Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is not to be doubted that there are still thousands of mainframe users that want nothing more than to continue with the kind of computing they have always known , using the environment with which they are familiar , and in which they have invested a large part of their lives . |
| 4 | Many advice workers are unaware that they have had a democratic part in the policy decisions that have adopted these training requirements and some even see these demands on them as a personal affront . |
| 5 | Some of them have played a big part at local council level and it does n't turn nationalists into unionists . |