Example sentences of "a [noun] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that time there were brothers and a sister playing about the floor of the nursery in Hampstead , and now and again a new baby in the cradle . |
| 2 | This bothers the commission 's president , Jacques Delors , who thinks the Community has a part to play in the Middle East . |
| 3 | Alliances , mergers and JVs will have a part to play in the route to concentration . |
| 4 | And all those toiling thousands had a part to play in the decision to protect the hill . |
| 5 | ‘ These are not easy questions to resolve but I think that if it is possible , actually to speak to these characters in such a way that they feel that they are valued and that they do have a part to play in the community , then we are on the way to resolving questions of this sort . |
| 6 | Previous patterns of working , sets of beliefs about parents and their willingness and capacity to play a larger part in decisions about their children with special educational needs , professional uncertainty and paternalism all had a part to play in the process . |
| 7 | This is problematic for a group which has no longer a part to play in the productive sector . |
| 8 | Even doing the housework with Aunt Margaret satisfied her ; she had a part to play in the running of the home . |
| 9 | This and other studies revealed that shifts of posture , head movements and changing facial expression all have a part to play in the way a conversation moves from one person to another in a group . |
| 10 | It is also building a key contacts list covering those with a part to play in the process . |
| 11 | I concede that the current recession and the Government 's mismanagement of the economy have a part to play in the fact that prestige projects are not lining up to locate in the bay . |
| 12 | Cecil Parkinson told Sue MacGregor that he no longer had a part to play in the affairs of the Tory Party . |
| 13 | ( In the following cases , the corresponding phrase using prenominal position only would be fully acceptable ) : ( 50 ) the handbook useful is in your out-tray a story interesting would be hard to find ( 51 ) the only handbook useful is in your out-tray a story less interesting would be hard to find Even here , the distinction between qualification and assignment may have a part to play in the explanation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | However , the latter have a part to play from the period of nursery rhymes and finger and other basic-activity games . |
| 16 | Not one of them has won a card to play on the Volvo Tour . |
| 17 | ‘ It was a pleasure to play in the same side as a true football genius . |
| 18 | THE former wife of kidnapper and alleged murderer Michael Sams recognised her ex-husband 's Yorkshire accent from a tape played on the Crimewatch TV programme , a court heard today . |
| 19 | Just look at a swan landing on water , a whale leaping out of the water , or a child playing on the beach — such beauty just in the movements . |
| 20 | Record companies , managers or anyone in the music business can only notice your music if your band is at a venue playing in the public eye . |
| 21 | It was a joke played by the haves against the have-nots . |
| 22 | Andy worked mainly in the shop , but also had a chance to play with the Hunts as well as with other famous players of the 1970s such as Doug McLelland , John Garner and Peter Dawson . |
| 23 | This was not only copper-bottomed security , it was a chance to play with the big numbers and see what happened . |
| 24 | He 's one of six young musicians who 've earned a chance to play alongside the professionals.Chris Moore reports . |
| 25 | In Ajdabiya a young man , driving his father 's car too fast , brushed against a toddler playing in the street , cutting her hand . |
| 26 | Colin Kerr … predicts that in the second half of this century culture will hold the key role in the development of the economy , a role played by the automobile in the first half ( of this century ) . |
| 27 | They suggest that clinical psychologists , with an understanding of psychological aspects of disability , may have a role to play in the development of services for older people with disabilities , and in training other health service professionals in how to respond to problems of disability in older people . |
| 28 | But if film executives were to be believed , the majority of the audience was less interested in salving their fears about wars and conflicts ahead than in looking back to the time when Britain had a role to play in the world . |
| 29 | In recent years there has been an increased reliance on statute law , for example , in relation to public order and the powers of the police , but , of course , here too , the judges have a role to play in the interpretation of the statutory provisions . |
| 30 | This separation of levels may well have a role to play in the study and teaching of discourse , and we shall need to think carefully about its role in language learning . |