Example sentences of "who have [verb] a [adj] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joseph Sturge , who had assumed a leading part in the fight against apprenticeship , anticipated triumphs on a broader imperial and international scale which would confirm Britain 's moral leadership in the world . |
| 2 | In Tolmezzo Domanov was joined by General Peter Krasnov , who had played a prominent part in the Russian Civil War , first as Ataman of the Don Cossacks and later in the Baltic States . |
| 3 | There seems little doubt that the team suffered badly by being deprived of the services of Ian Gow , a widely-respected , close associate of the Prime Minister who had played a major part in her 1989 campaign and whose murder by the IRA in July had led to the Eastbourne by-election . |
| 4 | An Arabic-speaking Tunisian-American , Habib was the son of Phillip Habib , a former government agent who had played a big part in breaking up the French Connection in Marseilles during the 1960s . |
| 5 | ( c ) 1923 Party Seats Conservative 258 Labour 191 Liberal 159 Others Several outcomes were theoretically possible , but neither Labour ( under MacDonald ) nor the Conservatives ( under Baldwin , who had played an important part in breaking up the Lloyd George coalition in 1922 ) would countenance a coalition . |
| 6 | Not far distanced from the council , in England at any rate , was Parliament , dominated for much of the fourteenth century by the peerage ; and in that body , too , matters of policy and national finance were frequently discussed , for it was there that kings liked to benefit from the practical experience of men who had taken an active part in war . |
| 7 | The English pair , who have played a major part in England 's promotion to the Super Division of the European League , were beaten 21–18 , 22–20 by German pair Peter Franz and Torben Wosik . |
| 8 | Conditions in which there is depletion of its , which are essential for emulsifying fats in the gut , are also characterised by low levels of vitamin E. Examples are people with liver disease , or who have had a large part of the ileum ( ’ lower ’ end of the small intestine ) removed . |