Example sentences of "have played the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | King Hussein ibn Talal , of the Hashemite dynasty , has played the major role in Jordanian politics since he succeeded his father as King in 1952 . |
| 2 | Traditionally , the head has played the central role ; the tip of the pyramid , the centre of the web . |
| 3 | The crew were more than complimentary about the way Kylie has played the young siren . |
| 4 | Migration ( Figure 4.5B ) has played the key role in these growth patterns — indeed , to a greater extent than might be expected from the overall rates of population change , because it is also compensating for substantial natural decrease in some of the fastest growing counties , principally those noted as retirement areas like East and West Sussex , the Isle of Wight , Dorset and Devon ( Figure 4.5A ) . |
| 5 | The majority of their team has played the neighbouring Gorleston course on a number of occasions and should make their local knowledge count . |
| 6 | Second , where change has occurred , particularly at the intraregional scale , migration has played the leading role . |
| 7 | This concept has played the leading role in the development of the modern law but the question of definition has tended to be passed over in the cases with little analysis . |
| 8 | Congress , since the middle ages , since the nineteenth century , Swan Hunter has played the leading role in British maritime history . |
| 9 | MAry Cobb FHCIMA , has played the leading role in establishing systems which are now being tested and , it is hoped , adopted during the course of 1993 . |
| 10 | However much Cnut may have played the Christian king , he was , like other rulers , willing to turn a blind eye to church teaching when it suited him . |
| 11 | Faithful readers will recall that , despite being bottom of the Banks Group Northern Youth League , the lads had played the entire season without a booking or sending off until the catastrophic 82nd minute of the final game . |
| 12 | And Evelyn had played the grand lady . |
| 13 | In the wake of the 1975 UDA visit to Libya , it had been the DUP who had played the red card and accused the paramilitaries of flirting with communists . |
| 14 | Victorian culture , with its concentration on individual responsibility and the primacy of the family , had played the dominant role in shaping much of Nonconformity ; it was inevitable that in its turn Nonconformity should absorb much of that culture into its way of thinking . |
| 15 | The most important indicator was the role of the Commission which under the guidance of Walter Hallstein had played the active role hoped for by ardent Europeanists , overcoming the diminution of the supranational element in the EEC as compared to the ECSC . |
| 16 | We have been one of the foremost supporters of the United Nations , and the Government have played the prime role in enhancing the position of the United Nations in the past few years . |
| 17 | Not to be outdone the Wesleyan Methodists rejoiced in 1898 ‘ in the growing sense of kinship that marks our relations with the United States ’ , expressed their ‘ warmest sympathy ’ with America 's efforts to ‘ disburden suffering peoples of the pitiless and truculent misgovernments under which they have groaned ’ and rejoiced that ‘ In fusing together the two great divisions of the Anglo-Saxon race , the Churches have played the chief part although ’ , they added as a reprove to their more ‘ political ’ friends , the Baptists and Congregationalists , ‘ like their Lord , they do not cry nor uplift their voice in the highways of International politics ’ . |
| 18 | There were a number of aspects of the abuse that bothered Enid , particularly that she ‘ should ’ have played the whole situation differently , telling her mother about her father as soon as it started . |