys , developed through his uneasy , self-tormenting thoughts , plays the central part in the novels demanded by their romantic tone and structure ; in the way the two proud individuals adjust to an intimacy which disturbs their essential need for privacy of character , in Hornblower 's emotional vacillations when in perilous circumstances he meets Mane de Graçay again , his behaviour and musings are consistent with his given character . |
| 3 | Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match . |
| 4 | Only in exceptional circumstances — a major effluent , a polluter who is proving difficult , or a discharger who is powerful or well known — is the officer 's area supervisor likely to take a personal part in the proceedings . |
| 5 | Francis Maginn did not take a prominent part in the affairs of the BDDA after its formation . |
| 6 | The Association has ever since this Congress played a prominent part in the affairs of the international deaf community through its membership of the World Federation , and it has itself greatly benefited from its international links . |
| 7 | It may explain both why the fourteen-year-old King played a prominent part in the negotiations at Mile End and Smithfield , and how he was able to avoid mob vengeance after Tyler 's murder . |
| 8 | But he said 1992 had been ‘ an exceptionally good year ’ for Vauxhall , with excellent Astra sales playing a prominent part in the results . |
| 9 | The NILP was represented by a strong contingent which carried the party banner and for the first time Ivan Cooper took a prominent part in the proceedings . |
| 10 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 11 | Upon leaving the Institution , he was apprenticed to a bookbinder but this did not satisfy his ambitions , and he began to take a leading part in the affairs of the deaf . |
| 12 | Edgar Wilkinson , the BEA 's Commercial Manager and Ronald Edwards , an LSE economist , played a leading part in the deliberations of the committee , which heard some powerful evidence of the damage done at the peak , particularly by the space heating load , and of the need for restriction by an increased winter price or other means . |
| 13 | Once again , papal envoys took a leading part in the proceedings and , on this occasion , a possible way out was found . |
| 14 | Guilt plays a major part in the who's-that-at-the-door game . |
| 15 | Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine began to take a major part in the affairs of Europe . |
| 16 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |
| 17 | The conflict between the scientist 's idealism and the political pressures on Servan-Schreiber played a major part in the events leading to the departure of Papert last October . |
| 18 | One simple factor played a major part in the calculations : time of day . |
| 19 | Lacking something of the Gondola 's panache , it nevertheless played a regular part in the Illuminations until 1961 , survived only one year longer by the Gondola . |
| 20 | Mansfield , Robert Byrd , Howard Baker and Robert Dole have adopted lower profile leadership styles and accepted that junior colleagues should be allowed to play a full part in the proceedings of the Senate |
| 21 | An arbitral tribunal is often composed of three or sometimes of five individuals , but all those individuals take a full part in the proceedings . |
| 22 | Talent plays but a small part in the proceedings . |
| 23 | ‘ The local park plays a big part in the lives of many families in this town , ’ said Midlesbrough Council 's leisure services chairman Bob Kerr . |
| 24 | Another factor played a vital part in the arguments they advanced : the need to entrench the achievements of the Thatcher government . |
| 25 | To fail to play a positive part in the deliberations at Maastricht is to surrender Britain 's true interests . |
| 26 | Organized interest groups play a significant part in the decisions . |
| 27 | The staff representatives here as at other levels of the machinery must be members of the signatories to the 1956 agreement , that is NUR , ASLEF and TSSA ; union branches play no formal part in the LDCs , but in practice there are often close informal ties and overlapping membership ( Edwards and Lloyd 1981 ) . |
| 28 | Music had always played an important part in the lives of the Minogue family . |
| 29 | Religion plays an important part in the lives of thousands of millions of people . |
| 30 | It had been operational as Lancaster College of Technology since 1960 , conceived by the local authority in Coventry as a major institution , and had rapidly developed a reputation as such , expanding rapidly , and playing an important part in the committees and boards of the CNAA . |