Sentences with phrase «sizable role»

Your website plays a more sizable role in the purchase decision than your sales team.

But examples from the morphological, behavioral and, increasingly, molecular realms have led some biologists to suspect that this phenomenon may play a much more sizable role in evolution than is generally appreciated.

It was probably no accident he beat out a hundred other basketball players for his first sizable role, in the 1996 Whoopi Goldberg movie Eddie.

You've said that you were initially concerned that Joel Edgerton was taking on too much with this, directing his first feature and being in the film with a pretty sizable role.

After a few minor roles, Reeves received a more sizable role in the 1986 drama film River's Edge, which depicted how a murder affected a group of teens.

Like Nicole Kidman, about the same time she stepped away from a high - profile husband, opportunity for edgier material in more sizable roles, seemed to present itself.

A terrific supporting cast also helps, with solid roles going to a young Joe Pantoliano (Midnight Run, El Diablo) in his first sizable role, Dabney Coleman (Melvin and Howard, Nine to Five), Howard Hesseman (Police Academy 2, Flight of the Navigator) and a scene - stealing song performed by «Laverne and Shirley» co-star Michael McKean (The Guru, A Mighty Wind).

Though small in size, Maryland has played a sizable role in U.S. history.

Clinton, the former secretary of state and frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, has committed to play a sizable role in fundraising for the party ahead of the 2014 elections, according to sources and aides for different campaign groups.

Glenwood played a sizable role last year in the corruption trials of former Albany politicians Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, which were spearheaded by Bharara's office.

Sure, most of them are obscure, like Negasonic Teenage Warhead, although Colossus had a sizable role the first time around.

Ashton Kutcher (Just Married) appears uncredited, but has a sizable role as Perabo's narcissistic boyfriend.

«Mumblecore» director Joe Swanberg has a sizable role as Drake, the most annoying Davison of them all.

Dave Foley, a great straight man, has a sizable role.

In a sizable role, Sharon Stone is memorable — and memorably unpleasant — as Linda's anger - driven mother, and as Linda's father, Robert Patrick is devastating in a scene where he tells Linda he saw «her movie.»

Other female characters such as Sophie Turner's Jean Grey, Alexandra Shipp's Storm, Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique and Jessica Chastain's mysterious Smith (not Lilandra, as widely speculated) are all set to have sizable roles in the upcoming film.

In independent research, Dave Marcotte and I found that weather - induced cancellations can play a sizable role in student achievement, which we summarize in our new Education Next article, Time for School?

The poll also had important messages for teachers as voters said student performance on standardized tests should play a sizable role in evaluating a teacher's effectiveness.

Teachers play a sizable role in developing students» beliefs about their intellectual capacity, their sense of belonging in school and the world, their eagerness to learn in the face of adversity, and their strategies for academic and lifelong success by enhancing SEL practices.

Many veterinarians speculate that genetics plays a sizable role in how cherry eye develops in various breeds.

The future of gaming is still up in the air, but second screens will undoubtedly continue to play a sizable role.

Rolf Martin Schmitz, CEO of RWE, too, sees value in holding on to generation assets, though he noted in early March that renewables are poised to play a sizable role when they evolve away from regulated subsidies and toward a «normal» competitive market.

Generally speaking, where you live and park your car plays a sizable role in your premium rating as well.

Though small in size, Maryland has played a sizable role in U.S. history.