Example sentences of "has a [adj] [noun] to play " in BNC.
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| 1 | When two families start living together for whatever reason , everyone has a new role to play and , until new house rules have been established , the children are bound to feel insecure , jealous and anxious . |
| 2 | To change this , communication has a decisive role to play . ’ |
| 3 | It is argued here that the public sector has a crucial part to play in initiating the first moves back to full employment . |
| 4 | Tax reform has a crucial part to play in springing the underclass from welfare dependency , as well as building up support for such a programme amongst a much wider group of the electorate . |
| 5 | Iron has a crucial role to play in the efficient working of the human body and is vital to healthy living . |
| 6 | The GP has a crucial role to play in the development of health services . |
| 7 | The Report of the Swann Committee in 1985 added weight to the widely held view that in Britain 's culturally and racially pluralistic society the education system has a crucial role to play in promoting racial harmony . |
| 8 | Manchester Computing Centre has a crucial role to play in the care of the datasets . |
| 9 | The voluntary sector though , has a greater role to play now than ever before , both as advocate and service provider . |
| 10 | ‘ It has a symbolic role to play . ’ |
| 11 | Does he agree that this type of secondary school has a substantial part to play in the future education of our children in the secondary sector , and will he encourage the development of further city technology colleges in our country ? |
| 12 | Not only are characters within the tale likened to animals — for instance the miller , proud as a peacock , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " , or his wife , " " peert as is a pye " " ( 3926 , 3935 , 3950 ) — but an animal has a substantial role to play in the story : the clerk 's horse , a stallion , who even has a name , Bayard . |
| 13 | Because of the difficulties of getting it all together , the chairperson or co-ordinator has a key part to play ( see Chairing meetings on page 28 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Every individual here tonight has a key part to play in this great plan . |
| 15 | The French tyre manufacturer has a key role to play in the Bugatti , and is developing the world 's first ultra-high performance tyre specifically for four-wheel drive supercars . |
| 16 | In pursuing this aim , IDB 's Marketing Development Division has a key role to play through the wide range of support which it can offer to all sizes of companies in Northern Ireland involved in manufacturing or providing internationally tradeable services . |
| 17 | The chemist has a key role to play in protecting resources , health and the environment , and also preventing the ‘ dumping ’ in developing countries of chemicals rejected as too dangerous for use in the industrial world . |
| 18 | The financial controller has a key role to play in facilitating this learning process by improving the way in which the cost-accounting system reveals what really are the cost-drivers ( i.e. the factors really leading to the incidence of specific types of costs ) . |
| 19 | There is obviously much uncertainty in these broad generalizations , but geomorphic evidence has a key role to play in relating such global tectonic models to the geological history of the continents . |
| 20 | We believe that N C V O has a key role to play in involving the voluntary sector in representing your concerns . |
| 21 | The Institute has a key role to play in bringing the expertise of transport professionals to bear on this issue . |
| 22 | Beyond social contact , the phone has a practical role to play in the lives of working mothers . |
| 23 | The process of sharing " their " information with others has a constructive role to play . |
| 24 | Although small , this tiny amount of chromium has a critical part to play . |
| 25 | No-one has a divine right to play for England . ’ |
| 26 | It has a wider role to play . |
| 27 | My point is that the press has a powerful part to play in redressing the balance . |
| 28 | If we are to produce a genuinely participative and educated democracy then adult education — untrammelled by ‘ establishment ideology ’ — has a central role to play . |
| 29 | We firmly believe the land use planning system has a central role to play not only in minimising the environmental and social costs of ensuring essential aggregates provision , but also in managing demand . |
| 30 | We firmly believe the land use planning system has a central role to play not only in minimising the environmental and social costs of ensuring essential aggregates provision , but also in managing demand . |