Example sentences of "it play a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It plays a key role in keeping city streets on the move and is even the object of the best modern designers ' desire . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Nuclear power is frequently misunderstood but the truth is it plays a vital part in our everyday life . |
| 8 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |
| 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 countryside and the amenities of the towns and villages of Wales . |
| 14 | Established in 1928 , it plays a vital role in protecting the country 's coast and countryside , while encouraging sustainable rural development . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 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 | But the rector says it plays a vital role . |
| 18 | By the mid-1930s it was past its peak , but it played a prominent part in the agitation which led to the suspension of the National Government 's unemployment assistance board scheme early in 1935 . |
| 19 | Historically it played a major part against the Saracens , and the old buildings in Rhodes town and the Acropolis in Lindos still remain . |
| 20 | Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID . |
| 21 | Lérins itself was important in two ways ; first it played a major part in the promotion of monastic ideals in Gaul , and second it trained a succession of bishops who made a substantial impact on the Gallo-Roman , and later Frankish , Church . |
| 22 | It played a major role in the production of the first tactical nuclear weapons ; and , in consequence , moved sharply away from basic investigations towards engineering development . |
| 23 | After its experimental period , when it played a key part in the campaign to modernise the Marton route , 208 remained in regular service from Marton Depot ( left ) until the closure in 1962 . |
| 24 | It played a vital role in the Falklands , and in the Gulf . |
| 25 | Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century . |
| 26 | That administrative reality is important , because it played a large part in determining what things are like now . |
| 27 | It needed to be bigger , for it was widely used as a plough ox on the very heavy , stiff clays of the Sussex Weald and in its more distant past it played a valuable role in the Sussex iron industry by hauling hefty loads of timber and metal . |
| 28 | Though it still needed to learn to live with the ways of the new peoples , it had its own mature traditions , and cultural and institutional development , encapsulating much of Roman civilization and fitting it to play a decisive role in shaping the new Germanic societies . |
| 29 | As a mineral , corundum has proved its value to man partly as an abrasive , which allowed it to play a key role in the shaping of jade , and partly because it has contributed two of the most keenly sought after transparent coloured gems , sapphire and ruby . |
| 30 | It massively increased the budget of the Manpower Services Commission , enabling it to play a dominant role in vocational education . |