Example sentences of "[vb mod] have a [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LEA English adviser should have a co-ordinating role to ensure liaison between feeder primary schools and their secondary schools . |
| 2 | Following the Harmel Report members agreed that NATO should have a political role , negotiating for détente with the eastern bloc , as well as its traditional defence role . |
| 3 | This fact , linked to the evidence that a high proportion of defective issues are suffering from use-related types of damage — such as detached boards and loose pages — points very strongly to the conclusion that the routine vetting of material supplied to readers should have a major role to play in the selection of items for repair and refurbishment . |
| 4 | Syria says the UN should have a starring role at any conference . |
| 5 | Local education authority officers could have a central role in helping managers in schools and colleges make decisions , rather than the previous role of making decisions for them . |
| 6 | The mentor system could have a dual role , benefiting both students and less experienced practitioners , who could share in the learning experience it offers . |
| 7 | The authors argue that ‘ gastrin in fetal juice could have a unique role in the in utero development of the gastrointestinal tract ’ . |
| 8 | The godparent may have a ritual role to the child , such as participating in his wedding ceremony , and taking on certain responsibilities regarding his religious education , but the relationship that is strongest and requires respect , warmth and the obligation to help at all times , is the one between parents and godparents . |
| 9 | In view of the suggestion that FAEEs may have a pathophysiological role via their effect on lipid metabolism and their incorporation into cell membranes , the gene encoding FAEE synthase , when it is identified , would seem to be another ‘ candidate gene ’ worthy of study in relation to alcoholic liver disease . |
| 10 | Also Wallace and keenan have reported that intracolonic administration of platelet activating factor may have a protective role in the gastrointestinal tract in animals . |
| 11 | We also agree that hysteroscopic biopsy may have a useful role to play in the investigation of these patients . |
| 12 | In certain aspects of M&A advisory work it is appropriate to involve specialists from the management consultancy firm who may have a useful role to play on larger and/or more complex assignments . |
| 13 | It is possible that synthetic speech may have a useful role to play in testing language learners ' ability to perceive important segmental and suprasegmental distinctions in the language they are learning . |
| 14 | The potential pathogenicity of free radicals has been emphasised by recent work which suggests that reactive oxygen metabolities are not just one of a number of mediators and cytokines involved in the inflammatory process in inflammatory bowel disease but may have a pivotal role by initiating the expression of genes controlling may other aspects of the inflammatory , immune , and acute phase response , by activation of the transcription factor NF-kΒ . |
| 15 | So the endothelins may have a major role in atherosclerosis and the reocclusion that often follows surgical opening of occluded arteries . |
| 16 | The strong association between antral tumours and chronic active gastritis suggests the possibility that H pylori infection may have a pathogenic role . |
| 17 | They called this the activation-synthesis hypothesis of the dream process , and suggested that dreaming sleep may have a functional role in some aspect of the learning process . |
| 18 | Within a reasonable period after the end of the year covered by the accounts , those accounts may have a dominant role . |
| 19 | This is not the place to explore arguments which characterize the scientific mode of thought as in some sense masculine ( though this may have a vital role to play in our understanding of the science of our culture if it is so : see Kelly et al . , |
| 20 | The existing complaints department would have a new role directly investigating complaints by telephone , correspondence and , if necessary , face-to-face interviews . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State for the Environment argued , however , that the voluntary sector would have a genuine role to play ( Shore , 1978 ) . |
| 22 | It is arguable that more recently retired business men would have a constructive role to play . |
| 23 | From the start of welfare provision for the disabled it was recognized that social workers would have a key role to play in putting the handicapped in touch with the provision available . |
| 24 | An Iranian delegation led by Vellayati visited Damascus on March 7-8 and was reportedly assured by Syrian President Assad that Iran would have a significant role in a post-war Gulf security order . |
| 25 | The playgroup leasers support this petition and say that they would have a valuable role preparing the children for nursery education , feeling that the children at four plus need more than the s playgroup can offer . |
| 26 | The imaging technique was regarded as the more promising , but the radiometer would have a continuing role to monitor the light intensity . |
| 27 | They hereby accepted the three main demands of the SDLP — minority rights would be guaranteed , nationalists would have a meaningful role in the administration and ‘ there would be a recognition of the desire by the nationalist community to forge closer and more visible links with the Irish Republic ’ . |
| 28 | In all these societies there are contradictory movements , either to limit or to expand the social services ; movements which take place in what are still substantially free market economies , but raise the question whether there can be any further development of the welfare state without restricting still more the operation of the market and eventually creating a more socialist type of economy in which public ownership of some major productive resources and financial institutions , and more extensive planning , would have a larger role . |
| 29 | Even the Government accept that all-purpose authorities will have a wider role ; but the local authority delivers services . |
| 30 | And remember , you will have a wider role to play in the working of your ship , as one of a first aid party , or a member of a gun crew , for instance . |