Example sentences of "role [pron] play [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond this , character- ization rarely goes further than the creation of characters sufficient for the roles they play within the fabliau ; there is very rarely the slightest pretence at verisimilitude in the form of feigning that the characters have experiences beyond or after those of the narrative given . |
| 2 | The roles he played in the glossy pages of The New Yorker , for instance , were almost parodies of gracious living and social superiority . |
| 3 | They see themselves exercising the restraining , moderating role they played in the 1940s and 1950s . |
| 4 | Feedback to groups can help the members to see what kind of role they played in the proceedings . |
| 5 | Without exception they had liked the role they played within the classroom and a remark by Joanne sums up how they felt about the more pupil-centred approach : |
| 6 | It is clear that Manne and his supporters see the use of inside information as a reward to entrepreneurs and other corporate employees for their initiative and ingenuity ; a perk , as it were , for the role they play within the economic system . |
| 7 | Consequently , the intricate role they play in the North or South of Ireland is for the investigator to find out . |
| 8 | This is in striking contrast to the important role they play in the occupational structure : currently some thirty-six per cent of the labour force is female . |
| 9 | So , the paradox noted earlier is a paradox only if we adopt a particular and constrained view of what theories in social science are about , what role they play in the process of acquiring knowledge . |
| 10 | The implications for social policy are as follows : first , that the main determinants of welfare are economic ; second , that the government 's role in diverting resources into social policies must be seen to be closely interrelated with , even dependent upon , the role it plays in the management of the economy ; third , that social policies will be determined by views about the way the economy does , or should , operate . |
| 11 | A full understanding of current unemployment and the role it plays in the working of the labour market requires an explanation of the persistence of long duration unemployment . |
| 12 | Unlike the role it played in the IFL , political anti-semitism never became a total ideological explanation of all the imagined ills of British society for most of the official leadership of the BUF , though there were obvious exceptions like William Joyce and some of the speakers he trained for the East End campaign of 1935 — 7 . |
| 13 | He said that the National Curriculum insisted that all children study newspapers to develop a critical understanding of the media and the role it played in the community . |
| 14 | Musgrave owes his reputation to the role he played in the complicated and imperfectly understood politics of the western Anglo-Scottish borders during the 1530s . |
| 15 | The lawyer had always maintained that the money he received was a legitimate success fee for the vital role he played in the bitterly fought takeover battle . |