Others believe that the environment plays the dominant role, many times in obvious ways.

Even after the race begins, Iowa may not play the dominant role it did in 1988.

Standard German plays a dominant role in education and media.

Now, females have taken a much more dominant role and the relationship of men in the family unit has changed.

Banks have a dominant role in most countries' financial markets.

That is different from the situation during the cold war, when the government had a more dominant role.

Among other individual issues, takeover talk played a dominant role in the market's activity.

Though retired, his father, known as Bob, played a dominant role on the board.

The international airport plays a dominant role in the local economy.

So it was with the feelings she got from being in a dominant role.