Example sentences of "of [noun sg] can have a " in BNC.

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1 Certainly the technical aspects of accounting can have a major influence when comparing the cost of one unit of activity with another .
2 But fear of crime can have a devastating effect on people 's lives , and particularly on women 's lives .
3 Safer Cities co-ordinator Pam McHale said : ‘ Crime and fear of crime can have a serious effect on women 's lives .
4 Partly because a large staff generates a greater amount of training need and sometimes more specialized needs , partly because the logistics of co-ordinating the movements of a large number of people generates greater need for formal timetabling , and partly because size of establishment can have a significant effect on staff mobility .
5 No pure theory of structure or pure theory of agency can have a notion of reflexivity .
6 However , treatment studies show that special forms of treatment can have a positive effect on the psychological and social functioning of many patients , especially women .
7 As we noted in Chapter 1 , both forms of reward can have a marked effect on behaviour .
8 Several minor changes occurring in a short space of time can have a totting-up effect , challenging and even overloading the resources people have at their disposal .
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