Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] in [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have played my part in defending the role of banks and the necessary role that they have , but I find myself a little outflanked by the new enthusiasm . |
| 2 | Yesterday , a harassed Yorkshire division secretary Eric Hoyland ‘ up to my neck in rearranging the finals , ’ refused to comment on the ABA decision . |
| 3 | It is scarcely necessary to emphasise the absurdity of the proposition that this state of affairs , whichever it is , has been brought about by my action in lifting the lid . |
| 4 | I have to say , though , that my pleasure in reading the article was modified a little by other aspects of it . |
| 5 | My confidence in making the opening statement of this chapter stems not only from scientific fact . |
| 6 | Just showing my age in remembering the distant past : - } Kev . |
| 7 | That morning I was so ecstatic about my triumph in seducing the dog-owner 's daughter that I 'd completely forgotten about Jamila 's big decision . |
| 8 | An important point here is that existing school staff may have little experience of using microcomputers for information retrieval and the school librarian needs to impress the staff by her/his ability in using the microcomputer . |
| 9 | It asked for their support in getting the law changed , and the guidelines strengthened by law . |
| 10 | The lighter strings obviously play their part in sustaining the instrument 's longevity by placing less strain on the guitar , especially at that infamous Höfner neck/body join . |
| 11 | TOURISM officials yesterday paid a morale-boosting visit to hoteliers in flood-hit Llandudno yesterday and pledged that they would play their part in helping the town 's recovery . |
| 12 | These latter , as in Wagner 's theory , will play their part in lowering the associability of the target stimulus . |
| 13 | Accidents of history , as much as of geography , had played their part in making the village . |
| 14 | Disease of the colon , diabetes , haemorrhoids , varicose veins , mental illness , arthritis and tooth decay all play their part in reducing the quality of life for large numbers of people each year . |
| 15 | The recent violence highlights the difficulties faced by the police and the need for the public to play their part in tackling the problem . |
| 16 | European railways not only reflected but also played their part in institutionalizing the stratified class system which had emerged in the wake of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 17 | Let it be recorded that Namibia , with Gerhard Mans prominent , also played their part in opening the game . |
| 18 | The wind , which played its part in unsettling the home defence , helped Ian McCall convert a corner kick into a goal before Motherwell substitute Jamie Dolan secured the points for Tommy McLean 's men to open a three-point gap between the teams . |
| 19 | It was he who , with others in the legendary Room 40 at the Admiralty under the direction of Sir Alfred Ewing ( later to be Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University ) , had decoded the famous Zimmermann telegram which played its part in bringing the United States into the First World War . |
| 20 | This is an important time in the development of financial institutions across the community and we are determined that the actuarial professional should play its part in laying the proper foundations , to ensure the most effective protection for the rights and security of the ultimate consumer |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman will know from our debate this morning that the United Kingdom is fully ready to play its part in providing the financial assistance , on a multilateral basis , which is likely to be necessary to support an IMF programme — such as the stabilisation fund or some other suitable instrument — for the former Soviet Union , and especially for Russia . |
| 22 | ‘ The public has also played its part in developing the proposals , particularly by way of a comprehensive consultation exercise during which they gave a high level of support for the principles . ’ |
| 23 | The design of the kite plays its part in determining the size of the flight envelope just as much as does wind strength . |
| 24 | Whilst it may seem a far cry from the appalling civil war that has torn Yugoslavia apart or the collapse of the Soviet Union into an uneasy Commonwealth of Independent States , it seems that sport , and rugby in particular , can play its part in preventing the exaggeration and exploitation of nationalist feeling on international occasions . |
| 25 | Both Stainrod and Willie Miller agreed that the blustery conditions did little to enhance the standard of play , but did play its part in forcing the occasional error which provided the series of goalmouth incidents so pleasing to the crowd . |
| 26 | This kind of ‘ trading places ’ certainly has played its part in fuelling the dynamics of racial envy . |
| 27 | Wind has played its part in restricting the distribution of woodland in the Western Isles , in conjunction with deteriorating climate in the late Postglacial period ( Angus 1987 - Birks , this volume ) though grazing and burning of moorland have also played their part . |
| 28 | The significance this department 's role had on the railways as a whole , and its part in making the name of Wolverton Works known and respected both in the rail and motor industry needs to be recorded . |
| 29 | The fact that the shareholders within the large company were increasingly becoming passive investors , irrelevant within the company except for their function in supplying the capital of the company , was entirely consonant with this image of the company . |
| 30 | With IBM UK Ltd taking away its RS/6000s and PS/2s and Digital Equipment UK Ltd ready to end its agreement with ICL Plc 's Technology Plc personal computer and workstation distribution acquisition , there has been much frenzied speculation that Sun Microsystems Inc and Compaq Computer Corp are ready to withdraw their products too , and that ICL has dropped a very big brick on its foot in buying the company . |