play a part

"Other body cells might also play a part in the yo-yo effect," von Meyenn says.

Luck will play a part as Borthwick's best-laid plans hang by a hamstring or two.

One of her own drawings, a sort of Hansel and Gretel scenario, will also play a part in the action, which is ripe with echoes and reflections and uncanny parallels, along with dead people who might be ghosts or visions or psychological projections, or some combination thereof.

It always felt like a matter of when, rather than if, the pitch recycled from the first Test would play a part in the second.

During the celebration Abune Mathias, the patriarch of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church, called on Ethiopians to unite and play a part in bringing peace to the country.