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

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1 The US still dominates the world HIS market , hence the importance of T&L 's joint venture with Johnson & Johnson , which has the marketing muscle in its home market to make a serious impact .
2 Even among the former they failed to make a decisive impact upon the labour market before 1914 , due partly to workers ' suspicion of bureaucratic intervention in the labour market and to the indifference of employers , who had little difficulty in finding labour when they needed it .
3 At Dr Rudolf Bode 's Training College he met a fellow-student who was to make a lasting impact on his life both personally and professionally — Senta Medau 's warm personality , beautiful movement , choreographic flair and ability to teach in four languages made her ideal partner and wife .
4 At the time , what can hardly have failed to make a strong impact on the boy were the great ritual events , including the assemblies , which punctuated the life of the court , and which Charles presumably was brought out by his nurse from the women 's quarters to attend : the arrival of envoys from Constantinople at Compiègne in September 827 ; the public deposition from office of Hugh and Matfrid in February 828 ; the reception of the relics of SS Marcellinus and Petrus at Aachen a few weeks later .
5 His successor , John Carthew , was able to make a bigger impact within the District .
6 Being a European offshore island was beginning to make a greater impact upon British affairs .
7 The next import to make a major impact on the British breeding scene was Ch.
8 But in the search for such pacts or agreements , the opposition parties will necessarily be drawn closer together , and the campaign for tactical voting will gather force and develop a presence that will make it better placed to make a major impact in the next election .
9 Announcing a £63 million , five-year court-building plan yesterday , Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Ian Peacock admitted that no current players are likely to make a major impact on world rankings .
10 Another ultrasonic downhole inspection tool developed by AEA for the oil industry has undergone trials and is expected to make a major impact on traditional mechanical inspection techniques .
11 To top it all a stranger is set to make a major impact on your life .
12 The money generated by this scheme will be substantial and so will allow us to make a major impact on high priority environmental and conservation tasks .
13 We are already too stretched , and the law does not give us automatic ex access to time off for training , but we have got to ask , and we should commit the G M B to lobby for an extension of existing laws , and to lobby for various E C funds , and then we can begin to make a real impact on the environment .
14 LIRT has yet to make a substantial impact on library instruction in the USA .
15 Most of these fields are already well populated , excessively so in some cases , and our late entry would be unlikely to make a substantial impact .
16 As his captain David Graveney observes : ‘ He is bound to make a tremendous impact on our game by making everybody aware of what can be achieved by speed between the wickets .
17 It was not until the appearance of Michael Cimino 's The Deerhunter ( 1979 ) that the Vietnam combat movie was to make a significant impact .
18 To make a significant impact upon a bad discharge is not necessarily very expensive .
19 TBD gave me enough pens to make a significant impact on this year 's office stationery allocation ; they also gave me a useful laundry bag , as did Bertrams .
20 Pfeil makes the acute and useful observation that many of these individuals were raised in households where the father failed to make a significant impact on their offspring 's development ; a product of increasing household dissolution amongst the middle classes .
21 But those who expected him to make a significant impact on the British championship were soon to be disappointed .
22 ‘ We hope over the five years to make a significant impact into solving the area 's many problems , ’ said Coun Carr .
23 In my first year in a London art school my two major preoccupations were whether you really could see William Turner 's late canvases as a precursor to French Impressionism , and how the hell I could afford to clothe myself in the right gear to make a stunning impact on my new friends at the Gateways .
24 JUDGING by his debut in the Hi-Tec British Open Championships yesterday , Craig Wapnick , 21 , of South Africa , is poised to make a big impact on the game .
25 ‘ Coaching needs to have a much bigger presence if we are really to make a big impact .
26 Bonnington Resource Centre is all set to make a dramatic impact at this year 's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with two shows by the Pisces Theatre Company between 16 and 28 August .
27 Clearly infrared observations are set to make a large impact on astronomy and astrophysics during the next few years .
28 Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style .
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