Example sentences of "[noun sg] to play [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ It was a pleasure to play in the same side as a true football genius . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's every lad 's dream to play in the All Ireland final and now that we have got this far we want to make sure and win . |
| 3 | The 21-year-old full-back from Lillestrom has agreed personal terms with Rovers and is now waiting for formal clearance to play in the Premier League . |
| 4 | But now the club have found that on applying for renewal of permission to play at the same venue next season , the pitch has already been allocated . |
| 5 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 6 | This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle . |
| 7 | Diet , general fitness , golfing psychology and sports injuries all feature among the discussion topics and have their part to play in the overall picture . |
| 8 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 9 | Does he agree that this type of secondary school has a substantial part to play in the future education of our children in the secondary sector , and will he encourage the development of further city technology colleges in our country ? |
| 10 | This bothers the commission 's president , Jacques Delors , who thinks the Community has a part to play in the Middle East . |
| 11 | Union members have an important part to play in the continued success of ’ next steps ’ . |
| 12 | Economic conditions , nationally and locally , the size and location of the firm , and the availability of finance will all have a part to play in the final decision . |
| 13 | Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas . |
| 14 | This is problematic for a group which has no longer a part to play in the productive sector . |
| 15 | They must have the desire to play in the Premier League . ’ |
| 16 | While this organ could and did assume the executive functions of a provisional government , its creation did not resolve two crucial problems : what roles were the existing political parties and the mass of the population to play in the New State . |
| 17 | ‘ It gives you the chance to play on the ultimate stage , which is the World Cup . |
| 18 | This was not only copper-bottomed security , it was a chance to play with the big numbers and see what happened . |
| 19 | Only the winner and the runner-up in Asia will get the chance to play in the next World Cup preliminaries . |
| 20 | In pursuing this aim , IDB 's Marketing Development Division has a key role to play through the wide range of support which it can offer to all sizes of companies in Northern Ireland involved in manufacturing or providing internationally tradeable services . |
| 21 | Although LMS sees LEAs transfer much of their powers , authorities still have a key role to play as the principal source of advice on the complexities of employment law and on fair procedures for appointment , discipline , grievance and dismissal . |
| 22 | In conclusion , the Action Teams can help local groups in a wide variety of ways and while some of the ideas may be criticised , they all have some role to play in the economic regeneration of the area . |
| 23 | The crossing had a vital role to play in the economic regeneration of the region , it argued in a statement , and controversy over the Oxleas link should not delay construction of the bridge itself . |
| 24 | In so doing , we recognise that CCW has a vital role to play in the immediate future , but we also recognise that many other ‘ actors ’ must also play their part in moving Wales towards sustainability . |
| 25 | Iron has a crucial role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy living . |
| 26 | Mr McKiernan believes that this service will have an even more important role to play in the financial services sector in the future . |
| 27 | It is unlikely that the InsP 3 /calcium pathway has any role to play in the rapid signal transfer mediated by ionotropic receptors , but there is growing evidence that many metabotropic receptors employ phosphoinositide-derived signals to modulate both neural activity and the neural plasticity responsible for memory . |
| 28 | As its name implies , the Via Militaris was a major line of communication for the Roman armies defending the eastern frontier , and as a stage in one of the links between Italy and Byzantium it already had an important role to play in the vital intercourse between the eastern and western halves of the empire . |
| 29 | The secure places are fully used , but secure accommodation is an expensive resource and one which has its role to play in the full range of provision . |
| 30 | Be that as it may , the intuitive reality of such structures is borne out also by the fact that generations of language teachers have recognized that they have a leading role to play in the initial stages of learning , because of what I have called their valency or combining power . |