Example sentences of "play a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above 7500 metres , climbers who eschew bottled oxygen play a deadly physiological game where the penalty for miscalculation , while usually not immediate , can be terminal . |
| 2 | Economics play a major role in dictating a rig 's safety . |
| 3 | Though priests play a major role , what is pictured is not high festival , but the deadly business of siege , unusually short , admittedly , and with a remarkable conclusion , but still siege . |
| 4 | These circumstances play a major role in determining the variety of rearing systems found in nature . |
| 5 | First , many are designed by notable Scottish architects ; second , many contain remarkably complete and unaltered interiors ; and third , thanks to prominent towers and spires , most play a major role in the townscape . |
| 6 | In the amount of business that they do , and the number of services they provide , the library suppliers now play a major role — some would say , too large — in the development of library services . |
| 7 | Of course vaccines alone will not prevent child mortality caused by infectious diseases ; better social and economic conditions , and better education about prevention play a major part , as they did in industrialised countries about a century ago . |
| 8 | These physical ( or capital ) assets play a major role in the generation of income within an economy . |
| 9 | Banks play a major role in reducing and eliminating such risks on behalf of their customers . |
| 10 | In contrast to its initial responsibilities , MDC is now operating in localities with a significant indigenous population where local authorities play a major role . |
| 11 | Possibly , according to some scientists , they play a major role in destroying life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 12 | Communication skills , particularly writing , play a major part in their training . |
| 13 | In addition , it is the young old — those in their sixties and seventies — who play a major part , disproportionate to their numbers , in the maintenance of voluntary organizations which contribute not only to the welfare of the disadvantaged but also to the cultural activities of the country at large . |
| 14 | Portraits also play a major part in Clamey 's work , ‘ I 'm probably very old fashioned but I believe still that the principal aim or a portrait is to achieve a good likeness of your sitter , but you also have to create a picture . ’ |
| 15 | Instead national elites need to be supported by an underpinning structure of regional and local elites , and the policy-makers at these sub-national levels also play a major role in channelling diverse influences from external business and social elites into government ( Domhoff , 1967 , 1976 , 1978a ; Hunter , 1953 ) . |
| 16 | The media ( at least in those countries where media , and particularly television , play a major role ) are an important factor in upholding the patriarchal myth , even though they may subtly shift their ground here and there . |
| 17 | The book is a collection of documents aimed at stimulating discussion and action and at promoting a more general awareness of the cultural environment in which the mass media play a major part . |
| 18 | Indonesia 's traditional performing arts , such as music and shadow-puppet shows , play a major part in the life of the ‘ media village ’ , attracting people of all ages and social and religious backgrounds to perform together and to talk and share ideas and concerns . |
| 19 | ‘ In this new environment business requires many more highly qualified people whose skills and abilities play a major part in determining competitive advantage . ’ |
| 20 | Though the epicuticular lipids play a major role in reducing water loss through the integument , it now seems unlikely that this depends on an oriented layer of wax molecules subject to disruption at a critical transition temperature ( Hackman , 1971 ) . |
| 21 | Often , negative experiences in institutions during childhood and youth play a major part in this . |
| 22 | These life peers now play a major role in the day-to-day work of the Lords ; indeed , their presence is essential for the great majority of hereditary peers rarely , if ever , attend . |
| 23 | The hospitals play a major part in treating diseases , in dealing with the victims of accidents , and their rehabilitation . |
| 24 | Voluntary organizations already play a major role in providing day centres , lunch clubs , advice and pastoral counselling , and probably the most effective way of providing an acceptable mental health service is by attaching professional workers to the places where homeless people already go willingly for help . |
| 25 | It is also essential that they are part of the community , getting to know the members , donors , tenants and volunteers who play a major role in the work of the Trust . |
| 26 | In regard to TEC courses , for example , these are offered by over thirty Welsh colleges , and the Polytechnic of Wales and about half the Institutes of Higher Education play a major role in the provision of courses leading to TEC higher awards . |
| 27 | Settlements can best be examined by considering personal injury claims , in which they play a major role , and which have been the subject of research and critical assessment . |
| 28 | Our principal concern , in the present context , is to consider how conflicts between social groups develop within the limits of given structural conditions , how such conflicts bring about political change , and what kinds of social group play a major role in this process . |
| 29 | While the known antioxidant actions of the aminolsalicylates are compatible with the proposal that ROM play a major role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease , proof of the hypothesis must await the outcome of controlled trials in the human disease of more specific agents that interfere with oxidative metabolism . |
| 30 | This suggests that the solution of limestone in such areas must be controlled by components other than carbonic acid and it seems likely that organic acids play a major role . |