Example sentences of "[prep] be affect " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , syphilis is a systemic infection and , if the treponeme is looked for , it will be found to be affecting many different organs in the body , from the liver to the lungs and the brain to the bones . |
| 2 | He had difficulty ‘ sounding ’ because of this , and it was thought to be affecting his progress in learning to read . |
| 3 | It seemed to be affecting her brain as much as her breathing . |
| 4 | Moreover , it is not only the quantity but also the composition ( or ‘ quality ’ ) of the North-South drift that appears to be affecting the balance between the two parts of the country . |
| 5 | It did n't seem to be affecting him , she noticed . |
| 6 | ‘ We eat eggs all the time ; we 'd be the first to be affected . ’ |
| 7 | But does this not mean that God has to be affected by what happens in the world and that the challenges and frustrations which the world 's freedom continually presents to Him force ever new responses from Him , so that He is continually changing ? |
| 8 | The steppes were the first to be affected , so that in June alone over a million peasants left them for the Volga . |
| 9 | The presentation of annual budgets is left to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , though he is careful to consult with the Prime Minister about the strategy and discuss changes beforehand with ministers whose departments are likely to be affected . |
| 10 | ‘ All you can do is study the situation as thoroughly as you can and be clear as to what the issues are and who is going to be affected by the decision . |
| 11 | This details its past record , how its performance is expected to be affected by the jockey , whether the grass is soft or firm and the distance . |
| 12 | Older people , those who are less regular in their life-style and solitary people , all tend to be affected more than the young , the methodical and the social extrovert . |
| 13 | Between them they must decide whether this is a one-off fault or whether other vehicles are likely to be affected , and if the defect is likely to endanger life . |
| 14 | A spokesman for Control Securities — the largest Asian-owned UK company to be affected by the BCCI collapse — refused to comment on the issues . |
| 15 | ‘ As long as there was a large enough interval between trains running into London , no train would be close enough to the one in front to be affected by the faulty signal . ’ |
| 16 | Fisher & Paykel was the first to be affected as speeds dropped from more than 11 knots to only eight . |
| 17 | The company is likely to be affected by a series of unofficial stoppages before any official action begins , as it was in the lead up to negotiations when Ford 's final offer was rejected last month . |
| 18 | And this raises the question of whether Havel 's talent had begun to be affected by the nervous strain of writing under surveillance and of not having seen any of his work performed since 1969 . |
| 19 | Karajan is not the first conductor to be affected by this . |
| 20 | But if Mr Major is at heart opposed to greater union , Britain 's policy is likely to be affected by the institutional pressures of Whitehall , which has over the years committed itself to the pro-European line . |
| 21 | Strangely , Britain 's botanists have taken almost no interest in acidification , although plants such as cowslips , heather and many woodland flowers are also known to be affected by sulphur and nitrogen deposition . |
| 22 | Family life today is likely to be affected by the extended family . |
| 23 | However , it is quite possible for the state of the animal to be affected without there being suffering . |
| 24 | That a study be undertaken of how business managers perceive their effectiveness to be affected by access to , and use of , information of different kinds . |
| 25 | Included in protection are methods for detecting likely hazard events and in warning those likely to be affected . |
| 26 | Whilst each episode of cystitis may be helped by remedies selected from these tables , the tendency for the condition to recur is unlikely to be affected . |
| 27 | Whilst period pain may be helped each month by remedies selected from this table , the recurrent nature of these problems is unlikely to be affected until a more constitutional approach is adopted . |
| 28 | The roles of some key staff are likely to be affected by RMI and this may be perceived as a threat . |
| 29 | Tooth enamel is the most highly mineralized part of the skeleton , and it is therefore the first part to be affected by acidity in the predator 's stomach . |
| 30 | These olfactory cells , are long and narrow with their length perpendicular to the plane of the nasal cavity and attached to each are five , six even eight olfactory hairs , or ‘ flagella ’ , which are believed to be affected by odorous materials , setting off a chain of events which results in the odour being perceived . |