Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] have a role " in BNC.

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1 If this hypothesis was correct , drugs that modulate upper gastrointestinal motility may have a role in the treatment of DU patients .
2 Immunosuppressed patients are , however , often seronegative for anti-hepatitis C virus in the presence of active infection , and nucleic acid assays may have a role here .
3 This case supports the theory that functional disturbances of the thymus may have a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease .
4 The District Council considers that the sites may have a role to play in the long-term strategic land reserve , although at this stage as no calculations have been carried out as to the requirements it is difficult to assess what role they might play .
5 Computer models will have a role to play in making the golf-clubs of the future .
6 The fact that pentagastrin increased platelet activating factor precursors would suggest that platelet activating factor may have a role in the gastric functions , in particular gastric acid secretion .
7 Although the authors concluded that the results indicated that mycobacteria might have a role in the pathogenesis of Crohn 's disease , a further search for mycobacteria in the affected intestinal tissue with antibodies to M paratuberculosis strain linda , M tuberculosis , and the common mycobacterial antigen lipoarabinomannan failed to find a positive reaction in any of 67 specimens from 30 affected patients .
8 It would be well into the 1920s before the majority of geneticists began to concede that natural selection might have a role to play by regulating the spread of mutated characters within the population .
9 Thus the rotary lithotrite could have a role in the management of gall stones if the problems encountered can be overcome .
10 The phosphoinositide signalling pathway may have a role to play because this tetanus-induced onset of LTP was enhanced by activation of the mGlu receptor .
11 Our analysis suggests that fetal immaturity at birth rather than intrauterine environment would have a role in the aetiology of respiratory symptoms in children .
12 Traditional building materials such as mud will have a role to play only when the national objective is to ensure that everyone has better housing now .
13 This point , together with a proof that stabilizing monetary policy can have a role within rational expectations models which emphasize ‘ intertemporal substitution ’ , can be made after modifying the island parable model developed earlier .
14 It is in these situations that multiplex PCR would have a role , with one single reaction potentially detecting a whole range of pathogens .
15 The seriousness of the offence might have a role to play , though not a conclusive one .
16 If the answer is ‘ yes , change is possible ’ , then certain choices have to be made about how individuals are going to tackle the problems which face them , and the counsellor will have a role in enabling counsellees to make those decisions .
17 Activation of protein kinase C may have a role in the short term regulation of acid secretion , as in the inhibitory action of high concentrations of carbachol on histamine stimulated secretory activity in guinea pig parietal cells .
18 The cause of Dupuytren 's disease is unknown , but inflammatory cells might have a role .
19 We previously proposed that restorative proctocolectomy might have a role in the management of patients with continued constipation despite subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis if there was objective evidence of slow transit constipation .
20 Gerry : Unions could have a role in organizing workers with specific oppressions by acting as a buffer between groups and management ; providing a wider political context tor organizing in ; and for providing liaison , information and support .
21 Looked at in this way , terrestrial zodiacs can have a role regardless of whether they are considered objectively ‘ real ’ or not .
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