Example sentences of "have a positive effect on " in BNC.

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1 Convertibility This is an attractive feature and has a positive effect on price .
2 Warrant attachments This is also an attractive feature and has a positive effect on price .
3 Employees and franchisees alike are now more highly committed , which has a positive effect on the entire operation .
4 The most substantive changes have been considerable upward adjustments in prices paid to farmers , which have had a positive effect on output .
5 ‘ The Budget does not appear to have had a positive effect on the attitudes of the consumer towards the market and investment . ’
6 Most ma–or roads now have cycle facilities and it seems likely that these have had a positive effect on the road safety of cyclists .
7 This in turn has made the South more competitive and in some cases has had a positive effect on salaries .
8 The new ethos of the '80s had had a positive effect on the character of the people , just as the ethos of the late ‘ 70s had a severely negative effect .
9 She 's had a positive effect on the whole family .
10 In fact where toxic substances are odorous , the odour can have a positive effect on health , effectively warning us of their presence .
11 However , treatment studies show that special forms of treatment can have a positive effect on the psychological and social functioning of many patients , especially women .
12 The work by the planners on both sides of the Atlantic shows the theory of how information technology could have a positive effect on a nation 's economy .
13 Loss of balance , dizziness and tingling can result from close contact with the stones , but this can also have a positive effect on the health and fertility of people brought into such contact .
14 Detractors of what has been achieved so far in Docklands , 10 years after the LDDC 's inception , fail to remember that there is one other artery into the area that will have a positive effect on commercial property : the underground road tunnel known as the Limehouse Link , which is expected to open in about eight months ' time , eliminating tedious congestion at Tower Bridge and Wapping .
15 Moreover , the reduction in interest rates will have a positive effect on the RPI through lower mortgage interest rates .
16 It will have a positive effect on me , and make me play better . ’
17 They estimate the model using maximum likelihood techniques and find that unanticipated monetary growth does generally have a positive effect on real output .
18 It is to be hoped that the continued development of training provision in these last two non-tariff areas can have a positive effect on lowering perceived barriers .
19 That the long-term unemployment figures are much lower than they were bears testimony to the fact that many of our pledges and the policies that we have implemented are having a positive effect on the ground in relation to the individuals about whom Opposition Members spoke with such understandable feeling and passion .
20 Articles were placed in the press chronicling the joys of country life ( and — as will be shown — fruitless attempts were made to demonstrate that the rural environment was having a positive effect on the children 's health ) ; talks were given on the radio to parents ; special posters were printed ; and it was arranged for the Queen to visit certain schools in November to publicise the scheme .
21 It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them .
22 The aim is to have a positive effect on the client 's morale and staff attitudes .
23 Twite found that , for both measures of volatility , β 1 was significantly positive , that is , maturity had a positive effect on futures volatility , in contradiction of the Samuelson hypothesis .
24 The proxy for the rate of information arrival ( volume or spot volatility ) had a positive effect on all measures of volatility , as predicted , particularly when spot volatility was used as the proxy .
25 There was also some evidence that the rate of information arrival ( as proxied by futures or spot volatility ) had a positive effect on volume , particularly when volatility was estimated using the daily range .
26 But it also means that people can , by their efforts , have a positive effect on the reality of punishment .
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