Example sentences of "[verb] a prominent [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first and largest rally a prominent opposition leader , Vuk Draskovic , called for a campaign of civil disobedience . |
| 2 | Only six months earlier her husband 's last book had occupied a prominent position on that stand and hundreds like it up and down the country . |
| 3 | A weak band close to a strong one may become difficult to detect in the gas phase , unless its own rotational envelope contains a prominent feature such as a Q-branch close to the band origin . |
| 4 | Not only the inequalities of class , but the kinds of deprivation experienced by particular groups or categories of the population — by ethnic or cultural groups , women , immigrants , the unemployed , the very poor , the homeless and others — now occupy a prominent place in political controversy and in the studies undertaken by social scientists . |
| 5 | The excavations were intended , in part , to provide a prominent tourist attraction at the heart of a new extension of the Abruzzi national park into the upper Volturno valley . |
| 6 | Mortensen described it as having a hooked tip and identified his specimens as A. palmeri , type locality : Key Biscayne , Florida because that species has a prominent hook on the second arm spine . |
| 7 | The library , somewhat lost in the old set up around Oxford Street , now has a prominent position to the right of the front door — windows in the entrance area provide a semi-public view down into it . |
| 8 | The leaf-blade bears circular dark patches , and has a prominent midrib and lateral veins . |
| 9 | The Y does not display a prominent C-band . |
| 10 | The issue of private ownership holds a prominent place within the Principles for Legislation . |
| 11 | The Brownes and their descendants lived here for many years and played a prominent part in the life of the village . |
| 12 | Bells played a prominent part in medieval life , and mechanisms for ringing them , made of toothed wheels and oscillating levers , may have helped to prepare for the invention of mechanical clocks . |
| 13 | He was also very active on the economic front and played a prominent part in killing off a proposal to float sterling in 1952 . |
| 14 | The Mapplewell and Staincross Hospital Committee was formed in 1887 and the colliery owners and public of this area played a prominent part in maintaining the hospital ; so much so that by 1935 the three bed hospital now had 153 beds and its income had increased from £300 to £18,000 . |
| 15 | Lesbian and gay trade union groups became increasingly common from 1974 onwards , and the Gay Rights At Work campaign played a prominent part in a number of defence campaigns for dismissed workers . |
| 16 | This success also gave City their first League double of the season , but it was a little ironical that in a game where the respective goalkeepers played a prominent part in keeping it goalless for 70 minutes , an error by the Halesowen custodian should have produced the match winning goal . |
| 17 | In the EAA Warbirds of American Spectacular , held on the Sunday and Tuesday of the convention , aircraft from the recently donated Combat jets Collection played a prominent part , with the F–86 , a Folland Gnat , another T–33 , and pairs of Hispano Saetas and Soko Galebs . |
| 18 | Scores of black people played a prominent part in British public life in the nineteenth century , often as members of radical organizations and participants in some of the major political events of the times . |
| 19 | Aymer de Valence was therefore cousin to Edward II and played a prominent part in his reign as a defender of the monarchy ( see plate 2.3 ) . |
| 20 | The United States , whose law on the subject had recently been overhauled , played a prominent part in the process of revision . |
| 21 | The major forum for " constructive " thought remained in the Christian organizations of which he was already a member , and throughout the war he played a prominent part in their deliberations . |
| 22 | In succeeding years amateur dramatics played a prominent part in the ever increasing social programme of the branches and Regional Councils of the BDDA . |
| 23 | The Association has ever since this Congress played a prominent part in the affairs of the international deaf community through its membership of the World Federation , and it has itself greatly benefited from its international links . |
| 24 | PNP coordinators played a prominent part , whether as managers , consultants , enhancers or facilitators . |
| 25 | In this capacity he played a prominent part in strengthening Parliament 's position in Wales , and maintaining its foothold in Ireland . |
| 26 | By the mid-1930s it was past its peak , but it played a prominent part in the agitation which led to the suspension of the National Government 's unemployment assistance board scheme early in 1935 . |
| 27 | He also played a prominent part in the first international meetings on wavelength allocation and in the preparations for empire broadcasting . |
| 28 | During the war Grosvenor remained neutral ; he is not to be confused with his eldest son , Richard Grosvenor esquire , who played a prominent part in the royalist defence of Chester . |
| 29 | He none the less played a prominent part in 1520 in the preparations at Calais for the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ , continued to supervise the works at Eton , and seems to have been the architect of St Stephen 's cloister in Westminster Palace . |
| 30 | He played a prominent part in the society 's business in the late 1660s and early 1670s , but although he remained associated with practical optics his only communication was a ‘ Discourse on Cider ’ which was printed by John Evelyn [ q.v. ] in his Sylva of 1664 . |