Sentence examples for roles of supporting from inspiring English sources

The other leaders in attendance were inevitably reduced to the roles of supporting actors and, in some cases, mere extras.

It placed education in a role of supporting and assisting national policy.

In Ms. Ephron's "Imaginary Lives," with the men in their lives relegated to the role of supporting player, the two women continue to hold center stage.

He said: "Promoting grammar schools as the elite academic option instantly casts all other schools into the role of supporting actor".

Told me the other night of having pushed his mother away over past 2 years in an effort to extract himself from the role of supporting man in her life — she feels rejected and has withdrawn somewhat.

As a result, he said, the police's "role of supporting the citizenry has been debilitated" and they "have become an actor in the war, separated from the civilian population".

He added that "you may still be emphasizing protecting the population in one area," while in more secure areas American forces might take on a role of supporting and advising Iraqi Army units.

The role of supporting matrix on the sensitivity of modified electrode was studied.

The role of supporting electrolytes, such as H2SO4, Na2SO4 and K2SO4, was explored using practical TH filling plating and linear-sweep voltammetry (LSV) analysis of plating solutions.

This work brings insight into the role of supporting materials in reducing the loading of metal catalyst towards low-cost ORR in alkaline media.

A second wave of commerce is riding to a crest, and the Internet plays the role of supporting actor.