Example sentences of "part [to-vb] [prep] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is a contract of insurance and the policy holder does have a part to play by maintaining the vehicle .
2 This is the major challenge for the training programme which has a vital part to play in shaping the success of the new arrangements .
3 Whigs and Tories were agreed during the crucial debates of 1830–32 that democracy was an unpalatable and dangerous form of government , that " a stake in the country " was an essential title to political power , that landed property had a special part to play in guaranteeing the stability of the social order and the authority of the Constitution , that the " wild " — as distinct from the " rational " part of the public should not be left undisturbed to exercise pressure on governmental policy .
4 However , it must be acknowledged also that the conditions of the time have an important part to play in determining the feasibility of any particular type of exchange rate system .
5 My point is that the press has a powerful part to play in redressing the balance .
6 Mr Patten said that he had not turned against the idea of any and all new towns : ‘ So long as the location is right and so long as people can have real confidence that a decision in favour of a new settlement will relieve development pressures elsewhere , then new villages and new settlements could have a part to play in increasing the acceptability of new housing decisions . ’
7 Whilst my message this time has mainly been to our Service team , we all have a part to play in improving the quality of our business .
8 Tax reform has a crucial part to play in springing the underclass from welfare dependency , as well as building up support for such a programme amongst a much wider group of the electorate .
9 Both of these issues have a prominent part to play in assessing the impact of taxes on different groups .
10 This is not to deny with Brown ( 1980 ) that geomorphologists have a part to play in elucidating the history of the shape of the earth , particularly in the light of the revolution that the theory of plate tectonics brought to the understanding of continental distribution .
11 In Athens the political equality of the citizens coexisted uneasily with economic inequality , as it continues to do today ; but the whole point of the democracy was that it gave the poor as well as the rich a part to play in governing the city .
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