Example sentences of "to play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Assuming that we wanted to explore the harmonic potential of a basic C major scale ( remember you can and should apply this approach to other scale types as well ! ) , the first step would be to play through the triads ( a suggested fingering with each maj chord voiced 1,5,1,3 , each min chord voiced 1,2,1 , ♭3 , and the diminished chord voiced 1 , ♭5,1 , ♭3 is given in fig 1 ) . |
| 4 | The muscle is giving me some grief but as long as there is no long-term damage then I am willing to play through the pain barrier . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Everything around playing has to be organised very carefully and he has to be mature in choosing the right time to play off the court . |
| 6 | For one thing , I like to play off the cuff now and again , and pull out a few surprises . ’ |
| 7 | Elites which wish to manage the dilemma — they can not transcend it — must learn how to play off the various sub-organizations against one another , how to trigger particular programmes within the sub-organizations , repertoires ( Allison , 1971 , p. 87 ) and how to trigger existing routines in a new context . |
| 8 | Giving the ladies three courtesy shots and allowing them to play off the front tees . |
| 9 | Jock decided to play as the congregation assembled and before the proper organist arrived , but his hesitant , hymnal efforts had a spare , Protestant ring about them and when , in despair , he broke into a decidedly rag-time syncopation with ‘ Wait Till the Sun Shines , Nelly ’ the proper organist , who was a very proper spinster-woman , rose and hurriedly pushed him off the stool before he had got through the chorus . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This time he trashed the joint , throwing the inhabitants into a deep coma and kidnapping a member of the royal family ( prince or princess , depending on which sex you want to play as the rescuer — full marks to incentive on that score ! ) . |
| 12 | As a shift worker , I am able to play during the week . |
| 13 | He had learned to play during the 1940s when record players were still a rarity on the domestic front and so his exposure to jazz came mainly from the radio . |
| 14 | As the break was a clean one it is hoped that Lawrence can make a full recovery , although he seems unlikely to play during the coming season . |
| 15 | They are no more able to play during the week because of their careers than men in the same line of business . |
| 16 | Similarly , it is shrewd of him to play for the internationalist vote after a prolonged period of sullen Little Englandism during which Labour threatened to withdraw from the Common Market and called into question this country 's role within Nato . |
| 17 | ‘ If they 're northern-born and bred and happen to live elsewhere , they should still have the opportunity to play for the North . |
| 18 | As a result seventeen players were suspended for six months , fined a total of £900 , and forbidden to play for the club again . |
| 19 | Even though the Irish need a point in Valetta to clinch their first appearance in the finals , Charlton has agreed for Galvin to stay behind to play for the Second Division side in their Littlewoods Cup third-round second replay at Bolton . |
| 20 | Of course , these trips are not compulsory , but as one Eton parent put it : ‘ Few parents would want to deny their child the opportunity to play for the school under these circumstances . ’ |
| 21 | Etheridge , English-born with Irish parentage , replaces Neil Francis , who withdrew last week because of business commitments , and he intends to play for the Irish Exiles side in their provincial championship debut next season . |
| 22 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |
| 23 | George moved to Sheffield to play for The Wednesday in the summer of 1925 but his 48 goals for us in the higher divisions , scored generally when we were far from being a great side , were easily our best tally in the period 1921–5 and have only ever been bettered by Mark Bright and Ian Wright . |
| 24 | He refuses to play for the moment , boldly pressing on where others tend to dwell ; yet , with those Philadelphians really turning it on for the composer with whom this orchestra is most indelibly associated , superbly captured in Decca sound of great sumptuousness and tonal allure ( even if not always ideally balanced ) , it all makes for compulsive listening . |
| 25 | He continued to play for the club until the age of 65 . |
| 26 | The local bands used to play for the morning processions , in the afternoon they played selections at the sports and in the evening they would compete among themselves . |
| 27 | Imagine you 're throwing a party , and you can have any musicians , past or present , along to play for the night — who would you choose ? |
| 28 | At the time , playing for Scotland did n't seem very realistic , but I was happy to play for the Anglos ’ . |
| 29 | STEVE OJOMOH flies to Lanzarote with the England squad this week sensing he is fated to play for the country that tried to deport him . |
| 30 | Now they are devastated by their one-point defeat at the hands of Waterloo and must regret allowing Barnes to play for the Barbarians against Australia . |