Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 2 | The first song The Wedding Present played to the world was ‘ Will You Be Up There ? ’ which they had earmarked as a potential single . |
| 3 | Now a professional football club playing in the 4th Division of the English football league , it owes its origins to a team formed by the pupils and staff of the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 4 | After champagne , a buffet meal and the speeches , a jazz band played through the evening and the couple left for a Caribbean honeymoon in Grenada and St Lucia . |
| 5 | Sometimes , small lava fountains play in the centre , and these reveal just how completely liquid lava can be , as it splashes and sloshes round the base of the fountain ; at other times , small jets of gas blow up through the lava in fiery gouts , churning up the lake into glowing whorls and currents of molten rock . |
| 6 | In the evening there were snooker matches played between the various posts . |
| 7 | An oil painting of the Royal Perth Golfing Society playing on the North Inch in Perth , by the Scottish artist McNeil Macleay , and dated 1866 , is to be sold by Christie 's on November 19 at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | Incidentally , the McHugh family set a record in Irish bowls , as Colm 's sister Bernie played in the Irish ladies team which was competed in their Home International Series in Portrush , also last week-end . |
| 9 | Child monks play in the alcoves . |
| 10 | Over a quarter see that their children always wear a sun block playing in the sun . |
| 11 | E German clerics strive for peaceful change : Patricia Clough in Bonn examines the intermediary role played by the Protestant Church during the exodus to the West |
| 12 | They eventually found themselves in a huge square where a white marble fountain played in the centre . |
| 13 | The greatest change will be in the public perception of what part universities play in the education system . |
| 14 | I thought you had to go off to another room , to a play room to play in the sand ? |
| 15 | All experts claim legitimacy for their contribution to public welfare , but this is not , or at least not primarily , a confidence trick played by the professions in pursuit of autonomy and monopoly power . |
| 16 | ‘ Is n't that Tabitha Campbell-Black playing for the East Cotchester ? ’ said Bas , as a tiny figure , jaw thrust out , white stick-like legs flailing , thundered down the boards . |
| 17 | A string quintet played in the largest of the reception rooms , and guests spilled out into the garden in between light showers . |
| 18 | ( 1991 ) explored this result further by considering the role that eye movements play in the findings . |
| 19 | Highlights include the Gibson/Royal Scottish Orchestra Sibelius , Elgar and Nielsen Symphonies ; the Athena Ensemble in two discs of music for wind by Milhaud , Gounod , Poulenc and Ibert ; Jane Manning and the Nash Ensemble/Rattle playing Stravinsky , Schoenberg ( Pierrot Lunaire ) , Webern ( Concerto Op. 24 ) ; William Boyce Overtures ( Cantilena/Shephard ) and classic Tchaikovsky 1st and Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concertos played by the much lamented Terence Judd . |
| 20 | Our force team use to play against the boys at Shottley . |
| 21 | Among an extensive catalogue of recordings , discs of his organ works and various piano works played by the composer and his wife , Yvonne Loriod , are reviewed this month . |
| 22 | Quakers were not disgraced in the first derby match of Third Division standing played at the Victoria Ground . |
| 23 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
| 24 | Finally , in view of the crucial part which the further education sector plays in the educational and economic well-being of Wales , not least in the way in which it caters for the indigenous population , it is regrettable that too big a gap still exists between it and the secondary school sector and too few Welshmen and women , particularly perhaps among those who are Welsh speaking , recognize its many achievements in the past and the vital contribution which it will be called upon to make in the future . |
| 25 | Further studies are directed towards the understanding of the role which the stem cell control factor DIA/LIF plays in the normal embryo . |
| 26 | Cyclic fluctuations in population numbers occur in many species of small mammal , and the exact role predation plays in the rise and fall of population numbers is not yet agreed upon ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | The important role selling plays in the overall marketing process is already well established . |
| 28 | In the first place , we had to come to know each other , to establish a community of interest , and so we used the early tours and concert schedules to play through the orchestra , s main repertory . |
| 29 | A patronising merchant banker playing for The Nortons , whom the Captain dearly wanted to dismiss for a duck , scored 112 , and his team declared at 204 for 6 . |
| 30 | The marked inequalities between manual and non-manual earnings is even more significant when one considers the importance that overtime and similar variable payments play in the gross figures of Table 2.3 . |