Example sentences of "[noun sg] to play [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , I 've never worked for McLaren ( even though , judging by its participation in F1 diplomacy , the team only deserves an RV8 engine to play with next season ) .
2 With the three other members of the quartet sadly now dead , Smailovic relished the opportunity to play with another musician and to further affirm the presence of cultural values in the city .
3 ‘ He has a part to play for this club .
4 The point we wish to make is that , even when these other factors are taken into account , decisions for which the courts are themselves directly responsible do have a major part to play in determining imprisonment rates .
5 Here we intend to explain the operation of another EC institution , the European Investment Bank , which will probably have an important part to play in future progress towards economic and monetary union within the EC .
6 Or , to put it another way , does the concept of the general interest or the general will have any part to play in democratic thinking ?
7 But since the universities also have a central part to play in this determination , co-operation between Government and universities is of the greatest importance .
8 However , management of a life assurance company or a pension fund also extends to managing the assets and actuarial methods have a vital part to play in this area .
9 I believe ACET has an important part to play in this process . ’
10 An African Curriculum Organisation was set up in 1976 and has already proved that it has an important part to play in this process .
11 The essay has a vital part to play in historical study as an important way for the historian to demonstrate his reading and thinking .
12 Pointes can and do have an enormous part to play in classical ballet because there are so many ways in which they can be used to give character and variety to a role .
13 Rather than fat cat developers benefiting from the countryside , small businesses and local people should have the main part to play in sensitive development .
14 An industrial manager at any level should endeavour to have a clear view of the future , and the role that he would like his business to play in that future .
15 Geyer , a big and powerful runner with a liking for the rough stuff , would be the ideal recruit to play alongside new Kiwi forward signing Gary Mercer as manager Doug Laughton builds a new pack .
16 Seriously , it 's a fun game to play with cheerful animation and bright colours .
17 Because I think it could be a real cracker , because both sides like to run the ball , and having said that , if it 's wet erm we feel we have the ammunition to play in that sort of condition .
18 As indicated above , trade now has an acknowledged role to play in Soviet development .
19 In so doing she demonstrates that the potential scope of the novel is enriched , not exhausted , by technological development , and that , conceived as an ‘ open ’ and heterogeneous genre , the novel still has a significant role to play in contemporary society , both as a mode of knowledge and as a means of communication .
20 Clearly , biotechnology will have an increasing role to play in environmental quality during the next few centuries , especially if existing methodologies can be improved by genetic engineering ( see below ) .
21 So I think we have a role to play in moral education .
22 This last point is awkward , because recent Tory chancellors have denied that fiscal policy has a role to play in managing demand .
23 There is much room for improvement and development in online catalogues and librarians have an essential role to play in that development .
24 It is apparent , therefore , that differentiation was made between male and female blood , and that circumcision , in its new casting , had some role to play in that context .
25 As children become older , fathers have a role to play in encouraging exploration and play .
26 Community pharmacists have a developing role to play in improving prescribing
27 The results of the 19 in-depth Case Studies extracted from the interviews indicate that the micro-computer has a role to play in supporting farm managers and his software needs may be described as being the areas of normal productivity tools plus some system of integrating the information systems used by his advisers into his own farm system .
28 Analysis of competitors and competitive markets is of the utmost importance to each company , and in all six the planning departments have a significant role to play in this analysis .
29 It is the argument of this book , as it is the argument of Bettelheim 's book , that reading has an important role to play in this process of finding meaning .
30 Researchers also have an important role to play in this process .
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