Example sentences of "britain have played [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Britain has played no significant role in international affairs for 30 years .
2 The completion of the Single European Market is also an international achievement in which Britain has played a key role .
3 But the process was one in which Britain has played a leading role , and the result is one in which we can clearly see the imprint of our views .
4 Britain has played a large part in that .
5 Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials .
6 With the publication of the Foreign Relations of the United States volumes on the Korean War and the release of the British documents it was evident that Britain had played a major role in the important decisions taken in the early stages of the war , and in particular the decision to change the aim of the operation from being merely to repel the aggressor north of the 38th parallel to that of achieving a unified Korea .
7 Britain had played a positive role by supporting the Namibia settlement and by talking to South Africa rather than trying to ostracise it , she added .
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