Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] have a [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peer groups appear to have a dynamic role , the function and influence of which shifts across adolescence . |
| 2 | Nominally a deputy to the chancellor ( for whom he or she does sometimes stand in on ceremonial occasions , such as graduation ceremonies ) , the pro chancellor does have a substantial role , as chair of the council of a university , with overall responsibility for its financial and other non-academic affairs . |
| 3 | The public were a ‘ voice offstage ’ to be used by each side in their threats , but only in the last resort was public debate considered to have a useful role in decision making . |
| 4 | The ergonomics of form design and use have had a pivotal role in the provision of accurate , presentable and punctual information to all users . |
| 5 | More and more , ever since Irangate , Iran seemed to have a crucial role to play in the release of American and French hostages . |
| 6 | But , assuming that the formal external information resource does have a significant role to play in helping corporations to achieve viable strategies , the overwhelming message for information providers is that much more effort needs to be put into making that resource — whether in traditional print or in online form — more comprehensible in its overall structure , and easier to access and use in its individual parts , by the non-specialist user . |
| 7 | In general , balance between front and back-benches will always be contentious — each element wants to have a larger role — but by and large the broadcasters seem to have struck it reasonably well . |
| 8 | We conclude that patients with cirrhosis have raised serum laminin concentrations independent of portal hypertension , and that liver dysfunction seems to have a pathogenetic role in the increase of this glycoprotein . |
| 9 | Here when they 're talking about women , I think James was right , women do have a vital role at the beginning in all cultures , what I 'm trying to say is that they have a vital role increasingly as they become more and more educated too . |
| 10 | The similarities and differences between grief and depression have had a central role in the development of psychoanalytic theory . |