Example sentences of "having a [adj] role " in BNC.

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1 Almost all British analyses use a unit similar or identical to what I call a tone-unit , and many writers see this unit as having a crucial role in linking intonation to higher-level grammatical units .
2 Much of the responsibility for dealing with it is likely to be handed over to private contractors , with the Energy Authority having a supervisory role .
3 ( 5 ) The bracketing of a " higher level " phrase or episode of interaction is commonly involved , the new footing having a liminal role , serving as a buffer between two more substantially sustained episodes .
4 This is not hard to do and could be the start of longer term relationships leading to the Book Trade having a central role in retailing the new products .
5 Harvey also sees general practitioners as having a key role in the information strategy for community care .
6 Care was identified as being those activities which one person did for another ; informal care consisted of practical care , information/advocacy , links with the outside world , regular surveillance , social integration ( belonging to a group or having a satisfying role in relation to others ) and affection .
7 Respondents who indicated that ‘ all senior staff ’ or all ‘ section heads ’ or all ‘ supervisory staff ’ have training responsibilities , but who did not specify any individuals as having a co-ordinating role , or spending at least one-quarter of their time on training , were also included in the second group .
8 Since the family were exiled from France there could be no question of the Prince having a political role within the country , even though there was no lack of latent Bonapartist feeling among all sections of society .
9 The conference in 1968 reported by Rosenthal and Kety concluded that none of these factors had yet been convincingly established as having a causal role .
10 It is viewed by some as having a prime role as a respite for carers , others additionally see their role as assisting in the more practical needs such as baths , chiropody , medication etc .
11 They were more than the part-time special constables in the British tradition , in that they were seen as having a social role in the context of an individual 's responsibility to his or her community .
12 The new road bridge spanning the Dornoch Firth was suggested as having a dual role — carrying both road and rail , the rail section to be a new piece of line which would cut out a long detour and dramatically reduce the journey time to the Far North .
13 So , while the universities were recognized as having a national role , it was not the one envisaged for them by the Newbolt Committee .
14 Cockburn 's analysis starts from a view of the local state ( which includes local government , but also other locally based state agencies including offices of central government departments ) as having a functional role within capitalism , principally concerned with capitalist reproduction .
15 In particular , we will neglect audiotex and fax-based publishing altogether since neither look like having a significant role in multimedia applications .
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