Example sentences of "[noun pl] have 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 | For example , the sanctions against non-members have played an important part in sustaining trade unions through difficult conflicts with employers : ‘ scab ’ labourers and strike-breakers have a hard time . |
| 4 | Lord Scarman 's inquiry was not on the same scale as the famous Kerner Report in 1968 on the US riots , but since the publication of his Report in November 1981 his views and prescriptions have played an important role in fashioning political debate about the riots . |
| 5 | Here the influences of the professionals , psychologists , psychiatrists , psycho-analysts and paediatricians have played an important part in convincing us ( as every mother knows ) that the quality of physical care has a profound effect on the social and emotional development of children . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That same report concluded that high income elasticities and low price elasticities had played a major part in this observed growth . |
| 10 | Ever since the Sumerians , the Assyrians and the Persians began trading with other early civilisations thousands of years ago , Oman 's natural harbours have played an important role in world history . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Since her election in 1986 , President Corazon Aquino had maintained a deliberately ambiguous stance over the bases ; although in the early years of her term she suggested some opposition to the US presence , this position had been weakened when US aircraft from the bases had played an essential role in Aquino 's defeat of a serious right-wing military coup attempt in December 1989 [ see pp. 37120-21 ] . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The banks have played a central role in this industrial restructuring . |
| 18 | Foreign investors have played a big part in pushing up share prices . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | However , unelected , time limited , hierarchical agencies have played an important role in central government initiatives to solve social problems . |
| 21 | However , White , in this issue , argues that private actions have played an important role in the development of more effective antitrust in the US , and that the recent decline in the number of cases has allayed the fears , expressed in the 1980s , of excessive litigation . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Traditionally doctors have played a small role in the overall management of these types of injuries after the initial stages . |
| 27 | Noise and danger resulting from too many vehicles has played a significant role in making inner cities unpleasant places to be . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In the United Kingdom the attitude to testing has been more ambivalent , although examinations and tests have played an important part in British education for well over a century . |
| 30 | Up to now the police have played a passive role with the hippies , preferring to keep a watchful eye on them . |