Hence, they will not accept a solution that will produce a new regime in which they are not guaranteed a leading role.

CNN: A game changer for Syria?

Mel Gibson, who has not taken a leading role not in the movies, anyway for quite some time, returns looking older but no less determined, with an uncomfortable hint of despair.

NEWYORKER: Edge of Darkness

We should have taken a leading role -- not militarily, but a leading role organizationally, governmentally -- to bring together the parties there, to find responsible parties.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

But he expressed concerns over post-conflict planning and asked the PM why it was Britain, and not the UN, that was taking a leading role.

BBC: David Cameron hails EU 'unity' on Gaddafi

Not only did U.S. educators play a leading role in designing and carrying out the study, but the results, which showed U.S. high school students lagging behind those in other industrial countries, attracted widespread attention in the news media and in educational circles.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

Certain bats infected in the laboratory with Ebola has shown they do not die - leading to speculation that they may play a role.

BBC: Africa's emerging virus threat

It is only fair to say that even this blueprint, which many people in Washington like because of the leading role taken by France and the UK has not yet proven itself a success - the bombing goes on.

BBC: UN Syria failure shows declining power of the West

Not content with directing it and co-writing it with Dave Callaham, he also takes a leading role as the captain of a team of seasoned mercenaries.

NEWYORKER: Expendables

Not only did Syria's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad say President Assad would play a leading role in this transition, he insisted he would run in the next elections set for 2014.

BBC: What does a 'Syrian-led transition' look like?