Example sentences of "has played a [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 One could argue that British inhibition has played a part in the poverty of British scripts .
2 It has played a part in cementing European unity .
3 The first is the animal , the bestial , which has played a part in symbolising occult and malevolent forces throughout history .
4 EVERYONE who has played a part in the remarkable reduction in the number of deaths due to drink-driving deserves to be congratulated .
5 Though less of a working class sport than the others , cricket has played a part in gaining blacks ' acceptance as legitimate sportsmen through exposing black West Indians as players of enormous proficiency .
6 The discipline has played a part in studies of sexuality since the nineteenth century , when it contributed to scientific and popular debate about the biological and social determination of sexual behaviours .
7 There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 .
8 Even the control of birth has played a part in it , although we are not very much in favour of how it is done by the system .
9 As one would expect campanology has played a part in family life , and is shared with husband , daughter and grandsons .
10 Nevertheless , one wonders to what extent higher education in the UK has played a role in creating not a military-industrial , but financial-bureaucratic complex , dominated by the City and the Treasury , which works to the long-term disadvantage of not simply manufacturing but all forms of ‘ producer ’ industries .
11 It is hoped that the work will contribute to policy : in establishing the different senses of environmental degradation that tourism may engender ; in considering whether tourism in fact has played a role in generating a heightened green awareness ; and in demonstrating the diverse kinds of environment that visitors expect even in an area of outstanding ‘ natural ’ beauty as in the Lake District .
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