Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] affect the " in BNC.

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1 How the return of a Labour government would affect the political calculations in Northern Ireland is difficult to foresee .
2 But in some cases the having a different isomer can affect the three dimensional properties in such a way that it will no longer function efficiently as an enzyme as a catalyst to the reaction it 's supposed to catalyse then you start to get problems .
3 First , a single sense can be modified in an unlimited number of ways by different contexts , each context emphasising certain semantic traits , and obscuring or suppressing others ; just as a dirty window-pane will allow some parts of the scene beyond it to be seen clearly , and will partially or completely obscure other parts — and a different pane will affect the same scene differently .
4 Dr Runcie denied his vision of a universal primacy would affect the Queen 's position under the British constitution , which lays down that the monarch must be a Protestant .
5 For example , you may be asked to give your opinion on how a promotional scheme might affect the image of his product and company .
6 The particular nature of the business of a financial institution will affect the type and proportion of assets it holds in its portfolio .
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