Example sentences of "it [verb] an important [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not deny that it plays an important part , but the key to our strength is our industrial might . |
| 2 | It plays an important part in targeting benefits at families with children , they say . |
| 3 | I am sure , however , that it plays an important role . ’ |
| 4 | It plays an important role in defining typologies which can be then be used to help date or provenance new examples . |
| 5 | Although fibre has no positive food value , it plays an important role in maintaining a healthy digestive tract , aiding in the passage of waste and the elimination of fat and poisonous chemicals which cause constipation , inflammation of the colon and worse . |
| 6 | In one way this statement is more conservative than the previous one in that it has elevated the popular usage ‘ Republican Sunday ’ to a part of party language and thus confirmed the belief that Catholicism and republicanism are the same thing , but it represents an important departure from previous positions in clearly tying the DUP 's position to that of the electorate . |
| 7 | It represents an important contribution to the ongoing debate between non-disabled feminists and the disabled people 's movement about the construction of community care . |
| 8 | ‘ It represents an important piece of both Liverpool 's and Rivington 's history , ’ said North West Water project manager Phil Luff . |
| 9 | ‘ It represents an important piece of both Liverpool and Rivington 's history , ’ says project manager Phil Luff . |
| 10 | It represents an important clarification of the Soviet position on German unity , after Mr Eduard Shevardnadze , the Foreign Minister , and other senior Soviet spokesmen took issue with Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's 10-point plan for German reunification . |
| 11 | It represents an important clarification of the Soviet position on German unity , after Mr Eduard Shevardnadze , the Foreign Minister , and other senior Soviet spokesmen took issue with Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's 10-point plan for German reunification . |
| 12 | It became an important building as the burial place for the kings of Sweden . |
| 13 | It constitutes an important work of reference . |
| 14 | However , serious differences continued to present obstacles to an agreement : ( i ) the Soviet Union insisted that not all combat aircraft be included in the treaty , although it made an important concession on this point in September ( see p. 36909 ) ; ( ii ) of the five categories of weapons to be included in a treaty-aircraft , helicopters , tanks , armoured vehicles and artillery ( with troops being the sixth element in an agreement ) -consensus on the definition of the weapons system and the items in that category to be included was only reached on artillery ( see below ) ; ( iii ) the Warsaw Pact insisted on an undertaking by NATO to conduct separate negotiations on the reduction of naval forces ( see Malta summit disagreement on naval forces p. 37111 ) ; and ( iv ) the Warsaw Pact demanded that no modernization of short-range missiles by NATO take place ( see also p. 37227 ) . |
| 15 | Although the glass-rubber transition itself does not depend on polymer structure , the temperature at which T g is observed depends largely on the chemical nature of the polymer chain and for most common synthetic polymers lies between 170 and 500 K. It is quite obvious that T g is an important characteristic property of any polymer as it has an important bearing on the potential application of a polymer . |
| 16 | An African Curriculum Organisation was set up in 1976 and has already proved that it has an important part to play in this process . |
| 17 | New evidence suggests , however , that it has an important part to play in the lowering of harmful cholesterol . |
| 18 | I think it has an important function in providing a clear statement of a furniture-maker 's design philosophy . |
| 19 | It has an important application in screen graphics , as described below . |
| 20 | I do not decry systematic nomenclature , it has an important place in chemical literature ; but this is a specialist niche , devised for the convenience of indexers and users of indices , not a part of the lingua franca of chemistry . |
| 21 | It has an important place in European history for it was here that the peace treaty was signed that finally brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession . |
| 22 | It contains an important law on settlement , which is likely to predate the promulgation of the code itself , although by how much is unclear . |
| 23 | Fornax is always very low from European latitudes ; it contains an important cluster of galaxies , but all its members are below binocular range . |
| 24 | To consider religion carefully is not to be dogmatic and exclusivist , but actually the opposite , for it allows an important area of experience — both communal and private — to be explored instead of being ignored or reinterpreted in terms inappropriate to it . |
| 25 | It played an important part in attracting investment from Digital UK Ltd , Sun Microsystems Ltd and Motorola , which is expected to create 3,000 jobs . |
| 26 | The artefact 's affinity to the unconscious also allows it to play an important role in marking different forms of social reality , and allowing these and the perspectives arising from different social positions to exist concurrently without coming into overt conflict . |
| 27 | If reality is an illusion that we create — no more ‘ real ’ than Middle Earth or Valhalla — then it raises an important question . |
| 28 | It forms an important link in a cycle route from the centre of Edinburgh to Cramond Brig and the Forth Road Bridge . |
| 29 | In Muslim countries , green — the colour of Mohammed 's coat — is sacred and is very rarely used as a predominant colour ; but it forms an important part of the dyer 's palette in non-Muslim cultures , particularly China ; here , the sacred colour is yellow , in which the Emperor traditionally dressed . |
| 30 | What is market research , and why does it play an important role in the marketing function ? |