Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] role [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , it is difficult to see how that could satisfactorily cope with the demands of the new settlement as well , given its key role as a regional route . |
| 2 | This is a pity , given its leading role in the profession . |
| 3 | The choice of prose can accompany a deliberate disguise , as with Julia in Two Gentlemen , who adopts it to support her new role as a boy in her search for Proteus ( 1V.ii.26ff . ) . |
| 4 | Britain itself had escaped retribution ; Africa would assume its full role in the spread of Christian truth and the British example , awakening American emulation , would result in the two countries jointly shaming the rest of the world into ending bondage . |
| 5 | Europe and Japan were dismayed and angered last month by comments from the US government that ignored their significant roles in the programme ( Japan is contributing a similar module ) . |
| 6 | Further north , in Yorkshire , Pocklington was amongst those scores of ancient market towns which continued to fulfil their traditional roles during the Victorian era . |
| 7 | It is certainly not self-evident that the central institutions of political democracy are , in their present forms , well designed to play their central role in a democratic polity and society . |
| 8 | Precisely what do the Government intend to do to ensure that mature women have access to the proper sort of training and the necessary child care to allow them to play their full role in the labour market ? |
| 9 | Consideration should be given to arrangements allowing national parliaments to play their full role in the Community 's development . " |
| 10 | Both use metaphors that confirm his central role in the proceedings . |
| 11 | Only from a self-confident Britain can we look outside to play our rightful role in the wider world . |
| 12 | Mr Paul Wolfowitz , President Reagan 's State Department specialist on the subject , did indeed talk of the United States ‘ reasserting our appropriate role in the Pacific region — a very strong and involved role — and even many foreign observers give President Reagan a large share of the credit for that . ’ |
| 13 | Such groups are also likely to reinforce their existing role in the mobilization of savings , and it will be in mutual savings organizations , rather than formal financial institutions , that small-scale producers will find access to credit . |
| 14 | LABOUR has named David Gardner , 33 , as its new local officer to head the party 's drive to keep its leading role in the control of town and county halls . |
| 15 | The question could well be asked why jadeite lost its symbolic role during the Bronze Age . |
| 16 | Mrs Sisulu , co-president of the United Democratic Front , said her husband would resume his leading role in the anti-apartheid movement and would not waver in his commitment to the ANC — considered a criminal organisation by the government . |
| 17 | He was the last of the Americans loyal to the city when New York was assuming its predominant role in the contemporary art world . |
| 18 | With the abandonment of transportation , prison sentences and penal servitude had correspondingly assumed their pivotal role within the criminal justice system , and the 1850s also saw the beginnings of reformatory institutions for young offenders . |
| 19 | The movie gave the world the catchphrase ‘ I 'm gon na make him an offer he ca n't refuse , ’ and showed that a character reputedly based on Frank Sinatra got his starring role in a top movie ( see From Here To Eternity ) when a horse 's head appeared in the bed of a top Hollywood producer . |
| 20 | The poor condition of the firm 's affairs ( culminating in the bankruptcy of Thomas and Matthew Pickford in 1820 ) , increased his active role in the business . |
| 21 | Gold seems to have lost its old role as a safe haven . |
| 22 | Norwich continued its ancient role as a major marketing centre , but its expansion owed more to the spectacular growth of the worsted trades . |
| 23 | One would thus hope that the treatment of The Tabard would reflect its key role in the area and the importance of its architect . |
| 24 | In the Method Tailoring phase , the analyst considers the type of instrument , or instruments , that are considered suitable for the particular investigation and decides their specific role in the analysis . |
| 25 | The health authorities are belatedly starting to explain their new role to the people they are supposed to serve . |
| 26 | If the study of genetic aspects of colorectal cancer continues at its present pace , molecular biology may soon outgrow its immediate role as a research tool and take its place on the clinical stage . |
| 27 | He said his past role in the party did not mean that he had supported communist ideology . |
| 28 | A condition of rescheduling the debt was that Walker split his dual role at the top . |
| 29 | The entertainer Frankie Vaughan has been fulfilling his new role as a Queen 's representative for his county . |
| 30 | Even if we are not quite ready for that , we should as teachers at least attempt to promote our exemplar role to the realms of awareness and practise as conscious role models , because whether we like it or not that is how we function . |