Example sentences of "part in [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst lacking serious revolutionary intentions or any clear revolutionary strategy , Largo Caballero and the Socialist left thus played their part in heating up the political atmosphere and making strong Republican government impossible . |
| 2 | Substitutions played a big part in setting up the amazing finale that produced three goals in the final five minutes when both defences looked wide open . |
| 3 | A major part in setting up the Czartoryski Foundation , and in most of the other similar attempts , has been played by an eminence grise familiar to Western art circles , namely the London art dealer Andrew Ciechanowiecki . |
| 4 | The Labour Party 's part in bringing down the Chamberlain Government in May 1940 was recognized by the central roles allotted to Labour Ministers in Churchill 's Coalition Government . |
| 5 | His success in summoning up the devil he knew blinded him to any awareness of his own part in bringing about the final outcome . |
| 6 | An Arabic-speaking Tunisian-American , Habib was the son of Phillip Habib , a former government agent who had played a big part in breaking up the French Connection in Marseilles during the 1960s . |
| 7 | ( c ) 1923 Party Seats Conservative 258 Labour 191 Liberal 159 Others Several outcomes were theoretically possible , but neither Labour ( under MacDonald ) nor the Conservatives ( under Baldwin , who had played an important part in breaking up the Lloyd George coalition in 1922 ) would countenance a coalition . |
| 8 | In particular E. Foetida ( the stinking dungworm or brandling ) multiplies rapidly in a dungheap or compost pit and plays an important part in breaking down the cellulose once the temperature has dropped to about 32°C . |
| 9 | Such corruption has played some part in building up the funds held in international bank accounts or other forms of investment by African citizens , recently estimated to total $20 billion between 1974 and 1985 . |
| 10 | The promotion of energy conservation and energy efficiency could play a much bigger part in cleaning up the environment than any other measure the government can take . |
| 11 | The new MOT exhaust emissions test , which was introduced only a few months ago , will also play a significant part in cleaning up the air . |
| 12 | As Becker says , every story can play its part in making up the mosaic that will , in the end , be our picture of the social life of the time and place being studied . |