Example sentences of "[adj] role play [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 These different roles played by the designs normally existed at a subconscious level , and different societies have attached more weight to one or the other .
2 We shall see that the conflicts between the different roles played by the judge in the political order persist today .
3 Despite the generous role played by the testator 's intention in these cases , the texts never speak of voluntas here .
4 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 .
5 If we wish to examine the problem of recidivism amongst offenders , to look at the prisons alone would ignore the crucial roles played by the courts and the Home Office in the determination of sentences and the prison system we have .
6 The Council of Nicaea was the largest assembly of bishops hitherto , and though the great majority of the members were from the Greek East , the presence of Roman legates and the prominent role played by the sees of Alexandria and Antioch made it possible for the council to be given the title ‘ ecumenical ’ .
7 Development finance : The Report acknowledged the crucial role played by the international banks in providing loans and export credits to non-oil LDCs .
8 Urgently reappraising the crucial role played by the radical Protestants who defied privilege , hierarchy and imperialism , this is an incisive and timely reminder of a hidden but powerful undercurrent in Irish history .
9 Even if the structural , social roots of liberal weakness are conceded , the traditional liberal interpretation can take refuge in its emphasis on the crucial role played by the key political figure , the Tsar .
10 We take every opportunity to explain the crucial role played by the Appointed Actuary in the management of the company and to this end have recently published a booklet for non-actuarial directors and other senior managers of life assurance companies summarising the responsibilities and duties .
11 Iron has a crucial role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy living .
12 The GP has a crucial role to play in the development of health services .
13 In my view , scientists have a crucial role to play in the rapprochement of conventional and complementary medicine .
14 More and more , ever since Irangate , Iran seemed to have a crucial role to play in the release of American and French hostages .
15 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 .
16 Manchester Computing Centre has a crucial role to play in the care of the datasets .
17 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 .
18 The combination of the reproducibility and reliability of long-term potentiation as a physiological phenomenon , the evidence of the central role played by the hippocampus in mammalian memory and the renewed enthusiasm about the prospects for productive research into the cellular processes of memory produced , in the early 1980s , an extraordinary bandwagon in hippocampal studies .
19 The central role played by the railways in transporting meat dictated the location of the meat markets .
20 Teachers will have diverse roles to play in the development of young writers : they will be observers , facilitators , modellers , readers and supporters .
21 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 .
22 And his circle , his generation , have a leading role to play in the establishment of a popular universe .
23 Nowhere is this more apparent than in the ambivalent role played by the magical philosophies of the Renaissance .
24 I accept the valuable role played by the Minister , but does he accept that , although sponsorship is valuable , even more important is the fact that institutions such as the Royal Opera House can not go much further in the sponsorship race and will require funding ?
25 Their spokesman acknowledged the valuable role played by the Friends but argued the letters bordered on blackmail .
26 The following analysis of the influence of armaments engineers on policy making also holds good for telecoms engineers : The key roles played by the corps of armaments engineers in making France 's arms complex run can hardly be exaggerated .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 In addition to the learners , there is at least one resource person who knows both the target language and the native language , and who has some experience in a non-directive style of counselling as opposed to the more traditional role played by the teacher using the audio-lingual method .
30 Dr Sherlock concluded that irradiation has a useful role to play in the preservation of foods in conjunction with other currently employed processes .
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