Example sentences of "[noun pl] played a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lesbian and gay speakers played an important part in the debate . |
| 2 | A beggar , the lower part of his face eaten away by sores , did a strange dance , hopping on one leg while a small , skeletal boy clothed in rags played a haunting tune on a reed pipe . |
| 3 | Heads played a crucial part in developing such a culture , but it was sustained by other leaders ( especially deputies ) and by active participation of staff members . |
| 4 | Moreover , their ability to make sense of the workers ' predicament and articulate their grievances played an important part in mobilizing less sophisticated ranks . |
| 5 | The socialist parties played a peripheral role in the revolution of 1905 . |
| 6 | Situated on the banks of the River Mondego , on an important crossroads , it has for centuries played a vital role in the life of the centre of the country . |
| 7 | Much of the next two years was passed in efforts to avert just such a development , and in these efforts the clergy played a positive role . |
| 8 | Indeed , the freshness and simplicity of those recordings played a vital part in laying the foundations of a lasting career . |
| 9 | The Plantagenet dominions played an essential part in the dynastic policies of the three Edwards towards their families . |
| 10 | By such a mechanism , in which family ties played an important part , a relatively rapid ascent was opened up for the younger sons of the prosperous Catalan farmers who must leave the farm to the chosen heir ( the hereu ) ; within a generation a man could make a modest fortune , exposed to the risk of loss as well as the hope of gain . |
| 11 | Three years later the introduction of a new registration system for despatches and telegrams played a crucial role in changing the position of the more senior officials , the first-division clerks , and giving them , far more than in the past , a share in policy-making . |
| 12 | Like the Indians and Levantines in modern Africa , the Jews played a vital part in fertilizing the economy of medieval Europe . |
| 13 | Since the first office known to sell these safe-conducts was at La Rochelle , the port that dominated the wine trade , it seems likely that a lobby of La Rochelle merchants played an influential role in shaping these developments . |
| 14 | Her oratory and organizational skills played an important role in her husband 's election as Labour MP for West Leicestershire in 1923 . |
| 15 | Edward 's two youngest sons played an insignificant part in politics in these years . |
| 16 | During the discussions , it is clear that the Germans played a decisive role , insisting right at the end of the discussions ( at the penultimate meeting in March 1989 ) on binding rules on national budget deficits . |
| 17 | These rugged peaks played a large part in determining Harlech 's siting as one of the so-called ‘ iron-ring ’ of fortresses , built to contain the Welsh in their mountain fastness . |
| 18 | Bells played a prominent part in medieval life , and mechanisms for ringing them , made of toothed wheels and oscillating levers , may have helped to prepare for the invention of mechanical clocks . |
| 19 | These investments played an important part in enabling the enlarged Wood-Way operation to continue its growth throughout the year . |
| 20 | These investments played an important part in enabling the enlarged Wood-Way operation to continue its growth during the year , despite a downturn in offshore drilling . |
| 21 | These Scudéry-influenced romances played an important part in the genesis of the English novel . |
| 22 | His hand was between her thighs , and his fingers played a sexy tune on her rapacious twat ; when the tips of his fingers began to dance on her sensitive clitoris , she could have screamed with delight . |
| 23 | In succeeding years amateur dramatics played a prominent part in the ever increasing social programme of the branches and Regional Councils of the BDDA . |
| 24 | Indeed , regional Leagues played an active role in strike-breaking , encouraging the enrolment of volunteer workers , providing lorry drivers and transporting foodstuffs , and publishing news-sheets and leaflets attacking ‘ the pernicious influence of the reds ’ . |
| 25 | Gerry : Having a Black lesbian worker as chairperson and more Black/gay stewards played an important role in changing the Union . |
| 26 | In short , even a genuinely mulitilateral world system effectively dominated by an oligarchy of the important states , such as was envisaged in the Security Council as originally set up , would not be an international system in which most nations and nation-states played a significant role . |
| 27 | He grimaced slightly as a traditional Korean band in multi-coloured silk costumes played a welcome fanfare on conch shells . |
| 28 | The internationalism of the leaders and cadres of national liberation movements in the Third World is more obvious where such movements played a leading part in the liberation of their countries than where countries were decolonised from above , for the post-independence breakdown of what previously operated , as a united movement of ‘ the people ’ is more dramatic . |
| 29 | A national industrial relations system formulated with labour organisations which are an adjunct to a successful nationalist movement , which has secured independence , may be expected to show some characteristics different from [ one ] in which national independence antedated the union movements or in which the union movements played a minor role in the nationalist movement . |
| 30 | In all these areas , stations played a vital role as the staging posts of industrial supply and demand . |