Example sentences of "play havoc [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Direct sunlight plays havoc with the varnish . |
| 2 | It destroys jobs ; discourages investment ; erodes the country 's competitiveness ; and plays havoc with the Government 's accounts . |
| 3 | The necessity of finding a rhyme plays havoc with the necessity for compression . |
| 4 | During the reign of Elizabeth I , English seamen such as Drake , Hawkins , Grenville and Raleigh exasperated the Spanish by their expeditions to the Americas , and the Roman Catholic King Philip of Spain also considered Elizabeth I a heretic ; so he despatched a great fleet of galleons , in 1588 , named ‘ The Armada ’ , to sail up the English Channel and transport a Spanish army of invasion from the Netherlands , but the smaller British ships played havoc with the mighty ships during their journey and stormy weather drove the remnants of the Armada around the British Isles , most of the ships being wrecked at various points , including the Atlantic west coast of Ireland . |
| 5 | Oliver Cromwell , a Puritan , raised his New Model Army , with the support of Parliament , after he had observed the defeat of the Parliamentary forces at Edgehill , in which the King 's General of horses , Prince Rupert , played havoc with the footsoldiers with cavalry charges . |
| 6 | Fortunately I had a tide-table with me which played havoc with the original extravagant plans as they had only three days to shoot the 15 minutes of film they needed . |
| 7 | At this point the strings were flapping against the fingerboard , and although this kind of treatment played havoc with the tuning it soon stabilised . |
| 8 | But the combination of a dryish sheath and a fairly large member played havoc with the outer ring , which must stay outside . |
| 9 | There 's an inevitability about their return , just as there was an inevitability about the fate that befell Mozzer in his chosen role as God 's Last English Pop Star when he played havoc with the crowd 's jovial togetherness beforehand . |
| 10 | The former Portadown and Ulster junior has a tremendous burst of speed and time and again he played havoc with the home defence . |
| 11 | The cavalry , combined with archers and crossbowmen , played havoc among the Welsh . |
| 12 | Compounds such as hexachlorobenzene , trichloroethylene or polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) are increasingly building a reputation for life-threatening toxicity , and a habit of escaping from factories or dump sites to play havoc with the environment . |
| 13 | RAIN continued to play havoc with the week 's fixtures yesterday , claiming four meetings and threatening to hit more . |
| 14 | So selective breeding has played havoc with the natural coat of the cat , producing types of animal that would not all thrive in the wild today . |
| 15 | The logjam on the railways is now playing havoc with the national economy . |
| 16 | That 's rather like having a King Lear spiritually emoting with an insight which may transcend any previous realisation , whilst unfortunately playing havoc with the syntax , changing and/or forgetting words , and mumbling so that certain words inaudible to the unaware onlooker can be understood only by the expert who knows the text ! |
| 17 | As she passed the back door she noticed that the lid had fallen off the dustbin and the fresh spring wind was playing havoc with the bits of paper and odds and ends that lay strewn on the tiled path . |
| 18 | NB : When in Socialist countries , if something exquisite comes up , snap it up immediately , as centrally-planned economies can play havoc with the supply of tack . |
| 19 | The high life can , of course , play havoc with the waistline but Caine has it well under control . |
| 20 | British weather can play havoc with the fabric of our homes , given the chance . |
| 21 | Our damp climate can play havoc with the fabric of a home once it penetrates its defences . |
| 22 | The quarter mill map does n't really cater for long flights , where a significant shift in wind direction might play havoc with the navigation at a later stage but , even then , you can cater for such circumstances . |
| 23 | Footlights could play havoc with the features . |
| 24 | It must not be forgotten that independent parts given to the feebler instruments are not actually heard in the tutti , but may play havoc with the clarity of design which should be the orchestrator 's first aim . |