Below you will find example sentences with "dominant role". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Dominant Role in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: dominant
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.7 words

Words in this phrase

dominant role

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • dominant can mean: The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. Frequent word
  • role can mean: Dated spelling of role. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

such a dominant role in the 2× a more dominant role in the 1× an unbelievably dominant role in the 1× command the dominant role 1× did her dominant role in the 1× established the dominant role of indo 1× far more dominant role in the 1× has a dominant role 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

no other city 2× a sadist on 1× as her grandmother 1× at the synoptic 1× brian hook the 1× for the military 1×

Common sentence endings:

jewry and judaism 2× the dominant role 2× a dominant role 1× foul trouble early 1× in the region 1× including government bonds 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

play 5× played 4× city 4× life 4× culture 4× government 3× games 2× university 2× parties 2× hand 2× playing 2× opposition 2×

Related phrases

vital role prominent role crucial role starring role supporting role lead role dominant performance dominant force dominant player dominant win

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around dominant:

dominant performance 7× dominant force 5× dominant player 5× dominant win 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

dominant player dominant performance dominant force domestic workers domestic violence domestic terrorism

Just after it in the phrase index:

dominant win dominican republic don agree don believe don blame don exist

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

dominant performance dominant force dominant player dominant win

Same ending:

vital role prominent role crucial role starring role supporting role lead role

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "dominant role" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 28.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as such a dominant role in the, a more dominant role in the, play, played and city stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with vital role, prominent role, crucial role, dominant performance, dominant force and dominant player, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with dominant role

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

For the military, the constitution ensures it has a dominant role. (11 words)

As her grandmother's health deteriorated, so did her dominant role in the tamale affair. (15 words)

Israel would play a dominant role in this multinational force and would operate in collaboration with other contributing parties. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Good games where he would play a dominant role and be responsible for the big points (like in UP’s game against University of Santo Tomas in Season 85 at Ynares Center in Antipolo) would be tucked in between games where he got into foul trouble early. (47 words)

Monsanto has played an unbelievably dominant role in the cotton seed market and other agricultural products, and this dominance allowed it to make money hand over fist, which is why it was so attractive to Bayer in the first place. (40 words)

Whatever negotiators agree to, analysts say, they are unlikely to end the long-standing tensions between America’s mostly open, capitalist economy and a Chinese economy in which the Communist Party and the central government command the dominant role. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Good games where he would play a dominant role and be responsible for the big points (like in UP’s game against University of Santo Tomas in Season 85 at Ynares Center in Antipolo) would be tucked in between games where he got into foul trouble early.

Israel would play a dominant role in this multinational force and would operate in collaboration with other contributing parties.

Monsanto has played an unbelievably dominant role in the cotton seed market and other agricultural products, and this dominance allowed it to make money hand over fist, which is why it was so attractive to Bayer in the first place.

Over time that’s changed: I have expressed that I’d like to be in control a bit more, so now we’re more experimental about who is playing the dominant role.

Its dominant role translates to low financing costs for the U.S. government due to demand for dollar-denominated assets including government bonds.

Opposition parties have alleged that Khan, the 66-year-old cricketer-turned-politician won the 2018 general election with the tacit backing of the powerful military, which plays a dominant role in politics in Pakistan.

Whatever negotiators agree to, analysts say, they are unlikely to end the long-standing tensions between America’s mostly open, capitalist economy and a Chinese economy in which the Communist Party and the central government command the dominant role.

As her grandmother's health deteriorated, so did her dominant role in the tamale affair.

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Brian Hook, the director of policy planning at the State Department, played a dominant role under Tillerson’s tenure, shaping decisions on virtually every major policy issue and overseeing discussions with European allies on the Iran nuclear deal.

For the military, the constitution ensures it has a dominant role.

A sadist, on the other hand, may enjoy the feeling of power and authority that comes from playing the dominant role, or receive pleasure vicariously through the suffering of the masochist.

At the synoptic scale, the Coriolis acceleration acting on moving air masses (outside of the tropics), plays a dominant role in predictions.

Harvard University had always been important in the city (both as a landowner and as an institution), but it began to play a more dominant role in the city's life and culture.

Her dominant role has often been confused with or associated to that of a high priestess which she is not.

However, in an effort to reassert its dominant role, IBM patented the bus, and placed stringent licensing and royalty policies on its use.

However, the mid-1930s marked a shift in the intercultural dynamic, as the Japanese began to play a far more dominant role in the culture of the Highland groups.

In 1998, however, the KMT increased its LY majority from 50% to 55% and continued to play a dominant role in the legislature as the leading opposition party.

It has been home to various peoples through the ages, among them the ancient Iranian peoples who established the dominant role of Indo-Iranian languages in the region.

No other city has played such a dominant role in the history, culture, religion and consciousness of a people as has Jerusalem in the life of Jewry and Judaism.

No other city has played such a dominant role in the history, politics, culture, religion, national life and consciousness of a people as has Jerusalem in the life of Jewry and Judaism.

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