Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This all reflects the important part that political organizations played in the Edwardian era , for when politicians needed means of communication and organization in a time of crisis it was to the parties rather than to the state that they turned for the machinery and the expertise ; it was not to be the same in 1939 , with consequent effects on the state of the local parties by 1945 . |
| 2 | They had no intention of applying for a weekly permit to play on the street corner in every town throughout Scotland . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We shall see that the conflicts between the different roles played by the judge in the political order persist today . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Revolving light carousels played on the compartment side of a Mk. 1 coach while wind and rain machines battered the corridor side from which David Boyce had to fall and , later Alfred Molina had to dive , to their ‘ deaths ’ . |
| 7 | Next month we 'll analyze some lines played by the greats exploring the different contexts of the ever-changing triplet groove . |
| 8 | Some gibbering old fool sitting all alone drooling on his shirt Some senile old fart playing in the dirt . |
| 9 | ‘ This imposter played upon the credulity of the public , awe-struck with his powers , when he perambulated the town with chain and field book . ’ |
| 10 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 11 | She made fresh tapes to play in the car , and grinned at the luxury of traffic jams in the company of Louis Prima and Sidney Bechet . |
| 12 | At the end of 1944 the goal posts once again replaced bean poles and ‘ The Tip ’ staged its own international fixture when a combined German and Italian team from the nearby POW camp took on the ‘ Whads ’ , who for this match played under the name of England . |
| 13 | Upper Halling has its own team and in its early days this team played in the field opposite the Robin Hood , and I have been told of near carnivals on Sunday afternoons . |
| 14 | Despite the generous role played by the testator 's intention in these cases , the texts never speak of voluntas here . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Their light beams played around the interior . |
| 17 | Iraqi children play beside the minefields , their deadly contents peeping from the khaki earth . |
| 18 | In Leeds United they were facing one of the top three English sides playing at the pinnacle of their powers . |
| 19 | ‘ A woman had taken some children playing in the road up to a high room to ‘ see her puppies . ’ |
| 20 | This is because the method poses what may be a false question , ‘ is this structure necessary for the process I am studying ? ’ , when what we really want to know is ‘ what part does this structure play in the process I am studying ? ’ |
| 21 | He was one of the first British footballers to play in the highly competitive Italian league and throughout his short stay in Turin he regularly appeared in the tabloid press alongside actresses like Sophia Loren and Gina Lollibrigida , as part of Italy 's mythical La Dolce Vita : the sweet-life of cappuccino , Ferraris and Gucci shoes . |
| 22 | So Ollie had to change his passport and hand up another passport and I remember saying this guy plays in the big leagues . |
| 23 | All the time , there 's this strange morality playing off the requisite selfish sex , drugs and rock'n'roll excesses that he — at least pretends — to stumble into . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The French government asked SPRU to look at what role such methods play in the British system . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In this very clean transfer the orchestral and organ sound has real power , and I am particularly impressed by some mighty timpani playing in the Finale , with good hard sticks . |
| 29 | The project investigates the seriously neglected history of employers ' organisations and the role such associations played in the evolution of a system of industrial relations in the cotton industry between 1870-1939 . |
| 30 | Wee boy playing with the toys out there and they told him to shut up . |