Example sentences of "to play in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or , to put it another way , does the concept of the general interest or the general will have any part to play in democratic thinking ? |
| 2 | Americans still had an important role to play in war-ravaged Europe in ensuring that Germany did not again threaten the security of Europe , and in being on hand to help counterbalance if necessary the enigmatic and possibly dangerous USSR . |
| 3 | The importance of the role she was now , willy-nilly , being forced to play in European affairs , in spite ( or perhaps because ) of her increasing weakness and inefficiency , is shown by the great though indirect and unsought significance of her part in the first partition of Poland ( see pp. 273ff ) . |
| 4 | Deprived of six senior defenders , they had to ask Nigel Clough to play in central defence and winger Gary Crosby at right-back . |
| 5 | It is noticeable that opportunities to play in 72-hole stroke play events on the amateur circuits are few and far between , whereas a professional will play week in and week out on the professional circuit . |
| 6 | As indicated above , trade now has an acknowledged role to play in Soviet development . |
| 7 | Monitors have an important role to play in medically-circumscribed situations , but they are , unfortunately , not likely to be an answer to cot death . |
| 8 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 9 | In so doing she demonstrates that the potential scope of the novel is enriched , not exhausted , by technological development , and that , conceived as an ‘ open ’ and heterogeneous genre , the novel still has a significant role to play in contemporary society , both as a mode of knowledge and as a means of communication . |
| 10 | Denis Taylor : ‘ We decided we were going to have a new singer and hold auditions , the idea being that we would go to the old club we used to play in called La Discothéque , which was in Wardour Street , not far from the Whiskey-a-GoGo . |
| 11 | The American scene should be a piece of cake for these lads after several years of sharing a camper and traversing huge chunks of arid land to play in one-day pro-ams that may net them a couple of hundred pounds . |
| 12 | Start paid GBP 30 000 for renting Frank this summer to play in 8 matches — but it was a good investment . |
| 13 | In years gone by the club chairman brought a certain local charm to the game ; there was Jan Stepek of Hamilton Accies who made his fortune from renting TV sets to Motherwell 's seething masses , Hal Stewart who forced Morton to play in day-glo orange , and Old Man Dayell , the west-coast food magnate whose personal fortune was amassed selling half-time mutton pies then partially squandered trying to turn Airdrie into AC Milan . |
| 14 | So I think we have a role to play in moral education . |
| 15 | This last point is awkward , because recent Tory chancellors have denied that fiscal policy has a role to play in managing demand . |
| 16 | Here we intend to explain the operation of another EC institution , the European Investment Bank , which will probably have an important part to play in future progress towards economic and monetary union within the EC . |
| 17 | The point we wish to make is that , even when these other factors are taken into account , decisions for which the courts are themselves directly responsible do have a major part to play in determining imprisonment rates . |
| 18 | The headteacher has a major role to play in encouraging governors to adopt a response to the staffing responsibilities of LMS which values people and ensures the successful development of the school . |
| 19 | As children become older , fathers have a role to play in encouraging exploration and play . |
| 20 | Nurses , particularly health visitors , have an important role to play in encouraging parents to take up immunisation and there is concern about falling rates of acceptance . |
| 21 | Governing bodies also have an important role to play in encouraging volunteers to assist in your work and proposals to achieve this are set out in Sport 2000 . |
| 22 | Advisers and inspectors can be a stimulus to more rigorous thinking and have an important role to play in encouraging schools to be more self-critical . |
| 23 | Nervous because she was due to play in two chukkas ' time , Perdita refused even to acknowledge Daisy 's presence . |
| 24 | It does , however , have a crucial role to play in two respects , theoretically and methodologically . |
| 25 | But she has been given special dispensation to play in two events in her home state before that birthday . |
| 26 | Well , oh gosh , the team seemed to play in one way like , nine man rugby scrum , scrum and scrum half and that 's about it is n't it , probably was how we planned it . |
| 27 | As we have already implied , GIS has a role to play in all aspects of hazard research , from hazard monitoring , risk assessment and emergency planning to coping with an event and evaluating its consequences . |
| 28 | ( People are now inviting me to play in all manner of matches to boost the takings which is one way of getting a game as wicky ) . |
| 29 | The law has some part to play in stimulating directors to take appropriate action in these areas by imposing liability where loss can be attributed to a failure on the part of the board to ensure that the company is equipped with an adequate organisational structure . |
| 30 | The government managed to make its legislation ‘ stick ’ , in contrast to Mr Heath 's experience , and has refuted the old ‘ liberal ’ view that the courts did not have a useful role to play in industrial relations . |