Example sentences of "have [verb] [art] devastating effect " in BNC.
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1 | The Ugandan capital Kampala has seen the devastating effect that civil war has on a sophisticated engineering scheme . |
2 | This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife . |
3 | Hughes has recounted the devastating effect of successive raids on Liverpool and Birkenhead , in which 130 vessels were damaged or sunk and countless warehouses containing sugar , cotton and other vital commodities were destroyed . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The changes which came into place in April 1988 have had a devastating effect on young people . |
7 | Remember the cuts in the people 's rights at industrial tribunals that have had a profound effect on employment rights , the attack on local democracy , rate capping , the cuts of tax on local government have had a devastating effect on housing and the social fabric of local community . |