Example sentences of "that [vb mod] affect [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short-term gains by cheating are likely to be offset by long-term losses that may affect one 's offspring and those of relatives . |
| 2 | Prisoners are brought up to date with new legislation that may affect them , such as housing and social security . |
| 3 | To maintain good credibility with the client , you need to call him before he sees an article in a newspaper that may affect his company — after all you are supposed to be his key person with the best knowledge of the media . |
| 4 | Asking for further training if necessary , a change in job definition or conditions , and for information about any future changes that may affect your objectives . |
| 5 | And if you have a very small amount of money , and a large number of erm demands on , on that budget , then the last thing you 're going to do , is to spend a lot of money reinforcing your house for an earthquake that may affect your grandchildren and not you . |
| 6 | Reports in mid-June said that a group of religious conservatives , including the country 's most senior religious figure , Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Baz , had signed a 12-point petition in late April asking King Fahd to create a " consultative council " to deal with " internal and external affairs " [ see also p. 38166 ] , which should be free of " any pressure that might affect its responsibilities " . |
| 7 | Joan was told that the baby would be unlikely to survive , but she was advised to give birth naturally , to avoid gynaecological problems that might affect her capacity to have children in the future . |
| 8 | The employees then went on to David , who tested heart and lungs and talked to each of them to ascertain whether there were any personal anxieties that might affect their role in management . |
| 9 | Your parents are legally responsible for you and one of them ought to know about anything that might affect your health , either emotionally or physically . |
| 10 | At this point in the exercise , the use of the instruments had revealed a number of factors in terms of the requirements of the IPS , and the problems that could affect its implementation and effectiveness . |
| 11 | The principal concern for companies is first that they should be kept in touch with prevailing opinions on environmental issues that could affect them ; second , that any misconceptions on technical or other matters should be corrected . |
| 12 | However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods . |
| 13 | He also has to check that there are no major road or other Local Authority plans that could affect your property . |
| 14 | So by controlling the concentration of the reagents that will affect which way it goes and a lot of them are temperature sensitive , we heat it up it goes one way , cool it down it goes the other . |
| 15 | It exposes capitalism in the raw : huge profits to be made from risking huge sums of money , often in a matter of weeks , while ordinary people wait , innocently and impotently , for a verdict that will affect their jobs and lives . |
| 16 | And as they walk staccato , carefully avoiding any bumps or pitfalls that will affect their stride , each gets lost in a world that is so familiar to them now . |
| 17 | You see I would like to see people at the end of this programme to have some idea , not just of fancy figures in the air , but of practical effects that will affect them on the ground . |
| 18 | And I myself , as er your course leader has indicated , I was on a course here myself some four weeks ago listening to the same subject , doing the physical exercises etcetera etcetera and listening and trying to take in , I wo n't say I did , trying to take in all the different aspects that will affect us in our er retirement years . |
| 19 | It 's different when a respected UK dealer makes substantiated claims for something that will affect his reputation for better or worse . |
| 20 | You may find something that will affect your decision . |
| 21 | I do n't want to make a decision that will affect my whole life while I 'm still — intoxicated . ’ |
| 22 | And if you thought you had a fight last year over bi-annual congresses , you wait until you try and do anything that will affect our structure in the future . |
| 23 | Co that can affect your steering ca n't it ? |