Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] have a [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time the existence of strong groups may have a detrimental effect upon the organisation where the group puts forward its own interests at the expense of the organisation as a whole . |
| 2 | A noteworthy recent example of the use of Article 100 in the area of social policy is Council Directive 91/533 on an employer 's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship , where it is quite simply asserted in the recitals that ‘ differences in the legislation of Member States may have a direct effect on the operation of the common market ’ . |
| 3 | If latent inhibition and habituation reflect the operation of a common mechanism , then procedural variations that modify the magnitude of one of these phenomena should have a similar effect on the other . |
| 4 | One could anticipate far more poisons being put down , and such activities must have a detrimental effect on the environment . |
| 5 | The APU would not have been accused of exerting a conservative influence with its cross-curricular model ; however , the eventual selection of subjects could have a narrowing effect on the curriculum . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On the other hand reduced injections will have a contractionary effect on income levels in the domestic circular flow . |
| 8 | The arts can have a liberating effect on people , encouraging them to change from being passive and dependent to being creative and active . |
| 9 | It is here of course that the precise order in which voters place candidates can have a decisive effect on the destination of the last seat(s) . |
| 10 | To begin with the quality of the font designs can have a substantial effect ; not all versions of Times look as good as they ought to . |
| 11 | The argument for separating judgments of quality from the funding have been put to him by some people in higher education who are afraid that quality judgments might have a practical effect on the universities . |
| 12 | For countries , like the UK , which rely heavily on imported raw materials and foodstuffs , a rise in the price of imports may have a considerable effect on the domestic inflation rate . |
| 13 | The RSPB claims that even a small oil spill in these areas could have a disastrous effect on wildlife . |
| 14 | She added that any attempt to restrict the availability of parents could have a detrimental effect on children . |
| 15 | The consequences of erecting barriers — even if we could do that — to produce and use fuel at a price that we could achieve only if we erected those barriers would have a direct effect on the cost of power . |
| 16 | It is well known that marital breakdown between parents can have a dire effect upon the child in terms of immediate misery , and subsequent disruption of personality and relationships . |
| 17 | And as depressed parents can have a deleterious effect on their children 's behaviour and vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ( Rutter , 1966 ) , the number of people who can be affected in some way by the disorder is substantial and marks it out as one of the most important psychiatric conditions . |
| 18 | The attitudes in this respect even on mere acquaintances can have a marked effect on circumstances . |
| 19 | It is to be hoped that the continued development of training provision in these last two non-tariff areas can have a positive effect on lowering perceived barriers . |
| 20 | First , proposed increases in energy and payroll taxes could have a knock-on effect on wage demands and prices . |
| 21 | The letting and operation of such contracts could have a profound effect on health care planning . |
| 22 | High earning possibilities could have a compensating effect , for if they increased the " idleness " of those already employed , they also drew in new hands . |
| 23 | While changing agricultural prices and subsidies will have a marked effect on which options look most economic , as ENDS remarked , ‘ controls based on a combination of land use and water measures ’ are probably the best option . |
| 24 | These Directives could have a profound effect upon the value for money which insurance companies and pension providers can offer their customers , throughout Europe , in the years ahead . |
| 25 | In particular , the art trade fears that the exclusion of precious metals would have a devastating effect on the silver market . |
| 26 | The changes would have a detrimental effect on bus passengers . |
| 27 | Owner occupiers account for 23pc of households and the inclusion of work to their properties would have a beneficial effect on the overall scheme , members heard . |
| 28 | Merely using stronger chemical bonds will have a small effect upon the strength of a cracked material by comparison with the stress concentrating effect of the crack and this is why diamond and sapphire are brittle and usually not especially strong , in spite of their hardness and high chemical bond energies . |
| 29 | That period of uncertainty and the postponement of decisions that are vital to farmers will have a debilitating effect on United Kingdom agriculture . |
| 30 | Certain chronic physical problems will have a long-term effect on the child 's appetite and weight , for example renal failure , malabsorption syndromes , metabolic disorders , and immunological problems . |