Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] have a [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 That must have a profound effect on the ozone layer .
2 Er now we think that is absolutely er essential and that should have a serious effect on Information Services .
3 It would also appear prudent to encourage increased exercise as preliminary work in non-diabetics shows this may have a beneficial effect on blood-pressure levels in hypertensives ( Roman et al , 1981 ) .
4 A small gallery may have space to show work in only one medium ; this may have a distorting effect on the activity of the group as a whole or of versatile individuals .
5 This may have a profound effect on the organisms development , e.g. Down 's syndrome ( extra 21 chromosome ) , Kleinfelter 's syndrome XXY ( outwardly male , female characteristics ) .
6 Obviously , frail elderly people are physically less powerful than those who look after them and in certain circumstances this may have a significant effect on their state of mind .
7 In the long run , this may have a significant effect upon your ability to control your own weight .
8 This might have a significant effect on out-of-season trade .
9 This could have a devastating effect on the British economy . ’
10 This could have a drastic effect on my turnover . ’
11 This could have a big effect on weather forecasts .
12 It was almost inevitable that this would have a negative effect on any innovative work .
13 But there are no convincing reasons for believing that this would have a beneficial effect on economic performance .
14 This would have a stabilising effect on the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe .
15 In his essay in Salmagundi , Robert Scholes argues that conservatives desire a common curriculum — any common curriculum — because this would have a unifying effect upon a society that suffers from an excess of pluralism , and this unifying effect , an achieved cultural consensus , would in itself be a good thing for the country socially and politically .
16 However , if we took our present population of farm animals and provided them with free-range conditions , this would have a severe effect on conservation in Britain .
17 This will have a knock-on effect throughout the economy , and will drive up interest rates generally .
18 This will have a major effect on the jobs and services councils will not be able to raise cash by other means .
19 The greater variability in the reproductive success of males could just be a random result : by chance some individuals will meet more mates than do others , and this will have a larger effect on the variability of reproduction of males , because in males more of the random encounters can result in mating .
20 This will have a profound effect on the city , ’ said Sir Richard .
21 In the over-60s this can have a better effect than an apple a day at keeping doctors away .
22 This can have a dramatic effect on margins .
23 This can have a demotivating effect on more able pupils and can lead to under-achievement .
24 This can have a marked effect on any investment decision .
25 These may have a direct effect on the child , or reduce the birthweight of the child which will in turn increase the possibility of mental handicap .
26 Managers may respond by devising routines which will improve the output results but these will have a dramatic effect upon the processes of education back through the school life of every child .
27 It is claimed that by having sharply separated black and white regions of the skin , rotary breezes will be created between the black and white zones and that these will have a cooling effect .
28 Some doctors recommend immediate intervention with steroid injections , but although these can have a dramatic effect in reducing inflammation and relieving pain , they can also create a false sense of security .
29 That would have a disastrous effect on waiting lists in Northern Ireland .
30 That would have a disastrous effect on economic development .
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