Example sentences of "[noun sg] have played a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luck has played a big part . |
| 2 | Anthropology has played a significant part in illustrating ways in which symbolic use is made of the body to make statements about the condition of society itself ( Mauss 1935 , Douglas 1973 , Blacking 1977 , etc. ) , and hair became an apposite symbolic indicator of the problems the forces of control were faced with at this time . |
| 3 | So , while the stock market boom has played a crucial part in entrenching the wealth position of those who own most , the spread of owner-occupation , coupled with the rapid rise in house prices , has been largely responsible for extending the scope of capital ownership to well over 60 per cent of the population . |
| 4 | Many Tories now recognise that the abuse of political patronage has played a significant part in fuelling Scotland 's dissatisfaction with the Union . |
| 5 | The action has played a strong part in industrial safety but attempts to introduce it into other areas have been less successful . |
| 6 | ‘ Since about 1890 ’ , he believes , ‘ homosexuality has played a vital part in Western culture . ’ |
| 7 | Traditionally , in the UK , the law has played a considerable part in regulating the form and content of published financial reports . |
| 8 | The Institute has played a major part in the development of the Construction Industry Council and the policies it has developed on the key issues affecting the industry . |
| 9 | The Institute has played a major role in focusing attention on the key issues involved in road pricing through two reports under the title : ‘ Paying for Progress ’ . |
| 10 | The Institute has played a major role in focusing attention on the issues |
| 11 | The institute has played a significant role in Kuwait 's mariculture development , as three of our graduates , Dr Sulaiman Al Matter , Dr Abdul Aziz Al Ameeri and Dr Khaled El Allah , now work at KISR plus Dr Albert Tacon who worked at KISR for a short time before being forced to flee Saddam Hussein . |
| 12 | THE London Metal Exchange has played an important role in the exposure of an alleged scam by an American company with a virtually identical name , writes Jonathan Confino in New York . |
| 13 | Sport had played a significant part in his life . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , I shall argue that each theme has played an important role in shaping the functionalist style in public law . |
| 15 | There has been considerable progress during the year on a number of aspects related to the cost competitiveness of the UK 's oil industry , progress in which the Wood Group has played a leading role in national discussions and , more importantly , in a wide range of initiatives and developments directly with our customers . |
| 16 | Conservative MP William Cash believes the Bruges Group has played an important role in directing opinion outside Parliament and is in no doubt about the urgency of the issues . |
| 17 | Third , retirement has played an important role in periods of high unemployment . |
| 18 | Rhetoricians ancient and modern have noted that the word ‘ metaphor ’ comes from the Greek word metaphorein , meaning to transfer or to carry over , and the idea of transport or mobilization inherent in its original meaning has played a significant role in the conceptual evolution of the figure . |
| 19 | I entirely support my hon. and learned Friend 's view that people should be afraid of the law and of being caught , but does he agree that boredom has played an important role in prison riots ? |
| 20 | Apartheid has played a key role in the AIDS epidemic by promoting migrant labour , which splits families for long periods , encouraging extramarital relationships . |
| 21 | As everywhere else on earth , climate has played a large part in the distribution of species , as have vegetational changes , which are the direct result of climatic variation . |
| 22 | In a broad-scale study of cloud forests , it was concluded that random colonization had played an important part in determining the species compositions of different ones and that the predominance of widespread species of successional habitats elsewhere reflected a high rate of generalist dispersal . |
| 23 | Therefore unions in representing the interests of their immediate membership have played an important role in supporting the pervasiveness of the company culture . |
| 24 | Staff from the group have played a large part in the Logica data architecture and 1:10K digital mapping consultancies , and have worked with staff from other divisions to start developing a BGS wide approach to digital databases . |
| 25 | Thus the lack of fundamental ecological knowledge has played a significant role in the shaping of these forests and lack of foresight has led to the demise , by deliberate poisoning and girdling , of many species which are now considered to be commercially viable . |
| 26 | The wife had played a unique role in the hotel business and had , the judge concluded , ‘ earned a share of the assets that have been produced ’ . |
| 27 | The polar moment of inertia of the Moon C has been determined from J 2 , and from the physical librations which for the Moon have played an equivalent role in determining C to that played by the rate of polar axis precession in the case of the Earth ( see section 3.2.1 ) . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reductions in personal taxation have played a major role in the revival of enterprise and the increase in risk taking , productivity and output that we have achieved in the past decade ? |
| 29 | Peter feels that CCG 's training policy has played a major role in staff attitude and professionalism : it has an impact on existing businesses and is viewed favourably by potential clients when visiting our operations . |
| 30 | Founded in 1954 in Florida , the company has grown to become the world 's second largest chain of its kind and franchising has played a crucial role in this development . |