Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [adj] role in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 2 | Through this Initiative , the University hopes to develop in its graduates and diplomates qualities which will enable them to play a positive role in an increasingly competitive and changing world . |
| 3 | We need to offer an education that enables them to play a positive role in society by giving them the opportunity to use their talents . |
| 4 | Particular attention is given to the training , career development and promotion of disabled employees with a view to encouraging them to play an active role in the development of the group . |
| 5 | She has served as a student counsellor with the Education and Training Department and as deputy director of practice regulation she played a major role in setting up the new regulations for financial services business and audit . |
| 6 | I have known her since my earliest days in publishing , when she played an important role in the launching of Paladin Books , and I have admired and learned from her every since … ’ |
| 7 | Would you like a fupporting role in my tribal love-rock mufical Camelot ? |
| 8 | Did you have a guiding role in this ? |
| 9 | She lost a coveted role in Batman after a mysterious riding accident . |
| 10 | Q. You had a major role in the new Tencel plant in Mobile . |
| 11 | We play a significant role in the supervision of insurance companies and pension funds , providing a link between the supervisors and the companies and funds . |
| 12 | In the process , they played a key role in shaping the world as we know it ; determining , in fact , the entire course of evolution . |
| 13 | They played a key role in the original establishment of the Labour Party , and provide a large proportion of the party 's funds today . |
| 14 | Although representatives of the Prussian ruling class they played a necessary role in the development of the national aspirations of the people which was to lead to our new Germany … . ’ |
| 15 | They played a significant role in initiating cultural ideas at the centre for subsequent vulgarization and dissemination throughout Russia , at first through ‘ fat ’ specialized journals and then later via the popular press . |
| 16 | From Catania , where they played a vital role in their country 's successful bid for a place in next year 's World Sevens finals , the two Taiwanese stars , flanker Jon Teng Sing and winger Chyan Shuonn Mae , headed for Paris to join the multi-national FIRA selection which made a four-match , two-test tour to Namibia . |
| 17 | An exception are altar-pieces which , because they played an important role in Catholic worship , were kept in their original settings . |
| 18 | Possibly , according to some scientists , they play a major role in destroying life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 19 | Whereas formerly only a few writers ( such as de Sade and Sacher-Masoch ) propagated their practice , today they play a decisive role in our culture , literature , art , music , theater and movies . |
| 20 | A word ought here to be said about supernovae , since they play a crucial role in the creation of planets and of life itself . |
| 21 | They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine . |
| 22 | These co-ordinators have been nominated by departments and they play a crucial role in communications between the Departments and the Enterprise Centre . |
| 23 | This means that the ISAs are one of the sites of class struggle and although there is a continuity amongst the ISAs Althusser suggests that some are more dominating than others in the sense that they play a larger role in the reproduction of the relations of production . |
| 24 | They play a vital role in glossing over discontinuities in the here and now . |
| 25 | Mr Hellawell points out that they play a vital role in helping people cope with the trauma of crime . |
| 26 | Platelets contribute to these complex reactions in three main ways : they adhere to exposed collagen and form a physical plug to occlude the wound ; they release active substances from their secretory granules which help to consolidate the initial platelet plug ; they play an important role in interacting with the coagulation system and certain intrinsic coagulation reactions occur preferentially on the platelet surface . |
| 27 | They ascribe a significant role in this respect to mental health specialists , particularly ASWs . |
| 28 | They had a special role in relation to stock-rearing and stock health and as the confidante and sounding board for the farmers ' problems . |
| 29 | Every child is special , every child should feel they have a special role in the drama , that their presence or absence will affect what happens in the drama . |
| 30 | Emergency admissions will require particular care if parents are to be reassured from the outset that they have a continuing role in their child 's life ’ . |