Example sentences of "[noun] played a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rottmayer played an important role in Czech architecture between 1918 and 1939 . |
| 2 | Walker played a sloppy square-pass , selling his centre-back partner Mark Wright short and costing England a 12th-minute goal . |
| 3 | Lesbian and gay speakers played an important part in the debate . |
| 4 | The specific structure of Russian industry played an important part . |
| 5 | A beggar , the lower part of his face eaten away by sores , did a strange dance , hopping on one leg while a small , skeletal boy clothed in rags played a haunting tune on a reed pipe . |
| 6 | Heads played a crucial part in developing such a culture , but it was sustained by other leaders ( especially deputies ) and by active participation of staff members . |
| 7 | Ironically , it was the last great European conflict in which religion played a dominant role . |
| 8 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 9 | Moreover , their ability to make sense of the workers ' predicament and articulate their grievances played an important part in mobilizing less sophisticated ranks . |
| 10 | The socialist parties played a peripheral role in the revolution of 1905 . |
| 11 | As the Association 's general secretary , David played a major role in the many developments which took place during the period . |
| 12 | Situated on the banks of the River Mondego , on an important crossroads , it has for centuries played a vital role in the life of the centre of the country . |
| 13 | Dustin played a timid bank clerk who dreams of being a ladies ' man , although he does not seem to be short of girlfriends . |
| 14 | Much of the next two years was passed in efforts to avert just such a development , and in these efforts the clergy played a positive role . |
| 15 | One of the kindest and most popular members of the board , which he served with distinction for some 20 years , Mr Scott played a major part in the gradual development of Goodison Park into one of the country 's finest grounds , and also led the battle against hooliganism from the front . |
| 16 | Meteorology is probably the most international of the sciences , and Scott played a significant part in establishing the tradition of ready co-operation between countries that became the accepted norm . |
| 17 | As my hon. Friend pointed out , Labour played a disreputable role in relation to trusts . |
| 18 | High above , the wind played a delicate tune through crumpled foliage . |
| 19 | When Cheney and Seyfarth played a tonal call normally given in response to leopards , the majority of the monkeys ran to a tree . |
| 20 | Indeed , the freshness and simplicity of those recordings played a vital part in laying the foundations of a lasting career . |
| 21 | The Plantagenet dominions played an essential part in the dynastic policies of the three Edwards towards their families . |
| 22 | Fortunately his words were usually more ferocious than his actions , and , although he had Eisenhower 's full confidence , the President played a restraining role in foreign affairs . |
| 23 | These views reflect what has since been recognized as a ‘ prevailing ideology ’ in ‘ the British literary-journalistic establishment ’ of the 1950s — — in which Snow 's influence as a reviewer played a considerable part . |
| 24 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The RSSPCC played a leading role in the Orkney affair . |
| 27 | Like the Indians and Levantines in modern Africa , the Jews played a vital part in fertilizing the economy of medieval Europe . |
| 28 | The fact that on the whole constituencies tended to return MPs on distinct party platforms , even on occasion issuing instructions to those chosen advising them how to act once in Parliament , has led to the conclusion that the electorate played a large part in perpetuating the intensity of party strife at Westminster . |
| 29 | In an address to the English Association , Henry Newbolt had himself expressed his antipathy to institutions of any kind ( see p.32 ) , yet both Newbolt and the Association played a crucial role in the preparation of this government report . |
| 30 | Staff in Lothian 's Finance Department played a crucial part in questioning predictions of reform costs and savings produced for the Government by consultants Touche Ross . |