Example sentences of "who [be] play a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
| 2 | It also brought European immigrants , who were to play a crucial role in the introduction of Marxist ideas to Latin America , flooding into these countries , where newly built ports and railways were facilitating the spread of new political theories . |
| 3 | 1s it small or large and who is to play a general or particular part in the action ? |
| 4 | We can observe many examples in non-linguistic behaviour of the use of signals to regulate turn-taking : in many sports , for example , it is necessary to do this — footballers can indicate that they are looking for someone to pass the ball to , or that they are ready to receive the ball , and doubles partners in tennis can indicate to each other who is to play a shot . |
| 5 | Is my hon. Friend aware that we hold entirely responsible for this delay the former Labour Member of Parliament and now Commissioner in Brussels , Bruce Millan , who is playing a fairly despicable party political game ? |
| 6 | They were being themselves , and it was I who was playing a game . |
| 7 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |
| 8 | In a letter in the Gentleman 's Magazine of 1790 , ‘ Philippos ’ , identified by Pugh as Granville Penn , who was to play a central role in the foundation of the London Veterinary College , wrote that he ‘ had often lamented the failure of the plan which the late ingenious M Bourgelat had formed for establishing a veterinary school in England ’ . |
| 9 | William Coote , who was to play a major role in social purity up to the 1920s , went through a typical adolescent conversion experience in the 1860s and 1870s . |