1.   Banks play a central role as consultants, advisers and agents in acquisition situations.

2.   For the first time in classical antiquity the nuclear family had assumed a central role in the politics of state.

3.   Her long-term goal is the re-establishment of a society in which the Church once more occupies this central role.

4.   Magic plays a central role in Magic City.

5.   Merit will have the central role in technical coordination for Internet service providers who need to interchange traffic.

6.   Newman played a central role in framing the new law.

7.   On the contrary, it involves a recognition of its central mediating role in the use and learning of language.

8.   One was Alan Hayling, who was later to play a central role in the story of News on Sunday.

9.   Owen played a central role in the negotiations.