Example sentences of "have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition to the deal is being led by Palau 's small but powerful group of traditional women elders , who say the agreement would have a devastating social economic and political impact on Palau 's society and culture . |
| 2 | But fear of crime can have a devastating effect on people 's lives , and particularly on women 's lives . |
| 3 | Fishing techniques can have a devastating effect on marine life . |
| 4 | This could have a devastating effect on the British economy . ’ |
| 5 | Warning that workers at the mine could suffer from silicosis and that dust from the mine could have a devastating effect on the local soil chemistry , Mr Wilson said it was cheaper to manufacture andalusite artificially , and wondered why Navan Resources wished to go the expense of mining it : ‘ To make it in any way economically feasible to mine this , it would have to represent over 30 per cent of the total of the rock formation of the mountain and this means that almost one third of your mountain would disappear ’ . |
| 6 | Bills of this size will have a devastating impact on families still struggling to fight their way out of the recession . |
| 7 | In particular , the art trade fears that the exclusion of precious metals would have a devastating effect on the silver market . |
| 8 | Among mice , the merest whiff of a male can have a devastating effect . |
| 9 | This means , in turn , that divorce can have a devastating effect on the income prospects of , mainly , older women ( Joshi and Davies , 1991 ) . |
| 10 | In businesses such as McDonalds where service provision is undertaken by relatively junior staff remote from the centre , very particular attention is paid to quality control procedures as it is realized that lapses of quality or service may have a devastating effect on public confidence and attitudes . |
| 11 | With a rule-based approach an incorrect decision can have a devastating effect on the remainder of the analysis . |
| 12 | Does he agree that that policy would have a devastating impact on people who live in the country areas of Teignbridge ? |
| 13 | cuts in defence expenditure , both of which are irresponsible and both of which would have a devastating effect on our capacity to defend ourselves . |
| 14 | Under the Labour party 's proposal , that property would be revalued , which would have a devastating effect on the finances of that young couple . |
| 15 | The massive oil slick in the northern Gulf , caused in large part by Iraq 's action in deliberately releasing oil into the sea [ see ED no. 43 ] , continued to cause concern during February , although earlier reports that it would have a devastating effect on marine ecology appeared to be exaggerated . |
| 16 | Depression can have a devastating effect not only upon the person 's family but also on their job . |
| 17 | Industrial action could have a devastating effect on dental surgery in the NHS . |
| 18 | He believes any merger with Darlington could have a devastating effect on health provision for Bishop Auckland . |
| 19 | But Sartre 's courageous intervention against French and other colonialisms could not have a corresponding theoretical impact so long as he retained his historicist Marxist framework . |
| 20 | Every debit must have a corresponding credit and vice-versa . |
| 21 | The extent to which these are in sterling or exchanged into sterling , will also have a corresponding effect on the sterling liquidity of the UK banking system . |
| 22 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
| 23 | I think you could play so many tunes on it that not only would we be producing much more efficiently and economically , but people could have a better quality of life too . |
| 24 | We 'd have a better chance to find reasonably paid jobs in London . |
| 25 | Perhaps our dear Lord would have a better chance . |
| 26 | He knows how I feel , me being an only child … he 's a wonderful husband , I could n't have a better husband . |
| 27 | You will have a better body shape . |
| 28 | You will also understand yourself more , you will have a better idea of what motivates you . |
| 29 | I thought no more of it , and stared vacantly into space , wishing that the weather would improve so that I could have a better look at the scenery . |
| 30 | There have been miracles at Aintree before , and Ghofar , fit and fresh , may just have a better each-way chance than his odds of 33–1 suggest . |