Example sentences of "have [verb] a part in " in BNC.

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1 We have said that we recognise that high energy prices may have to play a part in a strategy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions .
2 The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time .
3 It was hard to avoid the conclusion that while pique may have played a part in its foundation , it had come into being not so much to benefit its members in terms of strengthening trade within the seven , but on the basis of a belief that in unity there was strength : in other words , as a group of seven they would be in a less disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the Six than if each separately attempted to negotiate some accommodation with the Six .
4 Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption .
5 Gorbachev , interviewed in West Germany , suggested that Islamic fundamentalism might have played a part in the disturbances .
6 That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty .
7 But how do we gain access to Renaissance culture , especially when our readings of the texts that document that culture indicate that a process of necessary counterfeit may have played a part in determining how these texts inscribed their culture ?
8 Sheriff Robert Younger told him : ‘ You are a first offender and perhaps your alcoholism may have played a part in these offences .
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