Example sentences of "a devastating effect on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ February is only a short month , so it is not going to have a devastating effect on figures , and there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out , which has to be good for the industry , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 2 | But fear of crime can have a devastating effect on people 's lives , and particularly on women 's lives . |
| 3 | But smaller spills , less obvious but constant , are having a devastating effect on many of the reefs of the Caribbean a. — the Red Sea . |
| 4 | Fishing techniques can have a devastating effect on marine life . |
| 5 | The stroke had a devastating effect on Stanley 's life . |
| 6 | Margaret Docherty believes the marriage break-up had a devastating effect on The Doc 's aging mother . |
| 7 | The present drop in overseas students on top of this is having a devastating effect on the school 's finances . |
| 8 | It had been David 's most miserable year on the field and it had a devastating effect on his private life . ’ |
| 9 | This could have a devastating effect on the British economy . ’ |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It had a devastating effect on her , ’ said one friend . |
| 12 | This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife . |
| 13 | Agricultural pesticides had a devastating effect on numbers during the 50s and early 60s but since certain chemicals have been banned the figure has risen to around 1,050 pairs . |
| 14 | Regarded as untreatable before the advent of the argon laser , these stains almost always have a devastating effect on the person 's quality of life . |
| 15 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 16 | In particular , the art trade fears that the exclusion of precious metals would have a devastating effect on the silver market . |
| 17 | One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs . |
| 18 | These terrible persecutions had a devastating effect on the rug industry , because many of the most skilful and inventive weavers were killed or forced to flee . |
| 19 | The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes . |
| 20 | Although the Government has maintained the real value of the retirement pensions , its breaking of the link between state pensions and earnings ( see Part II ) is beginning to have a devastating effect on the relative income of the poorest pensioners . |
| 21 | This means , in turn , that divorce can have a devastating effect on the income prospects of , mainly , older women ( Joshi and Davies , 1991 ) . |
| 22 | For Anna , pregnant at eighteen ) her stretch marks had had quite a devastating effect on her by the time she was eight months pregnant . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Recalling the tragedy of which Juliette had spoken and which had had such a devastating effect on his mind , Melissa felt uneasy . |
| 25 | As well as the flora , railways had a devastating effect on the fauna of the regions they penetrated . |
| 26 | It is already clear that the cuts are having a devastating effect on people needing legal advice . |
| 27 | ‘ It is already clear that — as the Law Society and a wide variety of voluntary groups predicted — the cuts in legal aid eligibility are having a devastating effect on individuals in need of help . |
| 28 | With a rule-based approach an incorrect decision can have a devastating effect on the remainder of the analysis . |
| 29 | cuts in defence expenditure , both of which are irresponsible and both of which would have a devastating effect on our capacity to defend ourselves . |
| 30 | Under the Labour party 's proposal , that property would be revalued , which would have a devastating effect on the finances of that young couple . |