Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] play a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 2 | Over the last six years , the Cities and Media Forum has become an established part of the Festival and has played a substantial role in the debates about developing the media economies of regional cities in the UK . |
| 3 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 4 | A long-standing friend of WACC , Daniel Tjongarero , was appointed Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting and has played a major part in drawing up Namibia 's information and communication policy . |
| 5 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said : ‘ Pallister has been very consistent and has played a major part in Manchester United 's success . |
| 6 | In addition , the breed has been very widely exported and has played a major role in the creation or improvement of many other breeds : its influence has probably been greater than any other breed except perhaps the Friesian group and its adaptability is legendary . |
| 7 | The Director of the Unit , Rev Eric Shegog , is Vice-Chairperson of WACC 's European Regional Association , and has played a considerable role in ensuring that the subject of media ethics remains high on WACC-Europe 's agenda . |
| 8 | She has been with us since 1988 and has played a significant role in the development of CCG 's in-house marketing strategies . |
| 9 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 10 | All students from overseas are encouraged and helped to play a full part in the life of the University community and to take every advantage of the academic and recreational facilities available to them throughout their periods of study . |
| 11 | All students from overseas are encouraged and helped to play a full part in the life of the University community and to take every advantage of the academic and recreational facilities available to them throughout their periods of study . |
| 12 | After this calamity , several new groups appeared , of which the most important were the clymeniid ammonoids , quite different from anything that went before and destined to play a major role in the world of stratigraphical palaeontology . |
| 13 | In that way the buildings would be saved and continue to play a useful role . |
| 14 | The Industrial Research Associations began with such a function in the inter-war period and continue to play a similar role today . |
| 15 | Despite political division , the churches unite in their membership of the Middle East Council of Churches , and continue to play a leading role in a part of the world whose institutions are most important . |
| 16 | We work with the appropriate authorities to combat the abuse of alcohol , and continue to play a leading role in promoting balanced debate and communicating the benefits of moderate drinking to a wide audience . |
| 17 | The Doctor went over to the marbles , found a jack and started to play a solitary game . |
| 18 | One of them saw a tarnished wristwatch lying on the beach and decided to play a practical joke . |
| 19 | He could and did play a decisive role . |
| 20 | Although one consequence of their detached status was that the Commissioners tended to be remote from the day to day process of policy formulation in the higher echelons of the Home Office , they had the advantage of being perceived by the Prison Service as providing a collective leadership in which the professional element in the service could and did play a significant part . |
| 21 | However , the bill exempted the mosque in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh , an issue which had provoked fierce rioting in recent years and had played a major part in the collapse of the government of V. P. Singh in November 1990 [ see p. 37854 ] . |
| 22 | It had been formed to act as a co-ordinating body for banned organizations , and had played a leading role in the 1984-86 uprisings in black townships . |
| 23 | Mr. Tully remained a director of Abbey and continued to play a prominent part in its management . |
| 24 | Both the form and the substance of his approach rapidly assumed an authoritative status and have played a major role in shaping the dominant tradition . |
| 25 | Population pressure , along with vagaries of climate and terrain , and geographical location , have strongly influenced Japan 's relations with the outside world over the last 150 years and have played a crucial part in shaping Japan 's evolution for much longer . |
| 26 | NERC scientists were the first to discover the hole in the ozone layer , and have played a key role in UN-backed climate change research . |
| 27 | Much later , bacteriophages were found to transfer genetic information , from one bacterium to another , so they became immensely important tools for geneticists and have played a fundamental role in understanding the functions of deoxyribonucleic acid ( see Chapter 11 ) . |