Since that time, gardening and sports have played dominant roles in our relationship.
Producers have justified this approach with the claim that audiences won't tolerate non-white characters or actors in dominant roles.
In the absence of central government authority, Shia militias are taking dominant roles, amplifying sectarian enmity between Islam's two most dominant sects.
As he rightly notes, it is rare for teenagers, with some obvious exceptions, to play dominant roles in top European leagues.
Lemieux and the Panthers' Pavel Bure were expected to play dominant roles in the series between the Devils and the Panthers.
These remarkably adaptable plants play significant, sometimes dominant, roles in many plant communities, such as freshwater and saltwater marshes, tundras, meadows, and disturbed habitats.
You may be surprised to find out that the same companies are playing the dominant roles in all your mutual funds.
Islamists in Egypt are poised for big victories in parliamentary elections next month and their counterparts in Libya are playing dominant roles in its post-Qaddafi transition.
Quartz and feldspar play dominant roles in the composition in Lucaogou tight oil reservoir.
They would play dominant roles for Mode I and Mode II of crack propagation, respectively.
Shear bands play dominant roles in fatigue damage and fracture of metallic glasses (MGs).
