integral role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintegralandrole
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integral
adjective
uk/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡrəl/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.ɡrəl/
necessary and important as a part of ...
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role
noun[C]
uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofintegralandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We believe that these cells have anintegralrole, together with cholinergic neurons, in sustaining and propagating rhythmic activity within basalo-cortical-basal circuits.
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This suggests that body composition (ratio of fat to lean mass) may play anintegralrolein puberty.
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A more critical approach to theintegralroleof sound recording and reproduction in relation to concepts of representation is needed.
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Attempts at increasing the clients' valuation of the future often play anintegralrolein treatment efforts.
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British context, where it played anintegralrolein the development of nineteenthcentury science.
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Contemporary discussions of the vital elements of national wealth often alluded to theintegralroleof stable money.
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Plants play anintegralroleby regenerating the atmosphere and recycling water while providing food for the crew.
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Assimilation and accommodation play anintegralrolein cognition, and veridical adjustment to the actual geometrico-physical world that we live in does confer an evolutionary advantage.
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Including them would undoubtedly add considerably to the volume of the book, but they have had anintegralrolein overall developments, and arguably continue to do so.
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Mitochondria also play anintegralrolein the apoptotic cascade.
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International organisations play anintegralrolein the production and # maintenance of world hegemony.
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In this process, close others play such anintegralrolein the formulation and testing of the developing values that the boundaries among persons may temporarily blur.
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Gestural communication plays anintegralrolein human communication and serves a number of critical communicative functions for both the user and the recipient of the gesture.
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Cash cropping played anintegralrolein the reproduction of the peasant household and in the achievement of status in rural society.
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T suppressor factors play anintegralrolein preventing fetal rejection.
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Dog patrols will continue to play anintegralrolein security arrangements at selected establishments as hitherto.
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The aim is to encourage the church to play anintegralrolein the process of healing and reconciliation.
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It is most important that teachers should be trained to recognise theintegralroleof parents in education and to work to promote it.
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I sincerely believe that sport can and must play anintegralrolein our community's strategy for tackling those problems.
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They play anintegralrolein assisting and attracting inward investment, in facilitating exports and encouraging tourism, by their linkage with the rest of the world.
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