Sentences with phrase «relatively small role»

«Fathers in nonindustrial subsistence economies generally play a relatively small role in the care of young children.»

Unfortunately radiative heat transfer plays a relatively small role in the heat transfer processes occurring between a sphere and a relatively dense, gaseous atmosphere under the influence of a gravitational field.

[6] David Orrell argues that the major contributor to weather forecast error is model error, with sensitivity to initial conditions playing a relatively small role.

Nevertheless, I have always been uneasy in an amorphous and unfocused way about the relatively small role of women in world - history, and plagued by the seemingly unaccountable lack of first - rate women artists.

Sports like swimming or chess are activities where luck plays relatively small role.

Whereas smartphone distribution is dominated by wireless carriers, we expect carriers to play a relatively small role in tablet distribution.

Even if some college admissions officers revert to racially biased assumptions in the absence of criminal history, explicit rejections appear to play a relatively small role at many institutions, compared to the high rates of application attrition resulting from paperwork burden, confusion and discouragement.

For starters, compared with the principal, a teacher has an important but relatively small role in the overall well - being of a school.

Barden throws herself into this relatively small role with reckless abandon, perfectly capturing the solipsistic worldview of a teen with a celebrity crush; it's as if a million tweets from Justin Bieber fans have collectively taken human form.

Adams, in particular, really stood out and Lawrence done wonders with her relatively small role.

While Shuriplayed a relatively small role in the film, largely trying to separate Vision from the Mind Stone, her presence in the «Battle of Wakanda» is still an interesting one — particularly with how the film ends.

Actually, I should say that it's Jason Clarke in Everest because Jake Gyllenhaal has a relatively small role and disappears from the film for long stretches, but he's being treated in the publicity materials like he's the star, and I don't know how many of you are really here for Jason Clarke, while I know there are a bunch of us scanning for Jake G. Full Story

Actually, I should say that it's Jason Clarke in Everest because Jake Gyllenhaal has a relatively small role and disappears from the film for long stretches, but he's being treated in the publicity materials like he's the star, and I don't know how many of you are really here for Jason Clarke, while I know there are a bunch of us scanning for Jake G.

Sandler, James (who has a relatively small role though he receives second - billing), and Dinklage all provide great lines.

The other notable performance is that of Davis, who has the unenviable task of playing one of the driving forces behind her family's unhappiness, and in spite of being a relatively small role she brings just enough fragility to Grace to keep the audience from outright hating her.

In fact, it's perfectly cast throughout, with the ever - excellent Kaas impressing in a relatively small role, Bonnevie showing a good grasp of a tricky character arc, and Andersen striking and heartrending in her acting debut.

Toni Collette again plays a troubled mother (she did so before in The Sixth Sense) and really delves into the relatively small role, in terms of screentime.

Pathos, fear, anger, hopelessness and heartache are all captured in this final movie's Snape and I'm calling a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Rickman based on the power and scope he achieves in this relatively small role.

Still, fructose may play a relatively small role in the development of gout.

Given those numbers, this aspect of climate change likely played a relatively small role in the Colorado disaster.

Despite this relatively small role played by independent expenditure committees relative to other sorts of fundraising mechanisms, this isn't the first time Cuomo has made changes to the way they're regulated while facing criticism for failing to make changes to these other mechanisms.

Though he played a relatively small role in the team this season seeing his joy in winning a trophy made me happy for him.

«We're disappointed that NSW Health has taken this position given the relatively small role soft drinks play in the average person's diet,» said the Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker.

And if the two leads are underserved by the hackneyed script, the supporting cast is treated even more poorly, with respected actors like Sam Neill and Amy Ryan wasted in relatively small roles.

A solid supporting cast lends credibility and enough distinction to give their relatively small roles some memorability, which is especially important given the amount of Vanger family that viewers will have to keep track of (the novel had a genealogical table to supply readers a ready reference), as well as their interests and loyalties.

The project attracted actors like Dennis Farina and Paul Giamatti in relatively small roles.

Either that, or they must be prepared to accept that they will come to play a relatively smaller role in providing information to the legal profession.

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«Central clearing will play a critical role in correcting long - standing flaws in market structure caused by overconcentration of exposures among a relatively small number of dealers,» according to the TABB Group study, which was commissioned by the World Federation of Exchanges.

Glaciers contribute a relatively small amount of water by comparison, but they do play a stabilizing role by serving as a savings bank of sorts for the state's water needs.

«However, the role of CA2, a relatively small region of the hippocampus sandwiched between CA3 and CA1, has remained largely unknown,» said senior author Steven A. Siegelbaum, PhD, professor of neuroscience and pharmacology, chair of the Department of Neuroscience, a member of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and Kavli Institute for Brain Science, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

The answer is still yes, and here's why: Fetal tissue research plays a relatively small, but critical role in one of the most promising areas of biomedical research, called regenerative medicine.

The fairy - tale creature with the most screen time is the Magic Mirror of Snow White fame, though even his role his relatively small.

Both roles are relatively small, but Pattinson is proving to be a strong character actor more than capable of fitting into an ensemble.

In a relatively small cast, which probably aided the reshoots, Wahlberg performs to the same level that saw him impress in The Departed and The Gambler, getting a nice grandstanding scene with Plummer, and as Chinquanta, the self - appointed leader of the kidnappers, Romain Duris excels by giving an extra dimension to a role that can so often conform to one - dimensional stereotype.

Just as impressive in a smaller role is the relatively unknown Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong «o, who plays Patsey, Epps» pet «property», who is not only the best cotton picker on the land, but also has the affection, for better or worse, of Epps, to the point where his jealous wife (Paulson, Game Change) commits her own wicked acts against her.

Matt Damon (Rounders, Dogma) and Ben Affleck (Forces of Nature, Armageddon) would serve as executive producers thanks to a deal they signed to develop films with Miramax, and would also have small bit roles themselves, and would give a co-starring nod to the relatively unknown Jay Lacopo, who is also the screenwriter, and previous star of Ben Affleck's first directorial gig, a short entitled, I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three - picture Deal at Disney.

And, clearly understanding the secret to Marvel's success in the same conceptual space, Jenkins understands the power of casting: Here, even relatively small supporting roles go to some of the finest actors on - screen, starting with Nielsen and Wright and extending to the great Danny Huston, as a villainous German general, and David Thewlis, Ewen Bremner and Lucy Davis as Steve's contacts back in London.

Although Madsen only has a small role in «Vampires Anonymous,» we like to think that he's at least relatively pleased with this small obscurity from his resume.

Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard — these are actresses that typically get relatively small film roles, and deserve to have a shot at more meaningful characters with actual significance.

These two organizations play an outsize role in our conversation about teachers because most of their placements are in large cities with large media markets, but they're relatively small from a national perspective.

The movie Waiting for Superman chronicles the role of chance in determining the fate of a relatively small number of families trying to enroll their children in oversubscribed charter schools.

Despite being a relatively small part of the school sector (about 7 per cent of pupils), private schools have an important symbolic role in UK society, with the perception that there is much social and economic advantage to be had from a private education.

No doubt the Tacoma's relatively light weight and comparatively small wheels (16 inches, versus 18 on the Tundra and 17 on the 4Runner) play a role, too.

Although relatively small and narrow, the park plays a vital role in fauna conservation in the region.

Apparently, people who enjoy their jobs tend to take it slow - for example, taking on a small production role in a game like Dead Rising for a relatively high salary.

Hailed as the «Biggest Art Colony in the World» by the Boston Globe in 1916, the relatively small Cape Cod town has hosted some of the biggest names in art since the late 19th and early 20th centuries and has played a pivotal role in the development of nearly every major American art movement in the last 100 years.

This is no small part because some Twitter user named @LeoDicaprio led a nomination blitz Tuesday night in recognition of my recent focus on the relatively low cost of conserving wild tigers (and a possible role by a successful company that names its operating systems for tigers and other big cats).

(Within a typical atmosphere, as on Earth, heat transport by conduction and molecular mass diffusion are relatively insignificant for bulk transport (there is some role in smaller - scale processes involving particles in the air), except when the net radiative flux and convective flux are very very small (not a condition generally found on Earth).

One of the biggest debates between sceptics and their counterparts is in fact the role played by feedback mechanisms — a response in part to claims by environmentalists such as Mark Lynas in «Six Degrees: our future on a hotter planet» that a relatively small increase in CO2 could cause «runaway climate change» by triggering (unknown and possibly non-existent) feedback mechanisms to form.

Given the scale of energy demand, and the relatively small base from which renewable energy sources begin, hydrocarbons such as oil and natural gas will necessarily continue to play a predominant role.