Example sentences of "[noun sg] play in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclic fluctuations in population numbers occur in many species of small mammal , and the exact role predation plays in the rise and fall of population numbers is not yet agreed upon ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 2 | For the next two chapters we are going to look at the special role that money plays in the economy . |
| 3 | And as you said , really some of the football played in the first half was quite delightful was n't it ? |
| 4 | Each ovary may well prepare several potential ova each month , like a card player considering which card to play in the light of signals from the opposition . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a pleasure to play in the same side as a true football genius . |
| 6 | Sir Peter acknowledged the part that the Association played in the RAF family , with its support of members past and present which was highlighted with the continued development of Eagle Lodges . |
| 7 | The answer to this question depends on an understanding of the role that intention played in the interpretation of civil-law dispositions . |
| 8 | Now a professional football club playing in the 4th Division of the English football league , it owes its origins to a team formed by the pupils and staff of the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 9 | The actress playing in the Western abandons her cowboy lover for the comic after he promises to take her to Hollywood and put her name up in lights , but the scandal that follows wrecks her career . |
| 10 | Gray put his job on the line and smashed the club 's transfer record by splashing out £95,000 for Nick Cusack , a homesick English centre forward playing in the Scottish Premier League at Motherwell . |
| 11 | Just how important a role means-tested assistance plays in the Government 's overall strategy is seen not only in the numbers claiming this form of social security , but in its growing share of public expenditure . |
| 12 | Finally , in view of the crucial part which the further education sector plays in the educational and economic well-being of Wales , not least in the way in which it caters for the indigenous population , it is regrettable that too big a gap still exists between it and the secondary school sector and too few Welshmen and women , particularly perhaps among those who are Welsh speaking , recognize its many achievements in the past and the vital contribution which it will be called upon to make in the future . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's every lad 's dream to play in the All Ireland final and now that we have got this far we want to make sure and win . |
| 14 | The 21-year-old full-back from Lillestrom has agreed personal terms with Rovers and is now waiting for formal clearance to play in the Premier League . |
| 15 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 16 | A string quintet played in the largest of the reception rooms , and guests spilled out into the garden in between light showers . |
| 17 | Some gibbering old fool sitting all alone drooling on his shirt Some senile old fart playing in the dirt . |
| 18 | During the summer months of the war years , Ackroyd watched the boy playing in the meadow beside the line . |
| 19 | Gary Speed now has the opportunity to play in the middle of midfield , I hope that 's where Wilko plays him . |
| 20 | This bothers the commission 's president , Jacques Delors , who thinks the Community has a part to play in the Middle East . |
| 21 | Alliances , mergers and JVs will have a part to play in the route to concentration . |
| 22 | It is frequently difficult for staff to accept the notion that anyone other than teachers should have an active part to play in the development of the school and they are often suspicious of the motives of parents who wish to take an extensive part in school life . |
| 23 | Foam nonetheless can have an important part to play in the performance of a detergent . |
| 24 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 25 | Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas . |
| 26 | We too , like the apostles have our part to play in the building of the kingdom because we are not just members of the Church the apostles founded , we are the Church . |
| 27 | Throughout my many years in the travel industry , I have always believed tourism has an important part to play in the spreading of understanding between countries , as well as being a catalyst for economic development . |
| 28 | New evidence suggests , however , that it has an important part to play in the lowering of harmful cholesterol . |
| 29 | And all those toiling thousands had a part to play in the decision to protect the hill . |
| 30 | ‘ These are not easy questions to resolve but I think that if it is possible , actually to speak to these characters in such a way that they feel that they are valued and that they do have a part to play in the community , then we are on the way to resolving questions of this sort . |