Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] role [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENGLAND soccer star David Platt is tackling a new role as a chef . |
| 2 | Recent studies , however , suggest a possible role of neutrophils in the early pathogenic process . |
| 3 | These findings suggest a possible role for cell-specific expression of ET-1 in the pathogenesis of CFA and associated pulmonary hypertension . |
| 4 | Taken together , the two studies suggest a causal role for the experience of poor parenting in childhood in later poor psychosocial functioning . |
| 5 | ‘ Community enterprises provide a vital role in enabling communities to develop all kinds of initiatives to deal with economic , social and environmental issues . ’ |
| 6 | The House of Lords is more constrained ( see Chapter 3 ) ; it was forced to accept a restricted role under the terms of the 1911 and 1949 Parliament Acts . |
| 7 | This would be my shopping list : I would like voluntary organisations to accept a continued role as innovators — they perform this role better than anyone . |
| 8 | It may be that responses from within the universities were shaped as much by an unwillingness to accept a national role for the universities , as — by the Report 's unprecedented prioritization of English studies . |
| 9 | Rejecting Galen 's theory , that blood passes directly from right to left ventricle , he proposed a vital role for the lungs , where a vital spirit emerged from the mixture of air and blood . |
| 10 | With the collapse of communism in eastern Europe the Council of Europe found a new role during 1990/91 in assisting in the establishment of democratic and legally accountable political and economic systems in eastern Europe . |
| 11 | In feeding habits they occupy a similar role to the kites in Europe , Africa and Asia . |
| 12 | The regional managers occupy a crucial role in providing a strategic framework for management of the Teacher Placement Service . |
| 13 | This will continue to provide a major role for the profession in the conduct of life assurance and pensions business . |
| 14 | Consequently , some nodal units should be set up to provide a supporting role through downstream activities such as analysis , whilst others act as upstream support by providing a library-type function , in which data relevant to the background of the design , and company practices , reside . |
| 15 | THE QUEST to find a new role for the Scottish Constitutional Convention will be extended for another month , in spite of considerable doubts expressed about its future yesterday by the leadership of the Scottish Liberal Democrats . |
| 16 | In his mounting misery at the loss of the goodness he had earlier recovered , Davide drifted through the meal , unable to participate in the rising arguments , to find a happy role as ally or adversary . |
| 17 | One promising line of further reconnaissance involved the attempt to find a fundamental role for waves where no one had previously supposed they were relevant . |
| 18 | Nor does it immediately show us how this approach allots a special role to the economy , since the dominant contradiction of a society may be a feature of any practice at all , and may change with circumstances . |
| 19 | In this sense it has a similar role to that of the Office of Fair Trading in relation to UK competition rules such as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , although in a number of respects and in particular in so far as the Commission has the power to take binding decisions , its powers are more extensive than the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 20 | The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market in that it acts as the main banker to both the central government and the clearing banks . |
| 21 | The aim of this study is to investigate whether a subclinical impairment of the autonomic nervous system is present in patients with slow transit idiopathic constipation , and whether it has a possible role in the pathogenesis of this motility disorder . |
| 22 | The headteacher has a crucial role in not only convincing the staff of the importance of marketing but in actually getting them to do something about it . |
| 23 | Indications are that costs will compare favourably with , for instance , the cost of a bed in a private nursing home ; additional benefits of a local authority specialist unit may be the ability to provide services such as carers ' support , home care , day care , despite staff training to maximise the use of staff and buildings It is always more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive services but the higher cost of specialist provision may be offset if it has a preventive role in the wider community . |
| 24 | The Teacher Placement Service has a key role as any in this . |
| 25 | It is not surprising to find , therefore , that the womb has a key role in many religious teachings . |
| 26 | The second messenger InsP 3 has a key role in controlling both the mobilization of internal stores and the entry of external calcium . |
| 27 | Dreaming has a key role in psychoanalytic theory . |
| 28 | Medical audit has a key role in negotiating and monitoring standards of asthma care . |
| 29 | Saunders argues that the home has a key role in providing such ontological security , a sense of refuge to which people can retreat and be themselves . |
| 30 | LOCAL government has a key role in making the world a better place , according to a Middlesbrough council official . |