Example sentences of "[vb base] played a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although the peasantry have not often been prompted to rebellion , they have played a major role in a national revolution in two Latin American countries , Mexico and Cuba . |
| 32 | As Hulme has pointed out , this hypothesis takes no account of the possibility of influence from external factors such as global climatic change and the imperfectly understood ocean-atmosphere interrelationships which , as has been discussed in section 1.2.2 , have played a major role in the longer-term glacial-interglacial cycle . |
| 33 | Both the form and the substance of his approach rapidly assumed an authoritative status and have played a major role in shaping the dominant tradition . |
| 34 | For some years now Yamaha have played a major role in digital sound processors and for the new season they have produced several new models . |
| 35 | The Tyne atmosphere , in the formation of which merchant navy officers have played a major role ( before the war transition from seamen to officer was not uncommon although it is very rare now ) , is well reproduced in a number of memoirs ( see Before the Box Boats by Captain A. W. King horn of Cullercoats , 1983 ) . |
| 36 | Housing subsidies in the past have sometimes favoured rural areas , but Shucksmith believes that the higher building costs have not been matched , and that ‘ it is clear that central government policies have played a major role in frustrating council housing in rural areas , both through the overall financial allocation to rural areas , and through the constraints imposed on individual developments … . ’ |
| 37 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reductions in personal taxation have played a major role in the revival of enterprise and the increase in risk taking , productivity and output that we have achieved in the past decade ? |
| 38 | The Unit has become a centre for collaborative research ; projects in which members of staff have played a major role include : the perceived health of attenders and non-attenders at a breast screening clinic , an evaluation of the Edinburgh Women 's Health Shop , an evaluation of the ‘ Drinkwise ’ project , a study of smoking and drinking among student nurses , and the evaluation of the Lothian Mobile Mammography Project . |
| 39 | There is no doubt that the very existence of the BDA and its various activities have played a vital part in fostering the deaf community 's identity and cohesion as a social group . |
| 40 | Statistical returns have played a vital role in the ability to present the activities of the service , nationally and locally in a simple understandable format . |
| 41 | Since the late 1970s , all have experienced economic crises of varying severity in which international factors have played a significant part . |
| 42 | Data networks and their likely continued rapid expansion have played a significant part in US government policy on international trade . |
| 43 | It is clear that law centres have played a significant part in the provision of legal advice , but there are contrasting indications about their future wellbeing . |
| 44 | These figures for acquisitions mean that general insurance companies have played a significant role in channelling funds from ‘ surplus ’ units towards the government ; they have played a significant part in recent years in financing the PSBR . |
| 45 | These figures for acquisitions mean that general insurance companies have played a significant role in channelling funds from ‘ surplus ’ units towards the government ; they have played a significant part in recent years in financing the PSBR . |
| 46 | Much later , bacteriophages were found to transfer genetic information , from one bacterium to another , so they became immensely important tools for geneticists and have played a fundamental role in understanding the functions of deoxyribonucleic acid ( see Chapter 11 ) . |
| 47 | The Salvadorean Popular Church has placed particular emphasis on the need to promote women 's equality , both in terms of the traditional exclusion of women religious workers from certain liturgical responsibilities and in society in general : " Women of course have played a subordinate role within the Church but Mns Romero took up our cause . |
| 48 | I have played a full set of District Championship games and now it 's a question of getting sharper . ’ |
| 49 | Staff from the group have played a large part in the Logica data architecture and 1:10K digital mapping consultancies , and have worked with staff from other divisions to start developing a BGS wide approach to digital databases . |
| 50 | Foreign investors have played a big part in pushing up share prices . |
| 51 | Some of them have played a big part at local council level and it does n't turn nationalists into unionists . |
| 52 | It is important to stress how these changes — whatever their merits — have played a structural role in helping sustain an underclass . |