Example sentences of "have a positive effect " in BNC.

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1 Marital status has a positive effect , agreeing with the interpretations that either employers favour men who are married and/or that married men search harder .
2 Convertibility This is an attractive feature and has a positive effect on price .
3 Warrant attachments This is also an attractive feature and has a positive effect on price .
4 Employees and franchisees alike are now more highly committed , which has a positive effect on the entire operation .
5 The most substantive changes have been considerable upward adjustments in prices paid to farmers , which have had a positive effect on output .
6 ‘ The Budget does not appear to have had a positive effect on the attitudes of the consumer towards the market and investment . ’
7 Most ma–or roads now have cycle facilities and it seems likely that these have had a positive effect on the road safety of cyclists .
8 This in turn has made the South more competitive and in some cases has had a positive effect on salaries .
9 when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know .
10 The new ethos of the '80s had had a positive effect on the character of the people , just as the ethos of the late ‘ 70s had a severely negative effect .
11 She 's had a positive effect on the whole family .
12 And it , it 's clear that , that production was higher than , than normal expectation so it seems to have had a positive effect in terms of .
13 Venetian historians promptly discounted the claim , although Italian writer , Alberto Ongaro , thought that the move could have a positive effect after all .
14 In fact where toxic substances are odorous , the odour can have a positive effect on health , effectively warning us of their presence .
15 However , treatment studies show that special forms of treatment can have a positive effect on the psychological and social functioning of many patients , especially women .
16 The work by the planners on both sides of the Atlantic shows the theory of how information technology could have a positive effect on a nation 's economy .
17 Loss of balance , dizziness and tingling can result from close contact with the stones , but this can also have a positive effect on the health and fertility of people brought into such contact .
18 Detractors of what has been achieved so far in Docklands , 10 years after the LDDC 's inception , fail to remember that there is one other artery into the area that will have a positive effect on commercial property : the underground road tunnel known as the Limehouse Link , which is expected to open in about eight months ' time , eliminating tedious congestion at Tower Bridge and Wapping .
19 Moreover , the reduction in interest rates will have a positive effect on the RPI through lower mortgage interest rates .
20 It will have a positive effect on me , and make me play better . ’
21 They estimate the model using maximum likelihood techniques and find that unanticipated monetary growth does generally have a positive effect on real output .
22 It is to be hoped that the continued development of training provision in these last two non-tariff areas can have a positive effect on lowering perceived barriers .
23 That the long-term unemployment figures are much lower than they were bears testimony to the fact that many of our pledges and the policies that we have implemented are having a positive effect on the ground in relation to the individuals about whom Opposition Members spoke with such understandable feeling and passion .
24 Articles were placed in the press chronicling the joys of country life ( and — as will be shown — fruitless attempts were made to demonstrate that the rural environment was having a positive effect on the children 's health ) ; talks were given on the radio to parents ; special posters were printed ; and it was arranged for the Queen to visit certain schools in November to publicise the scheme .
25 The committee was also told yesterday that the threat of bankruptcy action against deliberate non-payers of the poll tax was having a positive effect in reducing debts which stand at more than £100 million for a three-year period .
26 The committee was also told yesterday that the threat of bankruptcy action against deliberate non-payers of the poll tax was having a positive effect in reducing debts which stand at more than £100 million for a three-year period .
27 It looks for the new round of retrenchments to have a positive effect on 1993 profits , but ca n't forecast them .
28 Exercise , meanwhile , is known to reduce the effects of stress , and from that point of view is likely to have a positive effect , particularly in woman for whom it is important .
29 The aim is to have a positive effect on the client 's morale and staff attitudes .
30 ‘ Being away from you is bound to have a positive effect . ’
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