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In this chapter we define the boundaries of the sports industry and outline the key contributors to its economic importance.

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 Meanings and Examples of KEY
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key
 n.  something used to move the bolt of a lock
 a.  chief; major; important; essential; fundamental
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It chanced that some days before a gentleman who had been engaged in looking over some houses in the Brixton Road had dropped the key of one of them in my carriage.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
3  The fellow had a key; and what's more, he has it still.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
4  But he made straight for the door, crossing the roadway to save time; and as he came, he drew a key from his pocket like one approaching home.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
5  "You will not find Dr. Jekyll; he is from home," replied Mr. Hyde, blowing in the key.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
6  It was locked; and lying near by on the flags, they found the key, already stained with rust.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
7  He left his cell at the head of the party, and, having carefully locked the door, deposited the key under the threshold.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  So saying, she left the apartment; and Front-de-Boeuf could hear the crash of the ponderous key, as she locked and double-locked the door behind her, thus cutting off the most slender chance of escape.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  Then he hitched up his jacket, and put his hand in his breeches pocket, taking out the key of the hut.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  'So if yer want t' key, yer'd better tacit.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  'I didn't want your key,' she said.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  She opened the hut with her key.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
13  They could not get through; and as Miss Bertram's inclination for so doing did by no means lessen, it ended in Mr. Rushworth's declaring outright that he would go and fetch the key.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  But, Julia, Mr. Rushworth will be here in a moment with the key.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  A key was mislaid, Betsey accused of having got at his new hat, and some slight, but essential alteration of his uniform waistcoat, which he had been promised to have done for him, entirely neglected.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
16  A key word index is an enlargement to the book.
17  A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between success and effort.
18  We had to break into the house as we had lost the key.
19  The key for happiness is not find a perfect person, but find someone and build a perfect relationship with him.
20  The Tories are concentrating their campaign in the key marginal constituencies.
21  Florida was a key state in his campaign for re-election.
22  The company has developed sales through local agents in key markets.
23  It is interesting to compare a modern computer with the Apollo system in a couple of key areas.
24  Cost was a key element in our decision.
25  The report fails to define what is meant by the term 'key issues'.
26  In this chapter we define the boundaries of the sports industry and outline the key contributors to its economic importance.
27  Churches are taking a key role in the democratic process.
28  A golden key opens every door.
29  The key is hanging on a string by the door.
30  Education was the key to upward social mobility.