Example sentences of "[noun pl] affect the " in BNC.

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1 Gilliland is at pains to point out that this does not prove anything about the way eternal influences affect the workings of the weather machine .
2 In Rex 's terms that means the malt and hops are organic and finings have not been used in the production ; not that finings affect the organic status of the brew , but Rex objects on vegetarian grounds .
3 The next step is to offer additional techniques to give a family space to explore the way the patterns of past relationships affect the problems , and decisions made in the present .
4 Do any roots or overhanging branches affect the house ?
5 Liliana Carvajál , of the regional directorate of education in San Carlos , described in 1989 how shortages affect the work of the directorate itself :
6 The tannins affect the absorption by the birds ' guts of certain essential nutrients causing low growth rates which are sometimes fatal .
7 These considerations affect the difficulties which attend Difficulties with girls , and which come to the fore with the most Amis-sounding of its characters , the male lead .
8 This chapter attempts to highlight some of the ways that policy considerations affect the provision of materials in academic and public libraries .
9 Further considerations affect the future of TV advertising in the UK .
10 The new project will also allow the researchers to develop an analysis of how ( if at all ) higher-income households ' decision-making differs from the process in poorer families and how factors such as tax and social security considerations affect the two groups .
11 However , the animals affect the plants , and the plants affect the soil ( for example , by providing protection against heavy rains , or by breaking up rocks with their roots , or producing acid which dissolves limestone ) ; and the plants also directly affect the climate ( for example by re-directing winds , or by transpiring soil moisture into the air ) .
12 There is evidence that many , and possibly all , addictions affect the dopamine cells in the brain 's mesolimbic system .
13 It might seem little enough to get an extra bus stop or pedestrian crossing , but those are real concerns for local people and such matters affect the way they regard you politically .
14 The very high proportion premature ( over 28 per cent ) among short spaced births may offer an explanation of the ways through which birth intervals affect the viability of fetuses and the survival chances of infants ( see next section ) .
15 Their responses affect the habits of nectar-seeking insects and the type of pollen that is being spread at a particular time of day .
16 Using your own experience of job interviews , either as interviewer or interviewee , and before reading on , write down ways in which the status , role , and office of the participants affect the nature and development of the discourse .
17 Nevertheless , clauses 9.1 and 9.2 are dangerous as a tenant will prefer to know at the outset whether any defects affect the premises and the tenant 's solicitor should amend them as follows :
18 Think back to Mr Altman 's diagram ( chart 6 ) showing how bankruptcy costs affect the value of a firm and its optimal debt capacity .
19 Said Usher : ‘ I am particularly interested in the motors , which have been a problem in the past , and how abrasive fluids affect the metallurgy of the pumps .
20 Reductions affect the entry-level NCD15b ( $1,500 to $1,200 ) and NCD14c ( $3,000 to $2,500 ) and the high-end NCD19c ( $6,400 to $6,000 ) .
21 Clearly changes in interest rates and in government subsidies affect the relative benefit of the two main tenure groups .
22 How does the existence of these taxes and subsidies affect the comparative static analysis of the effects of ( 1 ) an ad valorem and ( 2 ) a specific tax on all sales of good X ?
23 However , the animals affect the plants , and the plants affect the soil ( for example , by providing protection against heavy rains , or by breaking up rocks with their roots , or producing acid which dissolves limestone ) ; and the plants also directly affect the climate ( for example by re-directing winds , or by transpiring soil moisture into the air ) .
24 This has led both to exciting theoretical work on the processes underlying face recognition and useful practical work on the way faces are learned and what things affect the way witnesses to a crime remember the culprits .
25 Resource allocations fail to emphasise adequately key elements of the innovation process , and cultural perceptions affect the way in which business and the sources of research see their own and each others ' roles and contributions to the innovation partnership .
26 It is perhaps appropriate to stress again that where playwrights require pages of dialogue to explain every factor in the development of the plot , to create a changing atmosphere and to show how the actions affect the actors in the play , dancers can communicate whole passages of dialogue in a few expressive gestures woven into enchaînements .
27 In all such matters the government is in a position comparable to that of every private individual who can by his actions affect the fortunes of others over whom he has no authority , and who may , within limits , force people to obey their moral duty when they incline not to do so .
28 For slightly more demanding purposes like voting or serving on juries , they need also some minimum level of maturity and sanity , because here their actions affect the interests of others , so they need to understand what they are doing .
29 It aims to influence the policies and actions of organisations and individuals whose actions affect the countryside , its communities and the wider environment , in order to secure the protection and improvement of the visual beauty and general amenities of the countryside , towns and villages of Wales and to encourage the environmentally sustainable use of resources .
30 Numerous faults affect the rocks of the Outer Hebrides , the most important of which are those trending north west-south east , and east-west .
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