Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] impact " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably because it started the 1980s with a fleet of new 125mph HSTs which had made a major impact on its market , the East Coast main line was far better placed to withstand the rigours of the recession than its West Coast neighbour . |
| 2 | But in numerical terms this factor can hardly have made a major impact — the Max Planck Institutes permanently employ only 2000 researchers , compared with a total of 76 000 university academics of whom more than 20 000 are professors . |
| 3 | Palace face a fierce battle with Scottish giants Rangers to sign the tall , explosive striker who has already made a major impact north of the border . |
| 4 | A Scottish-born CA and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants he may be but , apart from a brief initial period in a practising firm and then Lothian Regional Council , before coming to Provincial three years ago he had fairly rapidly made a successful impact in senior general management in retail banking , with TSB in Scotland . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Simplifying their lifestyle has made a tremendous impact on the Woolleys . |
| 7 | Indeed , it was in a mood of celebration rather than panic that the garotters were actually toasted for having ‘ taken upon themselves the duty of upsetting a whole fabric of amiable delusions ’ concerning the reformation of criminals , and further congratulated that through their ‘ inexcusable crime ’ they had made a salutary impact on public opinion and ‘ created a general belief that right and wrong are , after all , essentially distinct ’ . |
| 8 | Indeed , it could be argued that the collective influence of the processes discussed in this chapter have made a greater impact on the cities and those living within them than has inner-city policy . |
| 9 | In all cases the necessity of balancing professional and academic requirements has been recognised , with the inexorable move toward a ‘ graduate ’ profession being accepted responsibly , though more slowly than for similar professions : ‘ It is a matter for concern that , compared with other professions surveying has not made a greater impact upon university life and thought in general ’ ( Wells Report , 1960 ) . |
| 10 | We concur with the DCSLs who felt that Major award schools had put more thinking into their documentation and that the larger funding had made a greater impact on provision , management and the physical organisation and appearance of the library . |
| 11 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 12 | David Norman — a graduate of Eton , McGill and Harvard Business School — had already made a controversial impact on the British search business before setting up his own firm , which now enjoys an annual fee income of over £5m. , ranking in second place behind Russell Reynolds in the pecking order of Britain 's highest-earning headhunters . |
| 13 | The events in East Germany and Czechoslovakia have made a strong impact , he says . |
| 14 | Ainslie Thin said the Booksellers Association 's Books for Giving made a strong impact in Scotland . |
| 15 | I had a sudden flash of memory of one of the most remarkable women I had ever met — Sister Kenny , a woman who had made a great impact on me because of Clare . |
| 16 | Towards the end of Maurice 's life , in 1860 , there appeared a collection of papers by seven Oxford dons , entitled Essays and Reviews , and these made a great impact in Britain . |
| 17 | Starting with Camco , the newly appointed Chief Executive er , has been very , very active and has made a great impact already . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Televising might have made a big impact on proceedings in one other area . |
| 20 | He has made a big impact this season and gives us a much better chance of succeeding against Stuttgart . ’ |
| 21 | All rounder Kevin Dixon has made a big impact , hitting two half centuries and also taking wickets . |
| 22 | Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point . |
| 23 | The overwhelming consensus amongst respondents was that microcomputers had made a significant impact on their organizations . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I HAD particular reasons for enjoying an article in the Sunday Times last weekend which suggested that only on three occasions in recent decades has satire actually had a real impact on our political life . |
| 27 | The controversy surrounding the overall record of the Thatcher administration suggests that it has had a major impact . |
| 28 | The housing slump has also had a major impact on removal firms . |
| 29 | The housing slump has also had a major impact on removal firms . |
| 30 | Thermoluminescence has had a major impact on the antiquities market starting from about 1970 when the first tests were made in Oxford . |