Example sentences of "have a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bills of this size will have a devastating impact on families still struggling to fight their way out of the recession . |
| 2 | Does he agree that that policy would have a devastating impact on people who live in the country areas of Teignbridge ? |
| 3 | But fear of crime can have a devastating effect on people 's lives , and particularly on women 's lives . |
| 4 | Fishing techniques can have a devastating effect on marine life . |
| 5 | This could have a devastating effect on the British economy . ’ |
| 6 | Warning that workers at the mine could suffer from silicosis and that dust from the mine could have a devastating effect on the local soil chemistry , Mr Wilson said it was cheaper to manufacture andalusite artificially , and wondered why Navan Resources wished to go the expense of mining it : ‘ To make it in any way economically feasible to mine this , it would have to represent over 30 per cent of the total of the rock formation of the mountain and this means that almost one third of your mountain would disappear ’ . |
| 7 | In particular , the art trade fears that the exclusion of precious metals would have a devastating effect on the silver market . |
| 8 | This means , in turn , that divorce can have a devastating effect on the income prospects of , mainly , older women ( Joshi and Davies , 1991 ) . |
| 9 | In businesses such as McDonalds where service provision is undertaken by relatively junior staff remote from the centre , very particular attention is paid to quality control procedures as it is realized that lapses of quality or service may have a devastating effect on public confidence and attitudes . |
| 10 | With a rule-based approach an incorrect decision can have a devastating effect on the remainder of the analysis . |
| 11 | cuts in defence expenditure , both of which are irresponsible and both of which would have a devastating effect on our capacity to defend ourselves . |
| 12 | Under the Labour party 's proposal , that property would be revalued , which would have a devastating effect on the finances of that young couple . |
| 13 | The massive oil slick in the northern Gulf , caused in large part by Iraq 's action in deliberately releasing oil into the sea [ see ED no. 43 ] , continued to cause concern during February , although earlier reports that it would have a devastating effect on marine ecology appeared to be exaggerated . |
| 14 | Industrial action could have a devastating effect on dental surgery in the NHS . |
| 15 | He believes any merger with Darlington could have a devastating effect on health provision for Bishop Auckland . |
| 16 | The extent to which these are in sterling or exchanged into sterling , will also have a corresponding effect on the sterling liquidity of the UK banking system . |
| 17 | Lot seventy does not have a horn with it but Lot ninety two , the good news is it does have a reproducer er Lot one hundred and eleven should have a black dot against it to indicate that it will be removed from the premises if not cleared within the stated time Lot one seven four is withdrawn one nine one the estimate should read eight to twelve hundred and finally Lot one nine eight is withdrawn . |
| 18 | I was definitely pleased , but vaguely uneasy when I discovered that he did n't have a black rim around his neck . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I may still have a black dog in me , ’ he says . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , the club does have a certain reputation for frankness in sexual matters , sir . |
| 21 | ‘ The known brands must have a certain proportion of meat in them , but I do n't know what sort . |
| 22 | Yet this same student may be quite good at translating from French to English or the other way round and may have a certain knowledge of the history of French literature and the critical points to be made about specified French texts . |
| 23 | ‘ There is one small detail I have omitted to tell you , and that I feel will have a certain bearing on the judge 's ruling . ’ |
| 24 | Moreover , these potential thoughts do not just lie there like strands of spaghetti on a plate : each must have a certain kind of relation to the others . |
| 25 | Does the activity have a certain measure of substance , as measured by quarterly or annual value of turnover ? |
| 26 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 27 | ‘ I do have a certain amount of work to do , ’ Alice said , ‘ but I can fit in with your plans , Harry . |
| 28 | You , you would go , you would have a certain amount of information already in that |
| 29 | erm Monsieur Mitterand 's relationship with erm Chancellor Schmidt for example is certainly not yet anything like as close erm as Chancellor Schmidt 's relationship with ex-President Giscard was , but they are both socialists , erm they do have a certain amount in common , and I see no reason why they should n't quite quickly build another erm relationship erm that would be quite similar to what happened before . |
| 30 | The piece must not be too heavy but it must have a certain weight to it . |