"precious role" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a role or position that is highly valued or important. Example: The teacher played a precious role in helping her students succeed in their exams.
Prof. F.J. Stevenson was there to kindly pick me up and to begin for me the precious chaperon role that he played during my year-long Fulbright-Hays-sponsored scientific association with the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
No one told me that this would be the most precious part of the Teacher of the Year role.
But awards watchers said much of the blame belonged with the studios greenlighting films, who had given minority actors precious few roles to begin with.
"At that point in my career, I just thought, 'Why do I have to play this other character when Precious is the role that would challenge me?
Me too!" GABOUREY SIDIBE, a best-actress nominee for her first movie role ("Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"), said that she had a hard time just staying awake on nights with back-to-back-to-back cocktail parties.
For a look at what happened last Thanksgiving, to listen to a radio interview I conducted concerning New Moon, Precious, and gender role models, or just to see what you've been missing, check out Mendelson's Memos.
But it was her role in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" that turned heads.
The Oscar nominations were presented by Mo'Nique, winner of last year's best supporting actress award for her role in Precious.
The Essai also contains his theories of wages, prices, and interest, the workings of currency circulation, the role of precious metals in the international economy, and other subjects.
