Example sentences of "effect on the " in BNC.

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1 A small gallery may have space to show work in only one medium ; this may have a distorting effect on the activity of the group as a whole or of versatile individuals .
2 But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting .
3 The causal inference adopted by Greeley and Rossi was that Roman catholic schools only had a clearly identifiable and reinforcing effect on the belief and practice of this group .
4 If a student has a habit of over-ruddering in turns , it is often worth showing him the effect on the stall of using even a slight amount of extra rudder in a gentle turn .
5 WPC Dick 's salutary essay ( 1985 ) changed little and generated few ripples on the ACPO pond , while one of the most powerfully critical books on policing in recent years ( Jones 1980 ) seems to have had little effect on the structures of the organization , except , perhaps , to help draw its author — then a chief inspector — into the ACPO ranks .
6 The total collapse of the Martian market for marioc is expected to have a major effect on the economy of Uridia . ’
7 Quite clearly , as costs were four times direct revenue , 10 per cent ( for example ) saving in costs had much more effect on the balance than did a potential 20 per cent increase in revenue , so energy was at first concentrated on the cost base .
8 The formation of the Metropolitan County Councils and their respective Passenger Transport Authorities would begin to have a far reaching effect on the future of many lines and stations .
9 Her role has the same sobering effect on the atmosphere of the ballet as that of Bratfisch , the Count 's valet , in Mayerling .
10 The experience of reading major works of literature can have an overpowering effect on the responsive reader ( usually , but by no means invariably , the young reader ) .
11 The Democratic leaders insist that the cut is an unwarranted giveaway to the wealthy which will have no significant effect on the economy and deepen the deficit .
12 Where a defendant was charged with committing an act of gross indecency with a co-defendant who had pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency with the appellant , evidence of the co-defendant 's plea of guilty , although relevant , should have been excluded from the jury , since such evidence would have an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings against the defendant as the jury was likely to treat it as going to prove the defendant 's guilt .
13 The increase is almost bound to have a further depressing effect on the housing market .
14 Indigo-dyed blue jumpers are stonewashed to give a worn look , but the stonewashing also creates an interesting highlight effect on the raised knitted details .
15 Reactive armour has hardly any effect on the solid , armour-piercing rounds fired from tank guns .
16 ‘ The effect on the environment will now be far worse if it is not built . ’
17 The ban will have no effect on the sale of propagated hybrid orchids , and botanists hope it will encourage the horticultural industry to switch from wild specimens to greenhouse-grown plants .
18 And the problem is that its effect on the neighbours — within a radius of miles , given the capability of modern sound systems — is severely damaging .
19 Even its critics concede that the Saatchi Collection has had a profound effect on the visual culture of this country , but it has always occupied an uneasy position — it has the status of a national institution , yet it is in private ownership .
20 And , given the men 's views of gender roles , being female actually facilitated and encouraged the introduction of certain topics , especially topics of a more emotional kind to do with stress , death , the terrorist threat and its effect on the family , and so on , which are particularly pertinent in Northern Ireland 's police force .
21 The social divisions within Northern Ireland society have little direct effect on the nature of crime in Easton , which influences the nature of routine police work in the area , enabling the police to pursue Easton 's crime and criminals without recourse to religion .
22 The effect of the Famine in 1921–2 was far more crippling in the Volga provinces than in Tambov guberniia , so that one can argue either way as to whether it had a stimulating or depressing effect on the mettle of the Tambov Greens ; certainly in Samara and Saratov its vehemence blew out all hope of resistance .
23 This had a crippling effect on the worse off at a crucial stage of recovery from the Famine .
24 Hugh Dalton , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , said an agreement would have a powerful effect on the crucial loan negotiations , and was probably as much as could be achieved .
25 I can not understand this as I can not see any detrimental effect on the carp .
26 He also argues that , in its turn , the Scientific Revolution had some effect on the visual arts .
27 Smith conceded that higher taxes on big cars would have a harmful effect on the UK 's motor industry , hurting Jaguar in particular , which is already suffering a severe fall in demand .
28 But not the manual steering , which again has such an effect on the driving character of the car that it is impossible to overlook .
29 Second , the combined forces of civilized distaste gradually had an effect on the working-class élite whilst the actual times and spaces for the old sports both in town and country were ever more restricted .
30 It is interesting to note that sheep had almost no effect on the form of the farmstead as buildings were very rarely provided for them .
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