Example sentences of "but it [verb] a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not always mean a great deal ( though sometimes a title of this sort can be read as a genuine sign of worth ) , but it plays an essential part in reassuring people in a notoriously insecure and uncertain business . |
| 2 | Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID . |
| 3 | By the mid-1930s it was past its peak , but it played a prominent part in the agitation which led to the suspension of the National Government 's unemployment assistance board scheme early in 1935 . |
| 4 | Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Greenland has been autonomous since May 1 , 1979 , and has a parliament ( Landsting ) and government ( Landsstyre ) with full executive authority , but it remains an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark . |
| 6 | In Muslim countries , green — the colour of Mohammed 's coat — is sacred and is very rarely used as a predominant colour ; but it forms an important part of the dyer 's palette in non-Muslim cultures , particularly China ; here , the sacred colour is yellow , in which the Emperor traditionally dressed . |