Example sentences of "[Wh det] have played [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emigration , which has played a major part in Goa 's culture , is the reason for its emptiness . |
| 2 | A whole succession of international agreements have come into being since then , including the Montreal Protocol to phase out the manufacture and use of ozone-depleting chemicals ( such as CFCs ) and the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , which has played a significant role in helping to protect some of the world 's rarest flora and fauna . |
| 3 | Anne had been born and brought up in Bellerby in North Yorkshire , a member of the Metcalfe family which has played a large part in keeping this tradition alive . |
| 4 | Pam Ayres joined a group of school children as they toured the centre which has played a leading role in saving rare breeds of sheep and pigs . |
| 5 | Zambia , Zimbabwe and Costa Rica have invested heavily in education , which has played an important role in legitimizing political parties and governments . |
| 6 | A variable which has played an important role in many theories of driving behaviour is subjective risk and it seems likely that this may have important influences on drivers ’ memory for situations for a number of reasons . |
| 7 | On April 19 Verdiger announced that he would after all support Labour , but on April 22 Shas , the ultra-orthodox party which had played a major role in the collapse of the coalition in March by abstaining in a vote of no-confidence , announced its absolute support for Likud . |
| 8 | Following intervention by Sweden ( which had played a major role in initiating the US-PLO dialogue in 1988 ) , the PLO issued a statement on June 11 which declared that the organization remained " against any military action which targets civilians , regardless of the nature of such actions , and we condemn it " . |
| 9 | The National Assembly on Oct. 1 approved the dissolution of the powerful National Defence Council , the body which had played a major role in the planning and execution of security policy during the Vietnam war . |
| 10 | The Labour Party , which had played a central part in achieving educational change through Circular 10/65 ( see page 15 ) , had become more and more doubtful about the political wisdom of some of the changes it had itself pioneered . |
| 11 | Smart was not the first to try to modernise the psalms , which had played a central role in Anglican worship since the Reformation . |
| 12 | In 1976 the friendship treaty was abrogated , Soviet debts ( some US$11 billion ) were repudiated , and the Egyptians moved closer to the USA , which had played a central role in the Camp David and other peace negotiations in the area . |
| 13 | In addition , the All-Party Student Unity group , which had played a central role in Ershad 's downfall , stationed groups across the country to assist Election Commission officials in ensuring peaceful and fair voting . |
| 14 | John Blake , the advocate for the Town and Country Planning Association , which had played a prominent role at the Sizewell public inquiry , described the outcome as a ‘ foregone conclusion ’ and largely withdrew to the sidelines . |
| 15 | Serbia , which bad been semi-independent from 1817 and fully independent from 1878 , and which had played a considerable part in the First World War ( and suffered enormous losses ) , was the nucleus of the new state . |
| 16 | Their rejection of the Old Testament set aside the argument from fulfilled prophecy which had played a notable part in his conversion . |
| 17 | This meant that changes in crime rates , or variations between different settings ( such as urban and rural ) , which had played an important part in theories relating social or economic conditions and change to crime , could equally well be explained by variations in crime-recording practices . |
| 18 | Believing that death was at hand he confirmed the territorial dispositions made at Montmirail and asked to be buried at the monastery of Grandmont in the Limousin , one of the monks of which had played an important part in the peace negotiations . |
| 19 | The revival of the Hindu-Moslem dispute , which had played an important part in the November election campaign [ see pp. 36977 ; 37030 ] , had threatened to provoke further communal tensions in the period leading up to the Bihar state assembly elections at the end of February [ see p. 37245 ] . |
| 20 | Without considering Prague School theory in detail , I shall therefore look at its use of these two concepts , both of which have played a crucial role in modern thinking about literature . |
| 21 | Priority will also be given to cooperation with many social movements which have played a major part in the struggle for democracy in different parts of the world . |
| 22 | Perhaps this is of particular importance when considering the more informal pedagogies which have played a major part in teaching activity since the late 1960s . |
| 23 | For example , my Department funds various motor projects which have played an increasing role , and there are some excellent examples which focus on demanding programmes to get motor offenders to change to adopt responsible attitudes and behaviour . |