Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] have a [adj] impact " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’
2 It has been demonstrated that the dominance of unemployment in these outer estates has had a growing impact on the relative decline in income in each of these areas .
3 Good bibliographical control of Scottish geological thesis through the publication of thesis lists has had a significant impact on thesis consultation and use .
4 The decline of British manufacturing industry has had a devastating impact on the inner cities where such a large proportion of the black population live and this has been exacerbated by racial discrimination by employers to yield high levels of black youth unemployment ( Martin and Rowthorn , 1986 ; Newnham , 1986 ) .
5 Thermoluminescence has had a major impact on the antiquities market starting from about 1970 when the first tests were made in Oxford .
6 This recognition has had a major impact , not only in the ecological field but also in that of Earth Mysteries .
7 The conclusion seems inescapable that the electorate did have a significant impact in determining the composition of the Commons , and therefore the very nature of party strife at Westminster itself .
8 There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place .
9 In the present state of research it is probably fair to suggest that although influence did have a powerful impact on the outcome of a number of elections , on the whole the electorate was not particularly easy to control , and that members of the political elite , despite all their efforts , often failed to achieve their ends .
10 Since the end of the Second World War , the development of two quite distinct European organisations has had a significant impact upon the constitutional law of the United Kingdom .
11 With the European Community continuing to have a major impact on the key corporate tax planning issues associated with operations in mainland Europe , and with the wide divergence of personal tax practices and rules globally , keeping abreast of developments is essential for all practitioners .
12 Now the point about this measure is how will the Secretary of State for home affairs , respond to this proposal because this is a re-run , this ten minute ruled bill , of the bill that I introduced last year under the private members bill procedure in which the er junior minister that is currently at the despatch box , said that he accepted the principals of seeking to achieve full registration but felt that the measure itself was premature , premature in that the Home Office were investigating er numbers and matters concerned with the electoral registration and electoral provision , arising from experience at the last general election but I think it was beginning to be accepted that the poll tax had had a serious impact upon the electoral register although there were many other er elements that provided great difficulty .
13 In London , the combination of exceptionally low community charge levels and big swings to the Conservatives in Wandsworth and Westminster and , conversely , an almost equally poor Labour performance in charge-capped Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham , seemed to provide prima facie evidence that the poll tax had had a significant impact on behaviour .
14 The war had had a differential impact on the economies , with Belgium much less adversely affected than the Netherlands .
15 Advances in structuralism have had a belated impact on British historiography .
16 These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK .
17 Furthermore , he claims that attempts to make clerical work more routine have had a limited impact because clerical skills and qualifications have not been standardized .
18 As 60 per cent of the cassava grown in this area is marketed in towns , a yield increase even of this order of magnitude has had a positive impact on urban food supplies .
19 How ICI halved the value of its shareholders ' funds 20 years of 10% a year inflation has had a significant impact on the accounts of ICI and GEC
20 Of the many graduates who attended , NOTTINGHAM GRADUATE presents the stories of three whose studies have had a significant impact on their careers .
21 Although Urry ( 134 ) reasonably cautions against a ‘ politicist ’ account that sees nationalization as largely reflecting the ambitions of the labour movement and its political representatives , these ambitions have had a major impact on nationalization .
22 Although Chomsky 's description of language in terms of transformational grammar has had a considerable impact in respect of work on language intervention , the influence of his theory of language acquisition has been much more limited .
23 ‘ Elsewhere short-termism has had a terrible impact on the industry with quarterly reporting and the fear of doing anything that might affect the share price , ’ he said .
24 Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out .
25 Figures from Grand Metropolitan yesterday also show that higher interest rates have had a big impact on people 's willingness to eat out .
26 In conclusion , the donors have had a profound impact on the Mozambican NHS .
27 Both of these forces have had a powerful impact on the UK 's trade .
28 ‘ While the Chris Hani case did have a tremendous impact on South Africa it has not taken away from investigations into the murders of Julie and Elizabeth . ’
29 The Franks Report has had a major impact on critical analysis of tribunals .
30 There is abundant evidence that our regional measures have had a significant impact on unemployment in assisted areas .
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