Example sentences of "effect of [noun] can [adv] [be] " in BNC.

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1 For while they always emphasized the special qualities of literature , and in particular the idea that the meaning or effect of literature can not be explained by a process of reduction to ordinary modes of expression , the New Critics also insisted on its connections with the ‘ real ’ world , and on the contribution it can make to coping with the problems of everyday human existence .
2 The effect of intermittency can thus be seen in , for example , Figs 3.11 , 18.9(b) and ( e ) , and 21.6 .
3 The existence and magnitude of a beneficial effect of treatment can usually be determined by meta-analyses of unbiased trials , such as that of the treatment of early breast cancer .
4 Critics of aromatherapy have pointed out that the sense of smell becomes quickly exhausted as the olfactory cells in the nose soon become saturated and cease to detect the aroma , so the effects of aromatherapy can only be short-lived .
5 The destructive effects of anxiety can sometimes be dissipated with reward , undoing the formation of a bad habit , especially if the horse has otherwise been kindly treated .
6 The effects of migration can also be allowed for , with appropriate assumptions made about numbers or proportions of population in the different age-groups and the two sexes moving between regions .
7 The effects of unemployment can not be alleviated wholly by unemployment benefit .
8 The effects of retirement can only be understood on an individual basis , its significance depending upon a personal interpretation of the value and importance of work , and what the individual wants and expects from the rest of his or her life .
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