Example sentences of "important [noun sg] in [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuing Research Centre will play an important part in filling the gap . |
| 2 | He repeated and extended Pasteur 's work on micro-organisms , ‘ our invisible friends and foes ’ , and played an important part in getting the germ theory of disease accepted in Britain ; and this led to an interest in the particles suspended in the atmosphere especially that of Victorian London , but also in more salubrious places . |
| 3 | It was after the Revolution that Gould first came to prominence when he became one of the largest suppliers of hemp , pitch , and tar to the Royal Navy ; and in this capacity , immediately before the War of the Spanish Succession , he played an important part in providing the navy with Russian hemp from Archangel in place of the supplies that could no longer be obtained from Riga ( beleaguered by the Russians ) . |
| 4 | The town 's three clergymen , who played such an important part in counselling the victims after last December 22 — James Annand , Church of Scotland ; Alan Neal , Scottish Episcopal ; and Father Patrick Keegans , Roman Catholic — conducted the short dedication beside an impressive memorial , hewn from four tons of Finnish granite , bearing the names of the 270 victims , including 11 from Lockerbie itself . |
| 5 | Gaston II came of age in 1323 , but after the death of Margaret of Béarn his mother 's influence played an important part in determining the anti-Plantagenet stance of the house of Foix-Béarn during the war of St Sardos . |
| 6 | You obviously believe that the dealers play an important part in determining the short list . |
| 7 | Since age distribution and family life-cycle stage both play a very important part in determining the ACORN codes , it is possible to distinguish pre-family areas ( of relatively high disposable income and low commitments ) , young family areas ( with a high level of mortgage , hire purchase and overdraft debt ) , post-family areas ( with high levels of saving , low use of credit and high incomes ) , and retirement areas ( with low income , but significant investment income ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Here is some firm evidence that climate plays an important part in determining the condition of our forests . " |
| 10 | In Oxford he played an important part in establishing the new physiological sciences final honours school , in which endocrinology was one of the options . |
| 11 | He became eminent in the world of science , editing Nature and playing an important part in establishing the Science Museum in London . |
| 12 | Belgian industry and capital played an important part in developing the railways of France and Russia . |
| 13 | It is common ground that discrimination training will establish associative links that play an important part in generating the changes in behaviour that are observed . |
| 14 | The counsellor can play an important part in monitoring the quality , effectiveness and possible iatrogenic effects of medical treatment , and can do so without necessarily bringing into question medical authority or competence . |
| 15 | Machine knitting plays an important part in stimulating the residents ' creative talents and a small textile workshop has been set up with some encouraging results . |
| 16 | During the war years Edith played an important part in keeping the British Medau sapling alive , travelling countrywide to assist Molly and Peggy , and later on taking over classes . |
| 17 | Over the post decade , tax welfare has played an increasingly important part in boosting the living standards of the rich , while welfare cuts have reduced the income of those at the bottom of the pile . |
| 18 | Leukotrienes are known proinflammatory mediators and leukotriene B 4 ( LTB 4 ) is a potent chemoattractant of polymorphonuclear cells and causes degranulation and release of lysosomal enzymes , which could play an important part in amplifying the inflammatory response to NSAIDs . |
| 19 | ‘ These kittens will play an important part in securing the future for this beautiful species , ’ says Doug Richardson , who is in charge of big cat breeding at the zoo . |
| 20 | The long history of Polish resistance played an important part in heightening the regime 's suspicions of signs of cultural autonomy anywhere in the Empire , and in fuelling the aggressive nationalist tone adopted by both Alexander III and Nicholas II . |
| 21 | Certainly in the case of Nicaragua , this strategy played an important part in undermining the undoubted popular support which the Sandinistas had enjoyed in the first part of the 1980s . |
| 22 | These investments played an important part in enabling the enlarged Wood-Way operation to continue its growth throughout the year . |
| 23 | These investments played an important part in enabling the enlarged Wood-Way operation to continue its growth during the year , despite a downturn in offshore drilling . |
| 24 | Ignoring for the present some of the difficulties inherent in functional analysis , we may note , for example , that the account of socialization ignores the variety of other agencies that play an important part in socializing the child . |
| 25 | The result is that the media , by and large , do not play what could be an important part in informing the citizen . |
| 26 | The reduction in the growth of National Income played an important part in raising the ratio in the early 1980s ; both directly , by restricting the denominator , and indirectly , by causing unplanned increases in expenditure on social security . |
| 27 | Delaunay used to meet Picasso at the gatherings at the Douanier Rousseau 's , while Metzinger was a frequent visitor to Picasso 's studio in the Bateau Lavoir during the early years of Cubism , and was an important agent in transmitting the first discoveries of Picasso and Braque . |
| 28 | Lord Denning in Dutton v. Bognor Regis UDC [ 1972 ] I QB 375 ( CA ) highlighted perhaps the most important issue in setting the limits upon the scope of the duty of care in Donoghue v. Stevenson : |
| 29 | In Wiltshire trading standards officers have made an important breakthrough in cracking the crime . |
| 30 | Whatever the nature of price adjustment costs , one important development in establishing the micro-foundations of Keynesian wage or price rigidity has emphasized that these costs need not be substantial to lead to rigidities which can have important macroeconomic consequences . |