Example sentences of "[pers pn] have play a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have played a full set of District Championship games and now it 's a question of getting sharper . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She has played a vital part in some of the most important movements and problems of the last 25 years , the ecumenical movement , the problem of refugees , the problems of world poverty and hunger , the problem of race relations . |
| 3 | You 've played a great game . ’ |
| 4 | She had played a waiting game with great skill in the 1540s . |
| 5 | We have played a decisive part in the development of the Community over the past decade . |
| 6 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 7 | The trade unions are by far the largest body representing people who will be affected by the introduction of new technologies , and in Britain they have played a prominent part in the debate about information technology . |
| 8 | Although the peasantry have not often been prompted to rebellion , they have played a major role in a national revolution in two Latin American countries , Mexico and Cuba . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Thin or topped chip A lot of golfers will thin or top when they have to play a delicate shot over a hazard . |
| 11 | He has played a major part in Australia 's last four Test victories . |
| 12 | More recently he has played a major role in persuading the Department of Employment to publish , in co-operation with the Institute , the information pack ‘ Making the cash flow ’ . |
| 13 | He has played a leading part in representing the brewing industry and is acknowledged internationally as a world expert on hops . |
| 14 | He has played a leading part in developing the Viet Nam business for the bast six years , chalking up 32 visits to the country before his permanent posting . |
| 15 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 16 | The role of the Pope is not discussed by Freud , but it has played a key role in the Roman Catholic and Protestant hostilities . |
| 17 | Although the United Kingdom is on the continental shelf , it has played a positive part in Europe 's history . |
| 18 | Sometimes it has played a pioneering role in bringing about new developments , such as the Renault agreement on the duration of holidays which then became generalised by legislation ( Despax and Rojot , 1979 ) . |
| 19 | In this latter respect , government policy ( or the threat of intervention ) would seem to be the most significant factor tending to remove authority over collective bargaining to the national confederations.9 Attempts to align the outcome of wage negotiations with macroeconomic policy objectives have been one factor which has tended to raise the level of bargaining and it has played a significant role at certain periods in countries such as Holland , Norway and Austria . |
| 20 | Qin had founded this weekly journal in 1980 and it had played a major role in the campaign for economic and political reform in China until being closed down in April 1989 following the outbreak of student demonstrations [ see p. 36587 ] . |
| 21 | It was the ultimate war , the final confrontation between Good and Evil , and he had played a major part in the war . |
| 22 | Before he retired in 1939 he had played a key role in the establishment of archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge . |
| 23 | He had played a successful hand under Æthelred , and maintained his position in the fighting of 1015 – 16 , but Cnut , perhaps with the encouragement of his consort Ælfgifu of Northampton , who retained some sort of recognised position even after his marriage to Emma of Normandy , and whose father Eadric had overthrown , clearly decided that he was too powerful and dangerous to be tolerated further . |
| 24 | As Secretary of the Manchester branch of the Association of Teachers of German , he had played a prominent role in attracting the Goethe Institute to Manchester . |
| 25 | He had played a conciliatory role in ending the players ' strike during the last labour-contract negotiations in 1990 and some owners felt they could not fully trust him to be their man this time round . |
| 26 | A little bit unfortunate there Kingsley Black he 's played he 's played a nice ball down the side down the channel but that 's the sort of ball Collimore would have thrived on . |
| 27 | Some of them have played a big part at local council level and it does n't turn nationalists into unionists . |