Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] play a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More specifically , it has been suggested that the ‘ underachievement ’ of black pupils in schools has played a significant part in ensuring that second and third generation young British black people continue to find themselves suffering the ‘ disadvantages ’ encountered by their parents and grandparents . |
| 2 | The examples described below illustrate all these , though as yet there do not appear to be many instances of disasters in the management of which GIS has played a significant part . |
| 3 | Experiments on animals have played a crucial role in revealing the disease mechanism in paralysing autoimmune conditions , and some of these experiments are still in progress in Oxford . |
| 4 | Clearly , the big groups can make their own approaches but how can the small , independents hope to play a serious role in the proceedings ? |
| 5 | There is much to suggest , yet little to confirm , that poor performance in these areas has played a crucial part in affecting the overall performance of the economy . |
| 6 | That same report concluded that high income elasticities and low price elasticities had played a major part in this observed growth . |
| 7 | These figures for acquisitions mean that general insurance companies have played a significant role in channelling funds from ‘ surplus ’ units towards the government ; they have played a significant part in recent years in financing the PSBR . |
| 8 | His all-embracing marine articles have played a major part in instructing newcomers to the hobby , while many of his photographs show marine fish in their natural settings . |
| 9 | Admissions tutors are criticised for failing to use CNAA regulations more flexibly and allowing A-levels to continue to play a dominant role in regulating entry to higher education . |
| 10 | The role of the sculpture collections has played a powerful force in the history of ideas , which makes this book as much about nineteenth-century thought as about Bassae , Didyma , Halicarnassus , Nimrud or Xanthos . |
| 11 | Findings show that A-levels continue to play a dominant role in regulating entry to Higher Education . |
| 12 | Although the central confederations of employers ' associations are usually much less involved in collective bargaining than are the industry associations , nevertheless in a few countries the peak organisations do play a major role . |
| 13 | This set the tone for the 1980s , when , despite successive draconian states of emergency , both secondary schools and universities have played a major part in challenging the government . |
| 14 | In the last ten years social movements of all kinds have played a major part in the transition to democracy ( and not only in Latin America and Eastern Europe ) , in human rights , environmental , peace and other movements . |
| 15 | The banks have played a central role in this industrial restructuring . |
| 16 | Foreign investors have played a big part in pushing up share prices . |
| 17 | The Tyne atmosphere , in the formation of which merchant navy officers have played a major role ( before the war transition from seamen to officer was not uncommon although it is very rare now ) , is well reproduced in a number of memoirs ( see Before the Box Boats by Captain A. W. King horn of Cullercoats , 1983 ) . |
| 18 | Ipswich 's cereal import and exports continue to play a vital role in the dock 's success . |
| 19 | Infrastructure-building assisted by official Japanese loans has played a significant role in promoting economic self-reliance and development in Asian countries by stimulating local private economic activities through trade and investment . |
| 20 | The South-West forwards tried to play a similar mauling game , but with Teague far short of his true form they seldom made much headway and only occasionally produced clean possession for Hill . |
| 21 | The Gold Coast had fallen back from the situation 50 years earlier when English-educated Africans had played a leading part in administration , Christian leadership , the judiciary and the learned professions . |
| 22 | It is clear that law centres have played a significant part in the provision of legal advice , but there are contrasting indications about their future wellbeing . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The poets and critics had played a considerable part in stimulating and organizing the first manifestations of the Cubists , but the connections between Orphism and contemporary literature were stronger and more direct . |
| 25 | Traditionally doctors have played a small role in the overall management of these types of injuries after the initial stages . |
| 26 | Noise and danger resulting from too many vehicles has played a significant role in making inner cities unpleasant places to be . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , I thought the Danes tried to play a physical game and that hurt them a little . |
| 28 | CAL courses continue to play a vital role in the tuition of Banking Certificate and Pre-Associateship Route students , filling the gap left by colleges which are unable to mount evening classes because of local authority funding constraints and limited demand . |
| 29 | Referring to the Autumn Statement 's firm limits on public sector wage increases , its public spending ceilings and its priority for programmes that would help the economy , Mr Lamont said those measures had played a key role in putting Britain on course for recovery and would be continued . |
| 30 | Up to now the police have played a passive role with the hippies , preferring to keep a watchful eye on them . |