Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a leading [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Prabhakar , a 34-year-old applied physicist , is poised to become head of NIST , to which the Clinton administration has given a leading role in stimulating the US economy . |
| 2 | Someone who — has accepted a leading chair at one of the universities expects to do a job and does not lightly change after less than two years . |
| 3 | Murdo Grant , Rector of Kingussie High School , identifies the opportunities and failures open to teachers : as they are expected to play a leading part in community life , so professional and personal shortcomings are less easy to conceal . |
| 4 | The lecturer will also be expected to play a leading part in the development of the newly formed ‘ Institute of Optical Engineering ’ on campus . |
| 5 | The Grimethorpe plant has played a leading part , with a lack of finances , for many years in producing clean coal technology . |
| 6 | He has played a leading part in representing the brewing industry and is acknowledged internationally as a world expert on hops . |
| 7 | He has played a leading part in developing the Viet Nam business for the bast six years , chalking up 32 visits to the country before his permanent posting . |
| 8 | The British Section refugee office has played a leading role in this area of work , processing some 4,000 cases since 1980 . |
| 9 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 10 | Their role as ‘ wise ones ’ , instructors and initiates is well documented , and their totem , the Hooded Cobra , often depicted in anthropomorphic form , has played a leading role not only in Hindu , but in Buddhist art throughout India , Sri Lanka , Java , China and Japan . |
| 11 | Since then the CIOB has played a leading role in developing and launching qualifications for construction managers and supervisors — namely the Site Supervisory Certificate , Site Management Certificate and Site Management Diploma . |
| 12 | But the process was one in which Britain has played a leading role , and the result is one in which we can clearly see the imprint of our views . |
| 13 | Since becoming a primary sponsor of The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum , the company has played a leading role in helping to educate managers from the emerging market economies of Eastern Europe . |
| 14 | There has been considerable progress during the year on a number of aspects related to the cost competitiveness of the UK 's oil industry , progress in which the Wood Group has played a leading role in national discussions and , more importantly , in a wide range of initiatives and developments directly with our customers . |
| 15 | Pam Ayres joined a group of school children as they toured the centre which has played a leading role in saving rare breeds of sheep and pigs . |
| 16 | GUARD has become a leading player in carrying out environmental impact assessments for industrial and commercial developments , all of which are now legally obliged to use the services of archaeologists . |
| 17 | Software602 is negotiating with Microsoft Corp 's Prague subsidiary at the moment to translate its software , and has play-ed a leading role in pressing for legislative changes . |
| 18 | Alisjahbana has identified a leading aspect of his personality as ‘ idealised sensualism ’ . |
| 19 | At the same time as his hon. Friend the Member for Monklands , West ( Mr. Clarke ) is saying that pay beds are to be driven from the health service and given to private companies , Lord Ennals has taken a leading position as a director of a private healthcare company — while remaining a Front-Bench spokesman on health for the Labour party . |
| 20 | The Division has taken a leading role in developing research into the assessment of work based learning ( AWBL ) . |
| 21 | When the time came to launch a leading brand of canned pork and beans in the Canadian market , the advertising company decided to continue the campaign that had worked successfully in other English-speaking areas , and retained the name Big John 's . |
| 22 | The Schlesingers already had five children including one , John , who was destined to become a leading film director . |
| 23 | Upon leaving the Institution , he was apprenticed to a bookbinder but this did not satisfy his ambitions , and he began to take a leading part in the affairs of the deaf . |
| 24 | Despite political division , the churches unite in their membership of the Middle East Council of Churches , and continue to play a leading role in a part of the world whose institutions are most important . |
| 25 | It is crucial to our trade and investment that we continue to play a leading role in the Community . |
| 26 | We work with the appropriate authorities to combat the abuse of alcohol , and continue to play a leading role in promoting balanced debate and communicating the benefits of moderate drinking to a wide audience . |
| 27 | It sought the examination of Dr. Thomas Hayes , formerly senior forensic scientist in the Forensic Explosives Laboratory of the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment , Dr. Hayes having played a leading role in that capacity in the investigation of the crash . |
| 28 | In the 1659 Parliament he sat for his old home town ; in one of his two recorded speeches he had to justify having arrested a leading Fifth-Monarchy man on the orders of the late lord protector . |
| 29 | The Board for Engineers ' Registration ( which comprises nominees from engineering Institutions ) and its associated committees is asked to play a leading role in the introduction of risk assessment and management in initial and continuing education and training for engineers . |
| 30 | Bibit and four companions were assisted in their escape by 15 soldiers from the Young Officers ' Union , a shadowy , dissident group within the armed forces which was believed to have played a leading role in organizing the coup attempt . |