Example sentences of "only a [adj] impact " in BNC.

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1 Equally , Enoch Powell 's speeches in the 1960s which might have been designed to stir up racial animosity between the various Commonwealth communities , had only a limited impact , with Powell himself becoming politically marginalized .
2 The relaxation of advertising regulations , initially in 1979–80 , and more fully in 1987 , seems to have had only a limited impact on the profession .
3 The USRC therefore made only a limited impact ; most of its members sat for industrial seats and its propaganda was concentrated there for their benefit .
4 The second reason for regarding the section as likely to have only a limited impact is that the relevant duty , like the duty to act bona fide for the benefit of the company , is a subjective one .
5 While , for the reasons just explored , raising the standard of care may have only a limited impact on the courts ' willingness to categorise a decision as negligent rather than as a mere ‘ error of judgment ’ , it may still nevertheless lead to the courts playing a greater role as monitors of business efficiency .
6 Socialism had only a limited impact , however , confined ( at least in terms of parties ) to the countries where immigration was highest — Argentina , Chile and Uruguay .
7 Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results for the half year .
8 Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results .
9 Currency movements had only a limited impact on the results .
10 If corporations merely promoted or recruited new personnel to replace the faint-hearted or imprisoned , then frightening and removing executives to prison may have only a minimal impact on corporate crime .
11 Each of us can have only a tiny impact on creating a kinder , finer world .
12 Although the Foreign Office may say that the mooted treaty on political union would have only a marginal impact on the EC , it would clearly diminish national sovereignty .
13 The Muslim Brotherhood has made only a marginal impact on Jordanian life since its entry into parliament .
14 The overwhelming conclusion emerging from any assessment of these programmes is that they have only a marginal impact on inner-urban problems .
15 While the Odiham Society has earned and received its fair share of credit , it must be concluded that this modest proposal , so long in incubation , was likely even if put into effect , to have had only a marginal impact on the situation it was meant to remedy — as the society soon realised .
16 For one thing , as it applies only to areas of new or rehabilitated housing , it can have only a marginal impact on overall levels of safety in all residential areas , at least for the foreseeable future .
17 They were used mainly to provide public works and made only a marginal impact upon the distressed : the Poplar workhouse was severely overcrowded in both winters .
18 But it pointed out that the delays would have only a marginal impact on the total UK production profile and would help to sustain the mid-1990s production plateau beyond the turn of the century .
19 Currency movements had only a marginal impact on the results .
20 Currency movements had only a marginal impact on the results .
21 Currency fluctuations had only a marginal impact on the results .
22 The cost of the bid to Tiphook is put at £2million , which it says will have only a minor impact on full year results .
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