Example sentences of "and [noun pl] play a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Secondly data structures are already beginning to come apart from use structures and GIS plays a central role in this .
2 Three years later the introduction of a new registration system for despatches and telegrams played a crucial role in changing the position of the more senior officials , the first-division clerks , and giving them , far more than in the past , a share in policy-making .
3 In short , even a genuinely mulitilateral world system effectively dominated by an oligarchy of the important states , such as was envisaged in the Security Council as originally set up , would not be an international system in which most nations and nation-states played a significant role .
4 Senior Officers and Flag Officers have considerable official entertaining responsibilities and stewards play a key role at such functions .
5 None of us can doubt the economic plight of many of the countries where our mission partners work but the relationship of people is every bit as important and visits play a large part in that .
6 His lectures and writings played a considerable part in shaping fundamental chemical theory , and in several respects laid the foundations for the theory of valency .
7 ‘ In this new environment business requires many more highly qualified people whose skills and abilities play a major part in determining competitive advantage . ’
8 This is when ‘ pluggers ’ start trying to ‘ persuade ’ presenters and producers to play a particular record .
9 Party members and activists play an important role in British politics and yet compared with voters they remain an understudied group .
10 Informal social relationships personal relationships with kin , friends , neighbours , work colleagues and others play a central part in people 's lives .
11 Microbes and bacteria play an integral part in the food cycle .
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