Example sentences of "has [vb pp] a significant role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the lack of fundamental ecological knowledge has played a significant role in the shaping of these forests and lack of foresight has led to the demise , by deliberate poisoning and girdling , of many species which are now considered to be commercially viable . |
| 2 | Finally , biotechnology has played a significant role in improving productivity via traditional plant and animal breeding programmes and in controlling environmental quality via waste-water treatment , and it is now beginning to feature prominently in mineral extraction . |
| 3 | Noise and danger resulting from too many vehicles has played a significant role in making inner cities unpleasant places to be . |
| 4 | Jacques Fouroux maintained a sane approach when he wrote after the Paris quarter-final : ‘ It 's true that since the beginning of the World Cup the refereeing has played a significant role in the outcome of the game , but it would be chauvinistic to say the same about the way Mr. Bishop has refereed . |
| 5 | In this latter respect , government policy ( or the threat of intervention ) would seem to be the most significant factor tending to remove authority over collective bargaining to the national confederations.9 Attempts to align the outcome of wage negotiations with macroeconomic policy objectives have been one factor which has tended to raise the level of bargaining and it has played a significant role at certain periods in countries such as Holland , Norway and Austria . |
| 6 | Infrastructure-building assisted by official Japanese loans has played a significant role in promoting economic self-reliance and development in Asian countries by stimulating local private economic activities through trade and investment . |
| 7 | Rhetoricians ancient and modern have noted that the word ‘ metaphor ’ comes from the Greek word metaphorein , meaning to transfer or to carry over , and the idea of transport or mobilization inherent in its original meaning has played a significant role in the conceptual evolution of the figure . |
| 8 | A whole succession of international agreements have come into being since then , including the Montreal Protocol to phase out the manufacture and use of ozone-depleting chemicals ( such as CFCs ) and the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , which has played a significant role in helping to protect some of the world 's rarest flora and fauna . |
| 9 | She has been with us since 1988 and has played a significant role in the development of CCG 's in-house marketing strategies . |
| 10 | The institute has played a significant role in Kuwait 's mariculture development , as three of our graduates , Dr Sulaiman Al Matter , Dr Abdul Aziz Al Ameeri and Dr Khaled El Allah , now work at KISR plus Dr Albert Tacon who worked at KISR for a short time before being forced to flee Saddam Hussein . |