Example sentences of "a direct [adj] effect on " in BNC.
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| 1 | A finding of contributory negligence on the other hand has a direct financial effect on the plaintiff . |
| 2 | She said the report , from the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy ( Coma ) , ‘ does not support the view , as some people would have us believe , that sugars , at usual intake , have a direct adverse effect on general health . ’ |
| 3 | Firstly , gastrin would exert a direct negative effect on platelet activating factor synthesis . |
| 4 | Some authors have suggested that somatostatin may act by a direct vasoconstrictive effect on the splanchnic arterioles or may lower intestinal vasodilating hormones and glucagon . |
| 5 | We did not find an association between smoking and the grade of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , and so our data do not support the hypothesis that cigarette smoke has a direct mutagenic effect on the cervical epithelium . |
| 6 | The laying of land drains is destructive in itself , as is the deep ploughing that often follows it , but drainage also has a direct dramatic effect on archaeological sites . |
| 7 | Similarly , much military expenditure may have a direct destabilising effect on a country 's balance of payments . |