Example sentences of "[noun] plays a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 16.14 In chapter 7 we say that literature plays an important role in improving abilities in speaking and listening , and in writing , as well as in reading . |
| 2 | The arrangement of the oceans in relation to the continents plays a decisive role in creating and sustaining life on Earth . |
| 3 | The platelet plays an important role in interacting with the coagulation system and certain intrinsic coagulation reactions occur preferentially on the platelet surface which appears to protect coagulation enzymes from inactivation by plasma proteinases and localises fibrin formation within and around the platelet plug ( Walsh , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ But it could also seriously affect the health of schoolchildren as numerous studies have shown that milk plays a vital part in their nutritional intake . |
| 5 | ‘ The local park plays a big part in the lives of many families in this town , ’ said Midlesbrough Council 's leisure services chairman Bob Kerr . |
| 6 | Faith plays a full part in the process of prayer . |
| 7 | Faith plays an enormous part in healing . |
| 8 | If microvascular occlusion plays a primary role in the pathogenesis of the disease , reduced blood flow would be expected in association with these subclinical manifestations of recurrence . |
| 9 | There 's a great atmosphere around the hotel 's lovely pool , and the large bar/lounge plays a great mixture of music , and shows English videos every day . |
| 10 | Dealing between GEMMs plays an important part in the maintenance of an efficient and liquid market . |
| 11 | Machine knitting plays an important part in stimulating the residents ' creative talents and a small textile workshop has been set up with some encouraging results . |
| 12 | Subjective ( human ) judgement plays an important role in executive decision making . |
| 13 | At one point in Maus II , Vladek 's wife Anja plays a murderous game of hide-and-seek , chased up and down the bunk beds of a vast , empty Auschwitz barracks by a guard reduced in close-up to a pair of vicious piggy eyes above a snarling snout ( Poles are pigs in a world where Jews are mice efficiently exterminated by German cats ) . |
| 14 | This change in attitudes plays a crucial part in the development of a drawbridge mentality , which is replacing the more collective outlook of previous decades . |
| 15 | Calcium plays an important role in the recovery of the rod outer segment to its dark state by regulating the resynthesis of cGMP by guanylate cyclase . |
| 16 | Luck plays a great part in success and as mine would have it , I was chosen for the pre-Christmas show . |
| 17 | ‘ Luck plays a big part in a manager 's fortunes . |
| 18 | We can not smell their pheromones , though it is clear from their behaviour that smell plays a great part in social life : in mother-foal bonding , group identity , individual recognition , mating , tracking , perhaps recognition of home range , and so on . |
| 19 | The formulation and implementation of pilot , demonstration and otherwise innovative projects plays a crucial role in unlocking and mobilising the full potential of Glasgow 's assets . |
| 20 | Secondly data structures are already beginning to come apart from use structures and GIS plays a central role in this . |
| 21 | Market research plays an important part in the planning of any new retail outlet ; it may also help a retailer decide what products to stock . |
| 22 | At this point Freud is closer to Max Weber 's theory , where the charismatic figure plays a similar role in creating change . |
| 23 | Finally , the rural team in the Resource Development Department plays a vital role in ensuring all N C V O's work takes on board the rural dimension . |
| 24 | As discussed below , several lines of evidence suggest that the N-Oct 3/brain 2 protein plays an important role during brain development . |
| 25 | And LASMO plays an invaluable part in this drive towards self-improvement by providing financial and other much needed support . |
| 26 | Crete plays a full part in this and , as we shall see in the next chapter , in the revival of monumental art , but around the end of the seventh century goes into decline and for the rest of antiquity is an artistic backwater . |
| 27 | Furthermore , sometimes the government expressly delegates public administrative functions to non-governmental bodies : for example , under the Financial Services Act 1986 the Securities and Investments Board exercises a wide range of regulatory functions delegated to it by the Secretary of State ; the Board of Deputies of British Jews plays an important role in policing certain Sunday Trading laws ; the Wood Green Animal Shelter in North London runs the government 's computerized register of fighting dogs ; and the Rowntree Trust ( a private charitable organization ) administers the Family Fund ( a public fund to assist families of severely handicapped children ) . |
| 28 | They are supposed to advance our understanding of the concept by showing how authoritative action plays a special role in people 's practical reasoning . |
| 29 | It has been recently shown that leukocyte accumulation within the mucosal blood vessels plays an important role in the pathogenesis of indomethacin induced gastropathy . |
| 30 | But the mind plays a big part in this game . |