Example sentences of "have a knock-on effect " in BNC.

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1 A US government decision to ban its employees from using hotels which do not have adequate fire protection by 1996 could have a knock-on effect in Britain .
2 Sir Antony , in a letter to Senator John Warner , who is the leading Republican on the Senate armed services committee , said that ‘ any withholding of productive funding … would have a knock-on effect which could delay the arrival of the first missiles for the Royal Navy , and continue to impose time and cost penalties on the British Trident programme ’ .
3 Unions sources said last night that they think the move could have a knock-on effect at other firms , and could be seized on by unions at Ford — where the company has so far resisted demands to reduce the 39-hour working week , and whose workers at Southampton walked out yesterday in protest at the company 's pay offer .
4 First , proposed increases in energy and payroll taxes could have a knock-on effect on wage demands and prices .
5 It would have a , it would have a knock-on effect .
6 Similarity to past experience will assist in the identification of a work 's style , and this in turn will have a knock-on effect upon the application of appropriate constructs .
7 Aid can have a knock-on effect in neighbouring countries which are also in great need .
8 Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community , hitting those who were loyal to the established Church .
9 This will have a knock-on effect throughout the economy , and will drive up interest rates generally .
10 It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds , and may have a knock-on effect .
11 Labour supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies .
12 The Labour Pary supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor-racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies .
13 The big renewal in interest in this sector of the market will have a knock-on effect , freeing people to move up the property ladder .
14 Deakin said : ‘ Our aim is to enhance the status of match officials within the top professional game and hope that will have a knock-on effect at all levels .
15 Economic ups and downs pay no heed to national frontiers and economic growth in Washington will have a knock-on effect this side of the Atlantic .
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