Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a [adj] influence " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the general case manufacturing costs are high compared with those of other functions so the function has a massive influence on company productivity . |
| 2 | The natural history of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis has not been clearly documented , and it is not known whether its presence has an independent influence on the prognosis of the affected patient . |
| 3 | Magnetic saturation has a great influence on the torque produced by a stepping motor ( Fig.3.1 ) and its effects can be included in pull-out torque calculations ( Acarnley and Hughes , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | Food : As we have seen in an earlier chapter , our physical condition has a great influence on our minds and our emotions — the reverse also being true . |
| 5 | Interestingly , religion had a considerable influence on herbal use in cookery , since the church authorities decreed the times when meat should be eaten , when fish only was the rule , and when there were fast days or fasting weeks . |
| 6 | In studies of this kind there was evidence of a shift in the attitude to physical environment as environmental perception had a significant influence on the research undertaken by on physical geographers . |
| 7 | Frontman Glenn Kingsmore — lead vocalist and bassist — affirms that , ‘ Punk had a big influence on my music . |
| 8 | ‘ PUNK HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON MY MUSIC . |
| 9 | Symbolism has a powerful influence on COMMITMENT and BEHAVIOUR . |
| 10 | First , at the θ = 0° position the motional voltage has a considerable influence on the chopping behaviour , as shown by the differences in the results for the motor stationary and operating at 1 000 steps per second . |
| 11 | Although it is possible to make some generalizations about the likely sequence of development of an intercontinental collision orogen , the pre-collision history of the active margin of the overriding plate and its subduction zone has an important influence on the subsequent evolution of an orogenic belt . |
| 12 | The men did not understand the words , but the poetry had a soothing influence upon them . |
| 13 | Another Director-General whose vision of broadcasting had a major influence in a period of important change in social attitudes was Hugh Greene , who oversaw a more liberal interpretation of ‘ public service ’ in the 1960s . |
| 14 | This is important because public opinion has a crucial influence on the climate in which industrial relations is conducted . |
| 15 | As well as creating major development opportunities for team members this shift has a profound influence on managerial work . |
| 16 | Each body has a powerful influence in Parliament and is instrumental in introducing legislation into Parliament and in modifying each government 's proposals on local government legislation . |
| 17 | Climate has an important influence on these outcomes . |
| 18 | Feminists ' commitment to moral improvement and environmental reform had a direct influence on their image of the prostitute . |
| 19 | The repressive and censor-ridden atmosphere of the United States during the McCarthy era had a profound influence on the work of Abstract Expressionist artists . |
| 20 | The repressive and censor-ridden atmosphere of the United States during the McCarthy era had a profound influence on the work of Abstract Expressionist artists . |
| 21 | A delicious goulash served with a half-bottle of a light , fruity wine had a civilising influence . |
| 22 | As noted above , the mother 's education has a profound influence on the probability that her children will survive early childhood , yet her opportunities to obtain schooling are compromised by early marriage and the conventions that prescribe it . |
| 23 | The molar mass distribution ( MMD ) of a polymer sample has a significant influence on its properties and a knowledge of the shape of this distribution is fundamental to the full characterization of a polymer . |
| 24 | The type of packaging has a considerable influence on the way a product is used . |
| 25 | It is widely believed in Italy that the moon has a great influence on human beings and on nature . |
| 26 | In Sweden there was the 1902 general strike for manhood suffrage and in Germany , during a period of anarchist violence , the 1904 Crimmitschau strike had a critical influence on employers and accelerated the trend towards their organisation ( Puysegur , 1951 ) . |
| 27 | The randomness of the environment has an important influence . |
| 28 | One point , though , that is clearly understood is that legal measures alone are not sufficiently effective and must be supplemented by infrastructural measures , which have the advantage that the spatial layout of an area has a direct influence on the behaviour of road users . |
| 29 | ‘ Romance has a bad influence on reality , ’ Clare said . |
| 30 | Results reported by Marslen-Wilson , Tyler and Seidenberg ( 1978 ) using monitoring tasks also show that the completeness of information in a clause has an important influence on its processing . |