Example sentences of "the [noun sg] played by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passive role of the black family in the children 's sport jars with the discordance of a cracked bell when compared to the part played by the white family , usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative , strengthening and , when necessary , consoling influences come . |
| 2 | The theme , the Mirror went on , ‘ is the rising cost of living , the inability of the masses to meet the increases and the part played by the speculator in bringing about this unfortunate condition ’ . |
| 3 | The part played by the nobility in the debates about taxation in these years has never been satisfactorily analysed , but it appears that the initiative lay almost entirely with the commons . |
| 4 | Yet again the chronicles emphasise the part played by the artillery in the capture of Caen and Falaise and , a little later , in that of Rouen . |
| 5 | The last chapter described the fertilisation of the ovum by the spermatozoon and the part played by the chromosomes contained in each . |
| 6 | The part played by the Bolshevik party has remained hallowed ground , but immense energy has been devoted to substantiating the claims made on its behalf , to tracing its growing influence across the country , and there has even been somewhat more critical discussion of divisions within it . |
| 7 | Thus , formal procedures are not so much an alternative as an adjunct to the informal collaboration which is such an important feature of the best primary schools ; and the part played by the head in securing the most productive mix of formal procedure and informal consultation/collaboration remains central . |
| 8 | There was no proclamation of the word to bring the Brahmin woman to belief And there was no human messenger to tell her about Jesus , though the part played by the Christian outcast crossing sweeper was of the utmost importance . |
| 9 | Often called to give evidence before government enquiries , he was a stout defender of the part played by the Navigation Acts and mercantile marine in the prosperity and defence of the nation . |
| 10 | Undercutting , polishing and pitting up to about 3 m ( 10 ft ) confirms that wind has played at least an important part in their development , while their restriction to areas of erodible sandstone providing a large amount of material for sand blasting also strongly suggests the part played by the wind . |
| 11 | It might be able to make a valuable contribution , as is suggested by the part played by the organisation of dayschools and weekend conferences during the political fund campaign in enabling unions to hold close discussions with active members , provide clear and detailed information , and build up a grassroots movement . |
| 12 | Is he aware of the part played by the humanities in preserving and developing our national heritage ? |
| 13 | If forms part of a continuing programme of research on the part played by the mass media in informing the public about social policy . |
| 14 | He had unstinted praise for the part played by the US Eighth Air Force as an equal partner in the Allied Bomber Offensive . |
| 15 | Sadly , it turned out not to be the forger played by the late Jack Haig , but a French war hero , Marshall Leclerc . |
| 16 | To understand why Jews should be bothered by Catholics praying at this site it is necessary to go back to the role played by the Catholic Church in fomenting antisemitism , the passivity of the Pope during the war while the exterminations were underway and even the suspicions caused by the reception of Austrian President Kurt Waldheim , with his dubious war record , by the present Pope , John Paul II ( from Poland ) . |
| 17 | He restricts himself to an account of the ground forces , so there is no coverage of the role played by the South African air force , for instance , and perhaps the distinction drawn by Britain at the outset of the war between the old Dominions and the members of the new Commonwealth which it regarded as a security risk could have been more strongly emphasized . |
| 18 | The second special factor has been the role played by the Murid Brotherhood , an Islamic movement founded in the first decade of the twentieth century by Amadu Bamba , which has played a key political role in delivering support first for the French colonial authorities and later for the governments of independent Senegal . |
| 19 | For , whilst we all wish to see democratic government in South Africa and recognise the role played by the restoration of sporing links in achieving those aims , events of the last few weeks confirm that the country is still very unstable . |
| 20 | Equally important in building a framework for the future was the role played by the most anonymous of the ECSC 's institutions , the Court of Justice . |
| 21 | Althusser 's influence declined in France after 1968 , partly as a result of the role played by the PCF , of which Althusser was a member , in the events of May 1968 , and partly as an effect of a number of critiques of his work , some of them by Althusser himself . |
| 22 | The influence this gave to the nobility was most clearly demonstrated in the role played by the élite Guards regiments in settling the succession struggles in the period between the reigns of Peter I and Catherine II . |
| 23 | There is also great uncertainty about the role played by the Imperial bureaucracy in the 1930s . |
| 24 | The seminar had three main aims : to examine the impact of Indian mass media on women and society ; to analyse the projection of women and women 's concerns in the mass media ; and to study the role played by the mass media in covering special concerns such as communal and family violence . |
| 25 | Take one example , the role played by the monarch . |
| 26 | It was felt by the Royal Commission on Police Powers that criminal prosecution and investigation could only work well if the general public felt confident in the role played by the police . |
| 27 | Lastly one may note the role played by the nervous system in controlling circadian behavioural patterns . |
| 28 | True , bolder challenges to orthodoxy , especially when they touched upon the role played by the party , provoked fierce resistance . |
| 29 | Attention will be given to the role played by the machinery of government , by the civil service and by local government officers in the policy-making process , and some general points will be made about what we mean by that ‘ process ’ . |
| 30 | The determinants of an individuals ' welfare can be broadly classified as depending upon their own capacity to care for themselves combined with ( a ) market activities and relationships ; ( b ) the behaviour of ‘ significant others ’ as providers of ‘ informal care ’ amongst whom family members are likely to be the most important ; and ( c ) the role played by the state . |