Example sentences of "[modal v] play [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The sense of outrage on the part of both Marx and Braverman at the crippling effects ( physical or spiritual ) on many workers of the division of labour within capitalist enterprises is fully justified , but their unitary and rationalistic conception of the total subordination of labour to capital leads them to an overestimation of the role this division of labour must play in the formation of social collectivities : the extraction of any ‘ skill ’ content from labour for the mass of workers ; the homogenisation of ‘ simple labour ’ in all branches of production ; the cheapening of labour power ; increasingly intolerable oppression — these tendencies are bound to overwhelm any secondary differentiation of the workers by branch or by enterprise and lead to the formation of a revolutionary proletariat .
2 A maximum of 15 minutes on any one drill is therefore ideal , unless , of course , it is being played for points , in which case you should play to the end of that particular session .
3 In Time magazine on the eve of the hearings Walter Shapiro offered advice for congressmen wishing to become stars , as Sam Ervin had at the Watergate hearings : they should play to the cameras , should not be afraid to wear their hearts on their sleeves , and should never make the mistake of reading their questions .
4 Laing has some strong convictions about the role major companies should play in the community as a whole .
5 ‘ We both decided he should play in the reserves on Thursday .
6 That takes us to Joint Planning and the part of the voluntary organisations play or should play in the process .
7 In the event , historians ’ needs and thus the role that the computer should play in the classroom are overlooked .
8 I was going to old Chris , I said I said he should play in the class .
9 Economic setbacks in Europe might play into the hands of the USSR .
10 There are seldom any references to co-curricular activities and the important part which they might play in the whole curriculum of a school .
11 The role that DNA structure-specific proteins might play in the antitumor mechanism of cisplatin is of particular interest .
12 Do n't they , yeah you 'll play in the Legion wo n't you ?
13 Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know .
14 Manufacturers could play on the excitement of a commentary to sell their sets .
15 However , later David did come and see me to ask if his group could play on the school steps at the PTA fête which was to be held in the summer , so I suppose that was one of his first public engagements with his group .
16 Bill Hand was a little fellow with a little name — he only stood 5ft 6ins in his stockinged feet — but he was tough and sturdy and could play on the wing or at inside-forward and did so to considerable effect for the Palace in the early 1920s .
17 ‘ That season ’ , he reckons , ‘ I discovered I had something to offer ; that I could play with the big boys .
18 The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to .
19 The 16-year-olds could play for the juniors at the same time as their fathers turn out for the club 's over-35s team in a national competition .
20 This case is therefore best considered as an instance not of the role of intention in trusts , but of the general role it could play in the interpretation of testamentary dispositions .
21 In several talks given by myself in both English and Burmese , I tried to emphasise the part which Buddhism could play in the national life .
22 ‘ This time last year we had question marks against some players — whether they could play in the First Division .
23 ‘ I reckon he could play in the Premier League and I 've no hesitation in saying that . ’
24 They went to the pre-qualifying and , if they made it , they could play in the tournaments .
25 What part the laity could play in the Church and how far they felt alienated is for discussion later .
26 He also said that he thought he and Strach could play in the same team .
27 If we had cold weather credits the children could play in the bedroom and have more space . ’
28 and er the children used to play on the banks of the Nile early in the morning when they got up , there was all sand there .
29 Richard and I used to play with the dice at school .
30 The local bands used to play for the morning processions , in the afternoon they played selections at the sports and in the evening they would compete among themselves .
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