Eccles is an obvious role model.
The shell plays an obvious role in protecting the delicate, wet contents.
But this was a formation with no obvious role for Sneijder to slot into.
There is an obvious role for Mr. Clinton: as a roving ambassador, concentrating on explosive areas around the world.
The obvious role model for Mr. Tune's casual, unpretentious vocal style is Fred Astaire, but with a twang.
An obvious role model, Mr. Bear wore traditional dress made by members of his family, largely from porcupine quills collected over generations.
It's such an obvious role for Terfel, one of the truly great Wagner singers of our time, that Wagnerians have hardly been able to wait.
In wheelchair basketball, height plays a less obvious role, but players with longer torsos and arms often rebound and shoot more effectively.
William Preucil, the concertmaster, performed the violin solos beautifully as well as playing an obvious role in keeping the whole spectacle together.
Amid the introspection in "Ages of the Moon" is the largely unspoken but obvious role that alcohol has played in Ames's dissipation.
But there were mixed feelings in the crowds about the Brotherhood's obvious role that could prefigure future divisions among the momentarily united opposition.
