Sentence examples for referee role from inspiring English sources

America, we all know, played that external referee role in Iraq — hugely ineptly at first.

We have essentially taken on a referee role in a civil war, even mediating electoral disputes.

The government must play a referee role, blowing the whistle on fouls, assuring that rules of fair play are followed.

We've enlisted a group of experts to help with the menu, ambiance and referee role sometimes required when the family and friends gather around the table.

Politicians from denser areas are more likely to want government to play at least a refereeing role, to keep people from bumping into one another too abusively.

And what is the referee's role in all this?

"The bottom line is maybe we need to start improving the way we train and develop assistant referees in their role.

Local police officers in small towns usually play a mostly preventive role, refereeing minor disputes, handling the town drunk and quieting rowdy teenagers, city managers said.

Interestingly, an eventual approval and promotion of the vanishing spray by the I.B.A.F. and the FIFA would make clear the need and appropriateness of an ample discussion on the future of refereeing, specially the role that new technology should play in it.

Mr. Schwarzenegger leaned forward and assumed the role of referee.

The federal government has often played the unhappy role of referee.