Example sentences of "be [to-vb] a [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | In summary , then , at present advocates of an orthodox Marxist-Leninist ( Soviet-inspired ) solution to Latin American problems do not enjoy much support , and it seems clear that Communist parties need to develop more flexible strategies and to ally themselves with the broader left if they are to sustain an effective role in political life . |
| 2 | Such an integrated approach , in which education encompasses more than schooling , is essential if educators are to play a positive role in rural development . |
| 3 | SUFFOLK and Essex naturalists are to play an important role in the world 's first global bird conservation organisation which was launched yesterday . |
| 4 | If district councils in Northern Ireland are to have a meaningful role in promoting tourism and job creation within their areas , can the Secretary of State give us an assurance that he will ask the planners to deal more sympathetically with applications that have district council approval for facilities to cater for the tourists who are coming now and the many more that we expect in the future ? |
| 5 | The ambitions of the northern nobility were to play a crucial role in national politics at the end of the century . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That sixties period and all the stories from the era were to play a massive role in Morrissey 's subsequent lyricism and his handling of The Smiths record sleeves : the stories , the Moors murders , Viv ( Spend , Spend , Spend ) Nicholson , Elsie Tanner ( the perfect Northern character so desperately attempting to escape to a better lifestyle ) , the stream of sixties Northern imagery films ( from The Family Way through Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to The Lovers ) and the countless left-overs from the Merseybeat era now parading their former moments of glory around working men 's clubs . |
| 8 | The political and ideological ferment of the interwar period , when the ideological and cultural were fused , created the historical conditions in which intellectuals , writers and artists were no longer distanced from the social process and were to play a significant role in national and international events . |
| 9 | All these factors were to play an important role in the disaster of 1940 . |
| 10 | It had approved Jean Monnet 's proposal for a Commissariat Général au Plan , the institution whose economic plans were to play an important role in France 's postwar modernization . |
| 11 | GPs were to have an important role in alerting social services to the social care needs of their patients . |
| 12 | I feel strongly that if the library and information profession is to play a significant role in the handling of information within business ( and other ) organisations , we really must stop pussy-footing around with weak half-baked notions ! |
| 13 | The Princess of Wales is to play a leading role in a charity caring for the homeless , it was announced yesterday . |
| 14 | The Liberal Democrats were seeking three places on the 24-member body , which is to play a consultative role in securing adequate resources for the EC 's regional communities . |
| 15 | ‘ If geography is to play a full role in the study of environmental problems it is important that greater stress be given to the biosphere , which constitutes a vital resource base for man , and which has been altered more extensively by human activities than most other elements of the environment . ’ |
| 16 | During the tumultuous years that followed , Nottinghamshire was to play a major role in the bitter conflict . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In such a policy , the social security system was to play a major role since ‘ the income provided by the scheme to persons who are sick , unemployed , injured or past work will almost invariably be spent to the full . ’ |
| 19 | Not only was he supportive of the 1932 Amsterdam congress , he was also quick to seize the initiative and promote the founding in December 1932 of the AEAR , the Association of Revolutionary Writers and Artists , in which Nizan was to play a prominent role . |
| 20 | Air Chief Marshal Sir David Lee , then a Group Captain commanding 904 Wing , took over the airfield at Kemajoran which was to play a key role in the repatriation of POWs and internees . |
| 21 | The SCS was to play a crucial role in this and future strike action . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | The idea of democracy as a threat to liberty was not new , as we have seen ; but it was to play a central role in modern liberal thinking about democracy . |
| 24 | It was also reported in August 1989 that Circuit Judge Bracewell was to play a vital role in the administration of the Children Act , advising on the system needed to match individual cases to the court best fitted to deal with them . |
| 25 | This was announced to the waiting press and supporters by Dr Helen Martini , who was to play an important role in the fight to get the children home in the weeks that followed . |
| 26 | Allen was to play an important role in the story of the BUF , in general it was those who came to fascism from outside politics who were to prove the most important elements in the organization . |
| 27 | But the sociology of knowledge was to have a bridging role in the progress towards a scientific truth that would lead to a revelation of human essence ( Stark 1958 : 209 ) . |
| 28 | In one game , against Nottingham Forest , Stephenson was joined by another player who was to take a leading role in Chapman 's future — Grenadier Guardsman Charlie Buchan of Sunderland , whom Chapman met for the first time . |