"ancillary role" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a supporting or secondary role or function within a larger context. Example: In the film, the main character is a detective, but his partner plays an ancillary role, providing support and backup during investigations.
But in an ancillary role, Barnes can excel as a one-trick pony.
Hinault pledged to support LeMond after the American's work in helping him to a fifth Tour in 1985 but 'the Badger' found an ancillary role hard to countenance.
A high proportion of her written work sees her in an ancillary role, as researcher, translator, editor, typist even, of other writers' work.
Spencer's ancillary role will be filled by a pair of second-round picks: 2009's Connor Barwin and 2011's Brooks Reed.
The book mostly avoids discussing poetry, and Barcelona, a city famous for its vibrant cultural underground, is given only an ancillary role.
He'll never be a matchup nightmare, but in an ancillary role he has the frame and tools to consistently beat linebackers and B-grade cover safeties.
In the theatre industry, a range of female director programs have brought women into companies in ancillary roles.
Historically, children often served in ancillary roles during wartime, as couriers, drummer boys, or "powder monkeys," who ferried ammunition to cannon crews.
Normalization of HLM data with the average levels of each CYP in native HLM, indicates that carbofuran metabolism is primarily mediated by CYP3A4percentntotalal normalized rate (% TNR) = 77.5), although CYP1A2 and 2C19 play ancillary roles (% TNR = 9.0 and 6.0, respectively).
Electric propulsion has received attention in aviation as witnessed by studies in hybrid designs and by the production of aircraft with support electric motors to be used in limited parts of the mission with ancillary roles.
Women all play ancillary roles or, are one in a collection of male leads, like the Fantastic Four's Susan or The Avenger's Black Widow.
