Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] impact on " in BNC.

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1 Setting aside the mass of controversial mysticism which , over the centuries has surrounded this man , the fact remains that his life has made a tremendous impact on the religious and political history of a large part of the world .
2 Simplifying their lifestyle has made a tremendous impact on the Woolleys .
3 The new development has attracted a £2and1/4 ; million grant from the department of trade and industry ; a regional spokesman says foreign investment has made a huge impact on Telford .
4 Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point .
5 In another study Frost and Spence ( 1984 , 145 ) also argue that industrial restructuring has had a negligible impact on changes in employment patterns , either positively or negatively , and that these are anyway offset by ‘ very rapid growth in certain service activities ’ , notably the health services , to produce the different patterns of change shown in Figure 5.7 .
6 ‘ Elsewhere short-termism has had a terrible impact on the industry with quarterly reporting and the fear of doing anything that might affect the share price , ’ he said .
7 While this has not affected sales , it has had a negative impact on profits , Sage noted .
8 A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other .
9 The decline of British manufacturing industry has had a devastating impact on the inner cities where such a large proportion of the black population live and this has been exacerbated by racial discrimination by employers to yield high levels of black youth unemployment ( Martin and Rowthorn , 1986 ; Newnham , 1986 ) .
10 As predicted by environmentalists , the damming of the Danube at Gabcikovo , part of a huge hydroelectric project sponsored by the Slovak government , has had a devastating impact on the local environment .
11 Thermoluminescence has had a major impact on the antiquities market starting from about 1970 when the first tests were made in Oxford .
12 Remembrement — the government sponsored reorganisation of land to produce larger fields and rationalised farms — has had a major impact on agricultural productivity and intensification in many parts of the French lowlands over the last few decades .
13 The Franks Report has had a major impact on critical analysis of tribunals .
14 There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place .
15 MRI has had a major impact on the diagnosis of primary and secondary tumours within the central nervous system .
16 Nevertheless , concern about the loss of agricultural land has had a major impact on development plans , on planning decisions , and on appeal decisions .
17 Remembrement ( the re-allocation of land into larger fields and rationalised ownerships ) has had a substantial impact on nature conservation in the lowlands but a lesser impact in upland areas .
18 It has been demonstrated that the dominance of unemployment in these outer estates has had a growing impact on the relative decline in income in each of these areas .
19 As 60 per cent of the cassava grown in this area is marketed in towns , a yield increase even of this order of magnitude has had a positive impact on urban food supplies .
20 This has had a reciprocal impact on RX 's internal functioning ; reducing what were previously sharp breaks in the RX value chain has consolidated the iden-tification of subsequent workgroups as ‘ customers ’ with a degree of choice within the extended RX production network .
21 This perspective has had a remarkable impact on the development of our understanding of work organisation and job design , and is at the root of much of experiments and innovations in work organisation in Scandinavia .
22 How ICI halved the value of its shareholders ' funds 20 years of 10% a year inflation has had a significant impact on the accounts of ICI and GEC
23 It is evident that the emergence of competition in both generation and supply has had a significant impact on prices .
24 Good bibliographical control of Scottish geological thesis through the publication of thesis lists has had a significant impact on thesis consultation and use .
25 Each has had a significant impact on the other .
26 Changes in structural factors have taken place in the form of peripheral capitalist industrialisation , which has had a considerable impact on the participation of women in the labour market .
27 The Court , therefore , has had a considerable impact on the development of policy .
28 Piggy might have been able to save the boys ; as with his sensible , mature attitude resulting from the trauma caused by his parents ' death , he could have made a great impact on the boys .
29 Televising might have made a big impact on proceedings in one other area .
30 The government , at no additional cost to the Exchequer , would have had a greater impact on the individual 's welfare .
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