Example sentences of "[noun] playing a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both exhibitions are primarily to do with art , with scholarship playing a subservient role . |
| 2 | But there was nothing furtive or dubious about watching a crowd of lads playing a game on the sands , any more than there was about carting food to the elderly . |
| 3 | The ensemble gave her a slinky , model-like elegance and made her feel like an actress playing a part … a nightclub scene , probably … instead of her normal self . |
| 4 | When all is said and done , the attraction of earning a living playing a sport you enjoy is a strong one and it is not hard to understand why some players have to try to make it on the Tour . |
| 5 | two sort of small and then like you show these two kids playing a computer game going whee |
| 6 | Tightening the cord of my pyjamas , blinkered by my loosened hair , I listened outside the door of North One , where the sound had led me , a musical instrument playing a familiar tune , I could n't recall the name ; playing it so far , stumbling on a phrase and returning to the beginning . |
| 7 | Many companies still use incredibly short payback periods , often set by financial directors playing a very risk-averse game . |
| 8 | Too Soon for Love was , like Cry Baby Killer , straightforward sensationalism of the still current topic of youth rebellion and teenage violence , yet another sequel to Rebel Without a Cause with Nicholson playing a secondary role in a gang of second-rate , cut-price actors who had clearly been chosen to look like the originals in the Dean film . |
| 9 | Jack Nicholson playing a down and out ? |
| 10 | There has been a lot of talk about The Beatles playing a one-off gig with Julian Lennon as John . |
| 11 | On the whole , though , the story is of law playing a facilitative role . |
| 12 | Tonks feared that the All Blacks playing a South African XV at Treviso would so widen the gap in South Africa that future combination might almost be impossible . |
| 13 | Whatever plans the local authority may have the court will have in mind the underlying philosophy of the Act that " children are best looked after within the family with both parents playing a full part and without resort to legal proceedings " ( Guidance , vol 1 , para 1.5 ) . |
| 14 | Piers had set up the garden table and two benches , and they had what turned out to be a very edible meal under the fading sun , with a magnificent view overlooking the still blue sea , with all the night noises playing a symphony around them . |
| 15 | Two golfers playing a round . |
| 16 | Seldes marvellously captured the great down-town appeal of the movies when he spoke of the irresistible lure of ‘ the tinkle of a tinny piano playing a ragtime ’ which floated ‘ to the street from a darkened doorway ’ but the point about the movies was that they were not just a city or down-town phenomenon , they were everywhere . |
| 17 | This is just an actor playing a part . |
| 18 | The post-war period until the late 1970s witnessed governments playing a positive role in stimulating demand through reflation of the economy . |
| 19 | In the immediate transition , industrial relations were in a state of flux as new forms of workforce representation emerged in a spontaneous way , with the semi-clandestine activists of the Francoist period playing a major role . |
| 20 | But the rise of chains has resulted in booksellers playing a much more active part in the promotion of books , inviting publishers to contribute to the costs of catalogues , books of the month and generic campaigns , and taking a lead , too , in organising author events . |
| 21 | IRRESISTIBLE FORCE , THE GRID and ASTRALASIA are amongst the bands playing a ten hour ‘ Shamanarchy At Whirl-Y-Gig ’ festival , featuring didgeridoos , brain machines , massage services and a full range of New Age accoutrements at |
| 22 | In Alison Wilding 's case , for example , Richard Salmon , Karsten Schubert 's backer , actually supported her strongly prior to Karsten playing a role . |
| 23 | ARMED policeman were last night playing a waiting game outside a country cottage where a man armed with a shotgun was defying all attempts for a negotiated end to the siege . |
| 24 | The Coronary Prevention Group is another charity playing a leading part in the advertising ban campaign . |
| 25 | Wigan went down 17-0 to St Helens , with ex-Wigan scrum-half Gus O'Donnell playing a key role for Saints . |
| 26 | We can not do anything without our feelings playing a part . |
| 27 | At a unit level , some of the RMI pilot sites have utilised arrangements based around this traditional structure , with medical staff committees playing a representative role . |
| 28 | ZZ Top playing a raggle taggle cowpoke outfit from the Old West in Back To The Future 3 |
| 29 | In the return this week of another new series , you 'll find actor David Daker playing a famous side-kick called Harry Crawford . |
| 30 | Looking very solemn and Royal Academyish , I suddenly drew a fiendishly grinning devil playing a fiddle in the castle forecourt . |