Example sentences of "important [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foam nonetheless can have an important part to play in the performance of a detergent . |
| 2 | Throughout my many years in the travel industry , I have always believed tourism has an important part to play in the spreading of understanding between countries , as well as being a catalyst for economic development . |
| 3 | New evidence suggests , however , that it has an important part to play in the lowering of harmful cholesterol . |
| 4 | In the fifteenth century , the freelance soldiers had an important part to play in the war . |
| 5 | Union members have an important part to play in the continued success of ’ next steps ’ . |
| 6 | In a similar way , simply asking children to draw a picture of what happened in their play is wasting an opportunity to move the drama forward and make the work purposeful : the picture could have an important part to play in the drama , in which case the quality of both the drama and the art work improves . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State for Education and Science has referred to LEAs ' and schools ' ‘ important responsibility to work towards the promotion of equality of opportunity for the different ethnic groups who are part of our national life ’ . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly the most important publication to emerge from the whole study was ‘ The Flora of Uig ( Lewis ) ’ ( Ed . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a very important campaign to get off the ground . ’ |
| 10 | I agree with my hon. Friend that the next important consequence to flow from the CTC programme is that the benefits of all the curriculum development work undertaken by CTCs will spread to the rest of the education system . |
| 11 | The important point to note about the current approach is that the existence of the substantive law , and the penalties imposed in the event of breach and detection , provide an important incentive for players to abide by the self-regulatory and quasi-statutory controls , which generally carry lighter penalties . |
| 12 | The most important point to note about the above summary is the mens rea requirement : the individual/insider must know that he is a connected person . |
| 13 | The important point to note about the prohibition in Rule 14e-3 is that it applies irrespective of whether the defendant owed or breached a fiduciary or other duty to the issuer of the securities traded in or indeed whether he breached a duty to any other person . |
| 14 | On January 21st President Bush held out an olive branch : some of the Arab countries supporting Iraq , he said , still had an important role to play in the future Middle East . |
| 15 | Dr. Aronstam believes that businessmen have an important role to play in the fight against AIDS . |
| 16 | By contrast , the new EXAFS studies show that modifying cations such as Na+ and Ca2+ have an important role to play in the structure of glass . |
| 17 | Thirty years ago Geoffrey Harris , working at the Maudsley Hospital in London , reasoned that the brain 's control of the pituitary must be exerted via hormones secreted into the bloodstream from the hypothalamus , a brain region with an important role to play in the regulation of many bodily functions . |
| 18 | There are also 121 autonomous local law societies , which have an important role to play in the formulation of policy by The Law Society . |
| 19 | Temporary work seems to have an important role to play in the transition from unemployment to employment . |
| 20 | As its name implies , the Via Militaris was a major line of communication for the Roman armies defending the eastern frontier , and as a stage in one of the links between Italy and Byzantium it already had an important role to play in the vital intercourse between the eastern and western halves of the empire . |
| 21 | When Bukharin , in his speech to the Sixth Congress , emphasised that the Latin American Communist parties ‘ had an important role to play in the development of national and agrarian revolutions ’ , Brazilian delegate Fernando Lacerna somewhat tartly pointed out that a Communist movement had existed in Latin America since 1920 but it was only in 1928 that ’ the Communist International [ had ] shown its interest in Latin America for the first time ’ ( La Correspondance Internationale ( organ of the Communist International ) , 1928 , in Alba : 1964 , p. 188 ) . |
| 22 | Mr McKiernan believes that this service will have an even more important role to play in the financial services sector in the future . |
| 23 | The solicitor has an important role to play in the committee process . |
| 24 | The honorary colonel system therefore has an important role to play in the British Army . |
| 25 | Although Napoleon was not much use on this occasion , the full-size skeleton has an important role to play in the future . |
| 26 | Piggy had a very important role to play in the book . |
| 27 | But it was an occasion for spectators rather than bidders and only two lots exceeded expectations , Eric Gill 's fine , if slightly sweet , stone carving , ‘ Mother and Child ’ ( lot 20 , est. £25,000–35,000 ) , described by the auction house as his most important sculpture to come to the market for ten years and bought by a telephone bidder against the Fine Art Society for £56,000 ( $85,680 ) , and Graham Sutherland 's boldly coloured ‘ Palm Palisade ’ ( lot 88 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) which was acquired by Agnews for £68,000 ( $104,040 ) after competition with private dealers Ivor Braka and underbidder Jamie Maclean . |
| 28 | Richard Rolle and Dame Julian both wrote about their personal experiences , yet both clearly felt that they had an important message to deliver to the world . |
| 29 | 2.7 The important thing to remember about the right of action created by the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 is that it is a claim for damages suffered , not by the deceased himself , but by his family after his death . |
| 30 | But an important thing to recognise at the outset is that knowing about oneself can never be a matter of ‘ mere information ’ . |