marginal role
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarginalandrole
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marginal
adjective
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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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 ofmarginalandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmarginal role
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This paper argues that such amarginalroleis not justified, given the potential of people to participate voluntarily.
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In both scenarios, the enrichment strategy plays only amarginalrole.
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Groups that represent smokers play only amarginalrole.
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In this period, the colonial state played only amarginalrolein welfare provision.
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It can be assumed, however, that wage labour played only amarginalrole.
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They also play amarginalrolein determining the anisotropy and its bifurcation (34).
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The changed global situation since 1990 plays at most amarginalrole.
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Undoubtedly, the radical right has played a more thanmarginalrolein this process.
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This meant a narrow circle of clientele, reinforcing themarginalroleof poor shop owners.
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Such statements mainly refer to spending more time in the ' inner circle ' of social relationships, and social commitments beyond this micro-context have only amarginalrole.
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Since significant resistance surfaced only with the deterioration of economic conditions and the introduction of forced labour conscription, it would appear that ideological opposition played only amarginalrole.
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Wage labour played only amarginalrole.
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Surface-tension forces play an important role in an investigation of the stability of the steady solution, but only amarginalrolein the determination of the steady solution itself.
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We must at all cost brush aside the fads and fantasies of those who envisage a rural world in which agriculture plays only amarginalrole.
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Sheep farm wool plays a verymarginalrolein incomes.
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Agriculture, on the other hand, has traditionally played amarginalrole.
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To limit local authorities to matters which do not have wider implications would risk relegating them to amarginalrole.
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The economy became more and more centered in agriculture, specially cereals, with less importance of cattle and amarginalrolefor hunt.
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People who are not ' full adults ' may feature, but generally speaking are passive in marginal roles, reflecting assumptions of their 'diminished responsibility'.
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