Example sentences of "have [verb] a key [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A NEW YORK federal appeals court has overturned a key decision that would have allowed an former Belfast IRA man to remain in the United States . |
| 2 | This issue has formed a key element in the historical debate over the idea of higher education . |
| 3 | John Prescot has won a key post in the new shadow cabinet , moving from transport to employment . |
| 4 | Since that date Christie 's has played a key role in many of these negotiations , and the fruits of its success are evident in Patronage Preserved , an exhibition to be held at 8 , King Street , London from 2–20th January 1991 . |
| 5 | Apartheid has played a key role in the AIDS epidemic by promoting migrant labour , which splits families for long periods , encouraging extramarital relationships . |
| 6 | The media has played a key role in presenting the Arab people as somewhat ‘ different ’ . |
| 7 | The role of the Pope is not discussed by Freud , but it has played a key role in the Roman Catholic and Protestant hostilities . |
| 8 | The completion of the Single European Market is also an international achievement in which Britain has played a key role . |
| 9 | Our management unit has played a key role in the development of efficient and effective management within the sector . |
| 10 | It was mentioned in the previous chapter that an awareness of the marketing environment has become a key element in the ‘ modern-day ’ approach to marketing . |
| 11 | I am aware that reducing costs , particularly in the area of construction and materials , has become a key goal throughout the organisation and I support the various task forces which have been set up to explore this aspect of our business . |
| 12 | The creation and use of computerised databases has become a key feature of the international information economy . |
| 13 | Rising crime has become a key election issue . |
| 14 | Just two days before the County Council elections , Gargy Patel reports on how the debate about social services has become a key issue . |
| 15 | Establishing the effectiveness and outcomes of health care in order to allocate resources more rationally has become a key policy issue in many countries . |
| 16 | The desire for self-sufficiency and material security has remained a key arbiter of foreign relations . |
| 17 | Paterson 's personal record at Twickenham is rather better , however , having played a key part in the 1971 win and spectated both when Tom Smith scored the decisive try in 1983 and when a draw was registered in 1989 . |
| 18 | New Lord Mayor of London Francis McWiliams is said to have played a key role in persuading Mr Heseltine to turn again . |
| 19 | The industry-backed " Competitiveness Council " , chaired by US Vice-President Dan Quayle , was reported to have played a key role in influencing Administration policy . |
| 20 | Pollution is likely to have played a key role in the mass die-offs of seals , dolphins and fish and other natural disasters in recent years , she claimed . |
| 21 | I attend different groups , and I 've got a key worker who I see once a week . |
| 22 | Prior to this , when David Wickins was in control , Rudd had played a key part in drawing Lotus to GM 's attention . |
| 23 | Government officials in Bonn said that the Soviet Union had played a key role in obtaining the agreement under which the thousands who had taken refuge in the Prague and Warsaw embassies were taken to the West at the weekend . |
| 24 | If socialist regimes have been reluctant to promote indigenous businessmen for this reason , most regimes have sought to curtail the role of the immigrant groups who had played a key role in the economy in the colonial period . |
| 25 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |
| 26 | Before he retired in 1939 he had played a key role in the establishment of archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge . |
| 27 | Gen. Grachev , who had hitherto been Yeltsin 's deputy Defence Minister , had played a key role in the military opposition to the coup attempt in August 1991 [ see p. 38369 ] . |
| 28 | Among the latter was Imelda Marcos whom he had defeated in the election , and who , together with her husband President Ferdinand Marcos , had been forced from office in 1986 by a popular campaign in which Ramos had played a key role . |
| 29 | Together with former generals Rene Cruz and Honesto Isleta — who had played a key role in the Ramos election campaign — Almonte formed part of a group of former military officers who were widely believed to constitute the unofficial power centre of the new administration . |
| 30 | There then followed a frenzied round of negotiations during which it was believed that the Renamo leader was encouraged to sign the accord by the South African government and by Roland " Tiny " Rowland , the chief executive of the UK-based multinational Lonrho who had played a key role in the negotiations process [ see p. 39039 ] . |