Example sentences of "play [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the brigade 's proudest possessions is a letter from King George V , thanking them for the part they played in saving the Royal Train during the disastrous fire in the Works in 1933 , when £30,000 worth of damage was caused . |
| 2 | Some of it , though , rises well above mediocrity ; and the part he played in popularising the Lake District was unquestionable . |
| 3 | But perhaps Nicholson 's most spectacular achievement was the important part he played in surpassing the performance of the rival Perkin & Sons — a feat that would have been impossible without the cooperation of his friend , and mentor , Hofmann . |
| 4 | There are even bigger issues : the role which Lenin played in preparing the ground for Stalin , an objective assessment of Trotsky 's contribution , and the feasibility of alternatives to industrialisation at the end of the 1920s . |
| 5 | Save The Children are to be congratulated for the part they played in securing the nineteen eighty nine United Nations convention on the rights of the child . |
| 6 | But most looked like dolls ' houses , Léonie thought , where the women played at rearranging the clean furniture . |
| 7 | As we have seen the magistrates have an important role to play in overseeing the extension of detention beyond thirty-six hours . |
| 8 | Parents have a major role to play in getting the message home . |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the Department of Trade and Industry has an important role to play in creating the right climate for manufacturing industry ? |
| 10 | According to Noorda , Novell also feels it has a role to play in unifying the industry ; currently there are ‘ too many Unixes ’ says Noorda , and he hopes to work with Novell 's OEM customers in both joint marketing efforts of the current Unix Labs software line and development of specific hardware to work with new products . |
| 11 | There is a discipline element in education and both parents and teachers have a role to play in asserting the right habits and respect for education . ’ |
| 12 | It is argued here that the public sector has a crucial part to play in initiating the first moves back to full employment . |
| 13 | I attended a fortnight 's training course at the BBC , which gave me some understanding of the part I would have to play in supervising the work of the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 14 | The government also took the view that the law had a role to play in redressing the balance in bargaining between employers and unions . |
| 15 | My point is that the press has a powerful part to play in redressing the balance . |
| 16 | The law may in this instance have a role to play in drawing the attention of society in general and professionals in particular to the fact that boys , too , may be the object of sexual exploitation within the family . |
| 17 | Such considerations were probably crucial before initiation ritual developed to deal with the conflicts between sons and fathers ; but even after such conflicts had become institutionalized and ritualized neoteny had an important role to play in postponing the age of initiation by opening up that gap in human psycho-sexual development which Freud called the latency period and which , as we shall see , is an important factor in considering the social and mental health of modern societies . |
| 18 | Steve McMahon , who figured in three title triumphs at Liverpool , admitted to being unsure of what role he was supposed to play in determining the destiny of this season 's major prize . |
| 19 | However , it must be acknowledged also that the conditions of the time have an important part to play in determining the feasibility of any particular type of exchange rate system . |
| 20 | We believe that N C V O has a key role to play in involving the voluntary sector in representing your concerns . |
| 21 | This is the major challenge for the training programme which has a vital part to play in shaping the success of the new arrangements . |
| 22 | Every single person in his organization has a major role to play in pleasing the customer and they know it , and do it . |
| 23 | Indeed , this refusal to even recognise that the populations of the Arab world do have a role to play in establishing the future stability of the Middle East and North Africa typifies the current state of Western strategic thinking over the region . |
| 24 | They wanted more reforms , not less , and an active role to play in helping the country rid itself of social ills . |
| 25 | ( 8 ) Although a Court Scheme is essentially a compromise or arrangement between the target and its members ( or a class of them ) , the bidder has a vital rôle to play in delivering the consideration and receiving the issue of the new shares . |
| 26 | I believe that all parties have a role to play in implementing the peace accord , but of course the South African Government have the primary responsibility for the impartial maintenance of law and order . |
| 27 | Whigs and Tories were agreed during the crucial debates of 1830–32 that democracy was an unpalatable and dangerous form of government , that " a stake in the country " was an essential title to political power , that landed property had a special part to play in guaranteeing the stability of the social order and the authority of the Constitution , that the " wild " — as distinct from the " rational " part of the public should not be left undisturbed to exercise pressure on governmental policy . |
| 28 | The rural intelligentsia , together with the religious authorities , have a major part to play in translating the values of the external forces into an acceptable ideology within the terms of the exploited areas . |
| 29 | The Institute has a key role to play in bringing the expertise of transport professionals to bear on this issue . |
| 30 | Although colleges do not award an NVQ themselves , they still have a major role to play in providing the means whereby trainees can gain competence and be assessed in their job . |