Example sentences of "[art] [adj] role in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the record since 1945 suggests that it is highly improbable that the British people will play anything like the major role in the affairs of mankind in the twenty-first century that they have done so frequently , if often unavailingly , in the course of the twentieth . |
| 2 | But once habituation has occurred , there is no reason to suppose that the ‘ what-is-it ? ’ reflex will play a further role in the experiments discussed here . |
| 3 | In India , however , it still remains a living force , playing a prominent role in the lives of millions of people . |
| 4 | Baptized on 31 August 1673 , the younger Daniel Coxe emigrated to America at the age of twenty-eight and thereafter took a prominent role in the affairs of West New Jersey . |
| 5 | He gave his 22-year-old daughter Valentina a prominent role in the finances of the company ( she , like his wife , is now a director ) . |
| 6 | Support for the exiled King was greatest amongst Catholic recusants and immigrant Irish in the north , who played a prominent role in the plots of the 1690s . |
| 7 | Clearly , the big groups can make their own approaches but how can the small , independents hope to play a serious role in the proceedings ? |
| 8 | The nouveau roman has played a central role in the debates surrounding postmodernism : the metafictional techniques and strategies associated with the writers commonly identified with this movement have come to be regarded as , in many ways , synonymous with what constitutes postmodernist fiction . |
| 9 | The success of these plans will be determined largely by the extent to which members take a pro-active role in the areas identified . |
| 10 | The sort of place , you might think , to play a large role in the events like the Swaledale Festival . |
| 11 | And Amelia McLean , a compositor who played a leading role in the women 's opposition in 1910 , said in a letter to the Evening News : " This is the first time the women have heard that the employers want to reserve monotypes for women . |
| 12 | The account of the Roman conquest of Britain by the Roman writer Tacitus , is certainly more " primary " than Collingwood 's Roman Britain written in the twentieth century , yet Tacitus was describing events in which he himself had not participated , though his father-in-law , and one of his key " sources " , was the General , Agricola , who had played a leading role in the campaigns . |
| 13 | In early 1944 , de Gaulle regarded it as essential that French forces , which now numbered 400,000 men , should play a leading role in the campaigns to liberate Europe . |
| 14 | He played a major role in the talks between the government and Solidarity leaders which in April 1989 paved the way for the dismantling of the communist regime . |
| 15 | Over the last six years , the Cities and Media Forum has become an established part of the Festival and has played a substantial role in the debates about developing the media economies of regional cities in the UK . |
| 16 | There then followed a frenzied round of negotiations during which it was believed that the Renamo leader was encouraged to sign the accord by the South African government and by Roland " Tiny " Rowland , the chief executive of the UK-based multinational Lonrho who had played a key role in the negotiations process [ see p. 39039 ] . |
| 17 | The sad irony of this unhappy state of affairs was that these animals.played a comforting role in the lives of such old women . |
| 18 | Rudolf Seiters , head of the West German chancellery , who played a big role in the deals to ship more than 14,000 from Warsaw and Prague to the West in special trains , said he was confident a solution will be found for them too . |
| 19 | Locally produced news sheets play a vital role in the lives of these Zimbabwean farm workers . |
| 20 | Since the formation of the UK Group of EEB Members we have been able to play a fuller role in the affairs of the EEB without too great a commitment of time and resources . |
| 21 | What 's important is that Britain should adopt a positive role in the negotiations , very difficult negotiations , that lie ahead , and that Britain should not be isolated and that Britain should , in fact , be able to find a way forward with its partners . |
| 22 | Certainly , it is interesting that trees in general , and , more especially , the more phallic-shaped cypresses and other evergreens , play a significant role in the myths associated with the Attis cult ( not to mention the cases of Adonis , Tammuz , Osiris — and , if we are correct in seeing the Cross as a tree — Christ ) . |
| 23 | Of course , being liked , accepted and defining one 's role within a social group are important features of life at any age , but because peers play such an important role in the lives of adolescents , social acceptance is an urgent concern for most young people . |
| 24 | He attended the Peace Conference at Versailles in person and played an important role in the decisions reached . |
| 25 | Lane contends that ‘ other social forces play an important role in the decisions of the leadership . |
| 26 | There is , however , evidence from a quite different experimental procedure that can be taken to confirm that retrieval mechanisms play an important role in the phenomena considered here . |
| 27 | While the Protestant church , like the Polish Catholic church , has played an important role in the efforts for reform , the nature and situations of the two churches could hardly be more different . |
| 28 | Handicapped members , who play an important role in the Rangers , pay no subscription . |