Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In others however it evokes the opposite impression of the event actually being realized , as in : ( 4 ) He managed to get free .
2 It plays a key role in keeping city streets on the move and is even the object of the best modern designers ' desire .
3 Another example is the City Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ( which was set up informally , but as a result of prompting from central government , by major City financial institutions ) ; it plays a central role in the regulation of company mergers and takeovers .
4 ‘ The catering industry is unique in the challenges it offers young people and every effort must be made to ensure that it plays a central role in careers advice , ’ he said .
5 Word order is extremely important in translation because it plays a major role in maintaining a coherent point of view and in orienting messages at text level .
6 Whatever the structure , it will be increasingly important for the institution to take a strategic view of its information requirements and the supporting technological structure , as well as for the library to ensure that it plays a leading role in any new arrangement .
7 More recently , people have stated to reinvestigate the role of the stomach in hunger and have found that , when the stomach is intact , feedback from it plays a vital part in controlling food intake ( McHugh and Moran 1985 ; Rolls and Rolls 1982 ; Smith and Gibbs 1979 ) .
8 Nuclear power is frequently misunderstood but the truth is it plays a vital part in our everyday life .
9 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development .
10 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development .
11 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development .
12 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development .
13 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development .
14 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the countryside and the amenities of the towns and villages of Wales .
15 Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development .
16 The hunt says it plays a vital role in the county 's conservation , and warns that if foxhunting is banned , foxes could become extinct.Chris Moore reports .
17 The hunt says it plays a vital role in the county 's conservation , and warns that if foxhunting is banned , foxes could become extinct.Chris Moore reports .
18 But the rector says it plays a vital role .
19 After all , the postclassical position recognises that variability in human criminal motivations plays a part in accounting for the prevalence of crimes : it would not be too damaging to the overall position to allow that in some cases it plays the major part ( provided that the exceptions only constitute a tiny proportion of total crime — which would certainly be the case with sexual abuse of children ) .
20 It may not always mean a great deal ( though sometimes a title of this sort can be read as a genuine sign of worth ) , but it plays an essential part in reassuring people in a notoriously insecure and uncertain business .
21 it plays an essential role in shaping and informing the Christian God-consciousness .
22 Is my hon. Friend aware that the rural sub-post office is at the heart of the rural community and that it plays an essential role in west Norfolk ?
23 I do not deny that it plays an important part , but the key to our strength is our industrial might .
24 It plays an important part in targeting benefits at families with children , they say .
25 I am sure , however , that it plays an important role . ’
26 It plays an important role in defining typologies which can be then be used to help date or provenance new examples .
27 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 .
28 By using the time to improve the production process , Intel will be able to make more of the chips available initially than it usually can when it launches a new part , Paul Otellini , vice-president of the company 's microprocessor group noted — a shortage of 80386s in the early days caused disenchantment with the company at many customers for the chip , who encouraged other companies to clone the chip in the hope of ensuring steady supplies .
29 Dearlove 's analysis of local government reorganization in the early 1970s , The Reorganization of Local Government ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press ; 1979 ) is particularly important because it encourages a political analysis of change and develops an impressive critique of more traditional or orthodox approaches .
30 Unfortunately the more we talk about it encourages a certain kind of person to continue with it . ’
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