Example sentences of "has [adv] [vb pp] a [adj] part " in BNC.

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1 Suffice it to say that in this field voluntary effort has long played a considerable part and there are signs that it intends to increase its contribution to this field .
2 ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence .
3 ABS Computers Ltd , formerly the Allied Business Systems small business computer manufacturer , has long looked a vestigial part of the Trafalgar House Plc empire , too small to turn up in the annual report , and giving the impression that top management was unaware of its existence .
4 Her husband , Bill Clough , seemed awkward and unsure of himself : his suit fitted badly , and he looked like a comic who has unwisely accepted a serious part in provincial rep .
5 It has created enormous cities … and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life . ’
6 Midland has already swapped a substantial part of its Chilean debt exposure for equity and has also been involved in similar , private sector , schemes in Argentina .
7 This suggests that during a fluent phase a speaker has already done a major part of the planning before beginning to speak a clause .
8 ‘ Art has always played a major part in my life — both my parents are painters .
9 From Table 9.6(a) it can be seen that bank financing has always played a major part in financing British industrial and commercial companies .
10 But faith has always played a big part in the game , and in France they have often made things happen simply by believing .
11 Broadcasting has always played a big part in our lives , and still does .
12 It has also played a central part in promoting management education in Wales : in 1977 it was designated as the Regional Management Centre for the Principality .
13 Michael 's love of animals has even played a significant part in moulding his career .
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