One is that it poses the question of what distinct perspective is offered by, and what distinctive role is played by, a man in a family.
Mayor Peter A. Bee noted the hotel's distinctive role in the village.
The trust said the BBC had to do more to develop a "distinctive role online".
Each one also imagined a distinctive role for believers within it.
The London-based IFS has come to play a distinctive role in Britain's elections.
Greek expatriate communities play a distinctive role in Europe, North and South America, Australia, and South Africa.
ACF has influenced key legislation, represents the distinctive role of foundations and provides a showcase for independent funders to share good practice.
Mr. Baron said in an interview that he looked forward to running a newspaper "that has had a defining and distinctive role in American journalism".
Still, "in places that are in distress, like Disney and the New York Stock Exchange, it can be a good idea, because there is a distinctive role for the chairman," said Mr. Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Management.
A scenario in which Britain leaves the European Union presents charities, in particular, with a distinctive role – not least because many of the people we work for, and with, voted for it.
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat party leader and deputy prime minister, has warned that the party is "prepared to be awkward" in coalition "to put things right" as he sought to assert the party's distinctive role in government.
