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

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1 The process of retirement too has a differential impact on men and women , but the experience of women has remained obscured because old age has been regarded , in Simone de Beauvoir 's ( 1977 , p. 101 ) terms , as ‘ a man 's problem ’ .
2 We have seen that retirement has a differential impact on older people which depends primarily on their prior socio-economic status and the access which this grants to resources which might be carried into retirement .
3 Such a decline in forecasts of demand inevitably has a devastating impact on the need for new generating capacity .
4 It is clear from all those in the industry that the recession has a devastating impact on emloyment and on the ability to train .
5 But if Rolle 's positioning of the agony in the garden has a simpler impact than that in the Mirror , his meditations nevertheless achieve a similar overall effect through his prayerful response to the series of emphasised moments in the Passion narrative .
6 Marital status has a greater impact on the mortality rates for men than those for women ( see Table 1 ) .
7 Senior management capability has a greater impact .
8 It could just be that you are the indirect cause of the complaint and the action you take has a consequential impact on the customer .
9 The existing structure of excise duties clearly has a perverse impact on the balance of trade .
10 THE COLOUR OF FLOORING HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON A ROOM , SO IT 'S VITAL TO GET IT RIGHT .
11 We have just noted that new technology has a major impact at work in accelerating the shift from manufacturing into services , in reducing the amount of routine work , and in job displacement .
12 This means that migration now has a major impact on population change , even though Ravenstein 's first law is still seen to hold , since Brant ( 1984 ) has shown that of the 9 per cent of people who moved between 1980 and 1981 , a massive 70 per cent moved less than six miles .
13 The past year has seen considerable activity within the profession , which in turn has a major impact on the public we serve .
14 As Jenkins and Troyna ( and other contributors ) have pointed out ( in Troyna and Smith ( eds ) , 1983 ) , this has a particular impact upon ethnic minority groups .
15 While the abilities to read , write , and be numerate are essential for negotiating one 's way in society , their acquisition also has a profound impact on the nature of mental life .
16 The employment and income created directly and indirectly by Scotch Whisky companies and their associated supplier chains has a further impact on the UK economy .
17 Little evidence , sceptics argue , has been adduced to support the claim that such teaching has a significant impact in reducing prejudice .
18 One analysis of WFS statistics for 10 developing countries led to the conclusion that , although the mother 's attainment of primary schooling has a significant impact upon child survival , the step from primary to secondary school was more critical .
19 In line with this disjuncture , a persistent suggestion in all sorts of studies is to conduct sensitivity analyses to isolate those elements in any assessment that has a significant impact .
20 For a start the required reduction in the price level may have to be very large indeed before it has a significant impact on aggregate spending .
21 This has a reciprocal impact .
22 And , last but not least , its growth and production has a huge impact on the environment we live in .
23 This disgruntled minority has a disturbing impact on the performance of other pupils .
24 The relative amount of processing performed by the eye and the brain has a big impact on the visual world of all animals .
25 Their secretion seems to be not food but a volatile potion that has a dramatic impact upon the ants ' behaviour .
26 Since the bulk of the tea at the Calcutta auctions is low medium quality , the dual auction has a disproportionate impact on tea prices generally , and on London prices especially .
27 Erm Heathrow has a massive impact on local roads already , thirty six million passengers a year arrive by road and of course there 's also the airport staff and freight implications .
28 That , in turn , has a fundamental impact on interest rates and equities .
29 It has a direct impact on our growth as persons , happy or unhappy .
30 Furthermore , monetary policy is not as crucial as fiscal policy because the latter has a direct impact on economic activity via government expenditure and taxation , whereas monetary policy only affects economic activity indirectly via the tenuous link between interest rates and investment .
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