Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 2 | But that is petty cash to the jackpot the Rangers players and the club will earn from becoming the first British side to play under the changed European Cup format . |
| 3 | In conclusion , the Action Teams can help local groups in a wide variety of ways and while some of the ideas may be criticised , they all have some role to play in the economic regeneration of the area . |
| 4 | So as far as you 're concerned , P E Ps have got a tremendous part to play at the moment , and I do recommend that you take advantage of them . |
| 5 | This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle . |
| 6 | After official clearance to play for the Republic of Ireland , Kernaghan could have been in the squad for a World Cup qualifying game and a United States tour . |
| 7 | Iron has a crucial role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy living . |
| 8 | The GP has a crucial role to play in the development of health services . |
| 9 | In my view , scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine . |
| 10 | More and more , ever since Irangate , Iran seemed to have a crucial role to play in the release of American and French hostages . |
| 11 | More important , however , for the analysis of social policy is the interplay between central government and those other organs of government , particularly local government , which have a crucial role to play in the implementation of policy , but are also themselves in certain respects policy makers . |
| 12 | Manchester Computing Centre has a crucial role to play in the care of the datasets . |
| 13 | Mr McKee , speaking at the official launching ceremony , said the Royal had a crucial role to play in the provision of health care , not just for the local community but for people from throughout the province . |
| 14 | He will certainly play another club season at the Quins and , although he certainly nurtures a strong desire to play against the South Africans in November , he realises that come the new season he may not feel quite as strongly . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Be that as it may , the intuitive reality of such structures is borne out also by the fact that generations of language teachers have recognized that they have a leading role to play in the initial stages of learning , because of what I have called their valency or combining power . |
| 17 | And his circle , his generation , have a leading role to play in the establishment of a popular universe . |
| 18 | Does he agree that this type of secondary school has a substantial part to play in the future education of our children in the secondary sector , and will he encourage the development of further city technology colleges in our country ? |
| 19 | This must have a major part to play in the increasing mindless violence of young people , imitating what they have been encouraged to believe is ‘ entertainment ’ , namely torture , murder and cannibalism . |
| 20 | In substance , the Church of England is now self-regulating and Parliament 's role in connection with its legislation little more than a throwback to the days when the established Church had a more substantial role to play in the affairs of the State . |
| 21 | Not only are characters within the tale likened to animals — for instance the miller , proud as a peacock , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " , or his wife , " " peert as is a pye " " ( 3926 , 3935 , 3950 ) — but an animal has a substantial role to play in the story : the clerk 's horse , a stallion , who even has a name , Bayard . |
| 22 | Dr Sherlock concluded that irradiation has a useful role to play in the preservation of foods in conjunction with other currently employed processes . |
| 23 | We also agree that hysteroscopic biopsy may have a useful role to play in the investigation of these patients . |
| 24 | This fact , linked to the evidence that a high proportion of defective issues are suffering from use-related types of damage — such as detached boards and loose pages — points very strongly to the conclusion that the routine vetting of material supplied to readers should have a major role to play in the selection of items for repair and refurbishment . |
| 25 | In pursuing this aim , IDB 's Marketing Development Division has a key role to play through the wide range of support which it can offer to all sizes of companies in Northern Ireland involved in manufacturing or providing internationally tradeable services . |
| 26 | Although LMS sees LEAs transfer much of their powers , authorities still have a key role to play as the principal source of advice on the complexities of employment law and on fair procedures for appointment , discipline , grievance and dismissal . |
| 27 | The French tyre manufacturer has a key role to play in the Bugatti , and is developing the world 's first ultra-high performance tyre specifically for four-wheel drive supercars . |
| 28 | With Northern Ireland so reliant on its air links , Belfast International will always have a key role to play in the province 's transport and tourism infrastructure . |
| 29 | On 6th May — the day on which , incidentally , it actually snowed ! — I had the good fortune to play in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major , which formed one halfofa concert in the second part of which was the first performance of Vaughan Williams ' Sancta Civitas . |
| 30 | Foam nonetheless can have an important part to play in the performance of a detergent . |