Example sentences of "may have [art] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be more specific , the gene R in Figure 5 , which makes recombination possible , may have no effect at all on the survival of an organism in which it finds itself , or on the number of offspring produced ; what R can affect is only the particular kinds of genes with which it will be associated in future generations . |
| 2 | The questions are hard because a recombinational event may have no effect on the fitness of the individual in which it occurs , but only on what other genes a particular gene will associate with in future generations . |
| 3 | Furthermore , if two parties ( usually , but not necessarily , husband and wife ) make ‘ mutual wills ’ , with identical ultimate beneficiaries , the death of one of the parties without alteration of his will may have the effect of binding the survivor to make no alteration , in the sense that a trust will arise , under which the terms of the will must be fulfilled . |
| 4 | Where the odour does not fall within that category it is still open to the local authority to reach informal agreement with the odour emitter , offering advice and assistance as to methods of abatement , or take formal action under one of the statutes discussed in Chapter 5 which may have the effect of controlling certain odour emissions indirectly . |
| 5 | However , conditions may be attached to any site licence which may have the effect of preventing any odour pollution from arising . |
| 6 | Brussels concedes that government pressure for payment might force CNP into receivership , but has nevertheless launched legal proceedings which may have the effect of forcing the government 's hand . |
| 7 | The reductions in university places , just at the time when girls are beginning to gain something like equal access , may have the effect of decreasing the absolute numbers of girls in universities even if they manage to catch up with boys proportionally . |
| 8 | In a system as complex as human memory , the result of erasing what they call parasitic connections may have the effect of sharpening and making more accessible those cognitive structures which represent our worlds . |
| 9 | If Mr. Tully has good grounds for exercising the privilege against self-incrimination , then his refusal to comply with the orders for disclosure and discovery made by Buckley J. may have the effect of assisting Mr. Tully to escape prosecution and punishment for a crime and also the effect of assisting Mr. Tully and others to keep money which belongs to Abbey . |
| 10 | That may have the effect of rendering innocent activities which prior to the change would have been an actionable nuisance : Allen v. Gulf Oil Refining Ltd. [ 1980 ] Q.B . |
| 11 | I would also stress the absolute undesirability of the court making an order which may have the effect of compelling a doctor or health authority to make available scarce resources ( both human and material ) to a particular child , without knowing whether or not there are other patients to whom those resources might more advantageously be devoted . |
| 12 | The price reduction , for instance carried -out " on-pack " , may have the effect of damaging the brand 's market image and positioning . |
| 13 | If the equipment is provided but the employee does not use it , this may have the effect of placing both the plaintiff and the defendant in breach of statutory duty . |
| 14 | However , the simultaneous availability of both calls and puts may have the effect of diminishing the depth of the market in both types of instruments , and thereby reducing their liquidity . |
| 15 | Recent changes in arbitration law may have the effect of discouraging these disputes . |
| 16 | Applications relating to former wards of court in care should be made to the High Court if the order sought may have the effect of varying or discharging an order or direction made in wardship ( In Re C ( a Minor ) , CA ( 1991 ) , The Times , 16 December and see 5(c) below ) . |
| 17 | This attitude may have the effect of blunting the critical edge of press coverage , by encouraging court reporters to perceive themselves as part and parcel of the court process , rather than as objective critics of its workings . |
| 18 | ( 4 ) Rumours of a full bid may have the effect of driving up the target company 's share price . |
| 19 | For example , and may have an effect as soon as the noun phrase it appears in is encountered , and the effect may be counteracted by what is suggested in a later part of the sentence . |
| 20 | A scientist may have an effect on behaviour in the act of observing or analysing it , and he must certainly take this effect into account . |
| 21 | For all that , the doubters in France may have an effect . |
| 22 | Changes in the normal oxygen/carbon dioxide levels occur in the lungs and , in the much longer term , this may have an effect on the acidity of the blood . |
| 23 | It is equally convincing that although the level of unemployment may have an effect on price inflation , there may well be other factors of greater short-term impact , for example , the incorporation of previous price increases into current wage bargaining , regardless of the level of unemployment . |
| 24 | It may be , too , that the mere quantity of the chromosomal material may have an effect on secondary sexual characteristics if not on primary ones . |
| 25 | Suckling at the breast provides a stimulus for the pituitary gland to release prolactin that may have an effect ( through not fully clarified ways ) on ovulation and amenorrhoea . |
| 26 | The change to regular publication of these abstracts in Index to Theses from 1988 onwards is a significant improvement in bibliographical control of UK theses and it may have an effect on the way in which theses are used . |
| 27 | The dips may have an effect on blood lymphocytes . |
| 28 | In fact it 's one area where local council politics may have an effect on the outcome of the general election . |