Some of this may have been deliberate, but incompetence also played a part.

Blair leaves office before the full consequences of the Iraq war have been played out.

The season started on February 28 and finished on 8 July, played in one calendar year rather than the previous editions which have been played over two calendar years.

Have you ever played baseball?

Have you ever played baseball?

How long have you played soccer?

I understand from comments that have been made that hard choices had to been made with regard to both substance and process, where severe time pressures have certainly played a role.

Local 'Grades' cricket has been played in Aberdeen since 1884.

Ordinary Kenyans played a key role in changing the outcome of what, ten years ago, would have been a done deal.

Yemen s neighbors have also played a role.

Few Egyptian players would have been familiar to Europeans who watched that game, but Egypt played much better and deserved to win.

Other actors have played the character in fan created media, and the character has been the subject of multiple spoofs and satires.

Black Ops, it had been played for 68,000 years worldwide, right?

Clowns have always played a role in politics.

Unlike an Olympic competition, their recent performance will not be given a final score until well after their power games have been played.

Historically, outside parties have thus played a decisive role.

You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.

Since its release, the video has been played on the Disney Channel frequently.

The European Union has been actively involved in negotiations, and we hope that we have played our part in bridging the differences which did exist.

Many non governmental organizations have also played a vital role.

In television and film, the Grinch has been played or voiced by five actors.

Europe s finance ministers have played a clever game with the ECB.

Chaz told me that if that song hadn't played for so long, I might have already been in the car, on the way home, and would have died right there and then.

There, too, vision, leadership, and consensus building have played a critical role.

Women have played a comparatively passive role in establishing a multiparty system.

The game has been played in its present form since as early as 1796 in Paris.

Complementing the role of speculation, activist states have played several roles in encouraging innovation. They have been most effective when pursuing politically legitimate missions that transcend narrow economic calculation social development, national security, conquering disease.

But it would not have worked without the crucial role played by competition.

The four rulers have deliberately played their succession cards close to their chests.

Namibia is the other African country to have played in a World Cup.

Finally, some question whether Megrahi really was the perpetrator of the crime, and this may have played a role in MacAskill s decision (although, if so, that would have been better left to the courts to resolve).

The international human rights instruments had played an unexpectedly important role in the Icelandic legal order, for they had proved to have an influence on court interpretations of domestic law that could not have been foreseen.

Beach soccer had been played recreationally all over the world for many years and in many different formats.

Complementing the role of speculation, activist states have played several roles in encouraging innovation.

Ideology and profiteering have also played a role in driving up the war s costs.

Many of Finland's internationally most successful players have played for HJK before moving abroad.

Time and again, women have played a constructive and essential part in peace processes.

Developed countries have played a prominent role in the implementation of the regional networks.

Subregional and regional peace efforts have played a large part in winding down conflicts.

Thus women have played an important role in the institution of a multiparty system.

That remark may have been a bitter payback for the role Spencer believed the media, and the paparazzi who worked for them, played in Diana s death, but it was not without truth.

Although foreign powers also played a role in supporting these anti imperial insurgencies in Afghanistan, they would not have been possible without Afghans overwhelming attachment to their land and hunger for independence.

Cuba had also been a recipient of international cooperation, and UNIDO had played an outstanding role in that regard.

That has been so. Thanks in large part to the positive role played by regional formations and regional organizations.

Chinese restaurants have played an important role in American history, as a matter of fact.