Example sentences of "they [verb] a [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | In feeding habits they occupy a similar role to the kites in Europe , Africa and Asia . |
| 2 | In the process , they played a key role in shaping the world as we know it ; determining , in fact , the entire course of evolution . |
| 3 | They played a key role in the original establishment of the Labour Party , and provide a large proportion of the party 's funds today . |
| 4 | In the ante-bellum period , remarkably few Blacks were employed on Northern railways , but in the South they played a key role . |
| 5 | Although representatives of the Prussian ruling class they played a necessary role in the development of the national aspirations of the people which was to lead to our new Germany … . ’ |
| 6 | They played a significant role in initiating cultural ideas at the centre for subsequent vulgarization and dissemination throughout Russia , at first through ‘ fat ’ specialized journals and then later via the popular press . |
| 7 | From Catania , where they played a vital role in their country 's successful bid for a place in next year 's World Sevens finals , the two Taiwanese stars , flanker Jon Teng Sing and winger Chyan Shuonn Mae , headed for Paris to join the multi-national FIRA selection which made a four-match , two-test tour to Namibia . |
| 8 | What happened during the years between circa 1880 and 1920 , was the beginning of a process whereby young workers were admitted to the public domain : their newly-defined significance meant that they required a new role , but one which had to be carefully circumscribed . |
| 9 | Possibly , according to some scientists , they play a major role in destroying life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 10 | Settlements can best be examined by considering personal injury claims , in which they play a major role , and which have been the subject of research and critical assessment . |
| 11 | Whereas formerly only a few writers ( such as de Sade and Sacher-Masoch ) propagated their practice , today they play a decisive role in our culture , literature , art , music , theater and movies . |
| 12 | A word ought here to be said about supernovae , since they play a crucial role in the creation of planets and of life itself . |
| 13 | They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine . |
| 14 | These co-ordinators have been nominated by departments and they play a crucial role in communications between the Departments and the Enterprise Centre . |
| 15 | This means that the ISAs are one of the sites of class struggle and although there is a continuity amongst the ISAs Althusser suggests that some are more dominating than others in the sense that they play a larger role in the reproduction of the relations of production . |
| 16 | Apart from simple evasive and defensive reactions , in which they play a dominant role , reflex arcs seem mainly to be involved in perfecting movements that are initiated by central mechanisms or in helping to maintain the nervous system in a state of adequate excitation . |
| 17 | Compared with the other types of hair there are very few of them , but they play a vital role when the cat is exploring in poor light , or is hunting . |
| 18 | They play a vital role in glossing over discontinuities in the here and now . |
| 19 | Mr Hellawell points out that they play a vital role in helping people cope with the trauma of crime . |
| 20 | They ascribe a significant role in this respect to mental health specialists , particularly ASWs . |
| 21 | They had a special role in relation to stock-rearing and stock health and as the confidante and sounding board for the farmers ' problems . |
| 22 | Experience of wartime administration persuaded Labour leaders that they had a responsible role to play in a new economic system which had successfully revealed the inadequacies of laissez faire capitalism , while among the working-class electorate a sense of the potential of a new social order in the postwar period took root . |
| 23 | ‘ They have a crucial role to play , ’ he points out . |
| 24 | At acute angioplasty or similar , they have a definite role and are important in avoiding the situation Dr Nagle referred to earlier . |
| 25 | CAB advice workers , used to seeking a practical solution to clients ' problems , now find that they have a new role . |
| 26 | Management development and training may be needed to support change , but they have a supporting role . |
| 27 | Every child is special , every child should feel they have a special role in the drama , that their presence or absence will affect what happens in the drama . |
| 28 | Just as banks have a vested interest in the growth of their main customers , they have a clear role to play in limiting the damage that recession can bring especially where the failure of a leading company will affect many of their other customers . |
| 29 | Be that as it may , the intuitive reality of such structures is borne out also by the fact that generations of language teachers have recognized that they have a leading role to play in the initial stages of learning , because of what I have called their valency or combining power . |
| 30 | Here when they 're talking about women , I think James was right , women do have a vital role at the beginning in all cultures , what I 'm trying to say is that they have a vital role increasingly as they become more and more educated too . |