Example sentences of "may have a [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade suppliers of a failed company therefore receive less of a dividend , which may have a critical effect on their own cash flow . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Recent research suggests that even small amounts of alcohol , way below the amounts needed to produce fetal alcohol syndrome , may have a detrimental effect on some unborn babies . |
| 4 | We fear , too , that the proposed change in the Tax System with regard to the Mining Industry may have a detrimental effect on the Industrial Development Programme , by discouraging foreign interests from establishing planned new industries here unless they are assured of a continuation of the tax incentives and grant aid already in operation . |
| 5 | A particular concern in this area is that deep quarrying of the limestone below the water table may have a detrimental effect on the surrounding Inferior Oolite ( Jurassic ) aquifers . |
| 6 | While it is recognised that such powers may be necessary in that they lead to a number of arrests , it must also be noted that random and discriminatory stops may be counter-productive as they may have a detrimental effect on relations between police and public . |
| 7 | At the same time the existence of strong groups may have a detrimental effect upon the organisation where the group puts forward its own interests at the expense of the organisation as a whole . |
| 8 | It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds , and may have a knock-on effect . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Bismuth , because of its effects on enzyme systems in bacteria , may have a therapeutic effect in colitis through this mechanism . |
| 11 | Finally , if agencies are able to ‘ control the agenda ’ by offering only one expenditure programme as an alternative to the ‘ reversion level ’ if the plan is not accepted , then variations in the reversion level may have a perverse effect on spending . |
| 12 | It may have a dysfunctional effect on staff motivation if figures for capitation ‘ appear from on high ’ rather than from a more open assessment of needs and available resources . |
| 13 | Paul Devereux , in the context of Earth Lights , suggests that the percipient may have a real effect on how the energy actually manifests . |
| 14 | Exciting or arousing events like being promoted or winning a competition may have a similar effect ( Brown and Birley , 1968 ) . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | One consequence of these extension schemes that may have a serious effect upon arts education is the way that some authorities are pushing for arts subjects to be taught as part of modular courses , which could lead to a reduction of the number of two-year examination courses in separate arts subjects . |
| 17 | Urban general practitioners have more direct contact with the hospital clinic , which may have a secondary effect on their management decisions even for patients whom they do not send to the hospital clinic . |
| 18 | However , it has long been argued whether , for countries wishing to moderate population growth through fertility reduction , it is more efficient to invest the available meagre resources in primary health care programmes that , through reducing infant and child mortality , may have a secondary effect on fertility or , to promote policies aimed at healthful childbearing patterns that will reduce fertility and also have an indirect beneficial impact on maternal and child health . |
| 19 | The exact numbers of animals caught in nets are unknown , but available statistics show incidental captures to be widespread throughout the region , and these mortalities may have a considerable effect on local populations . |
| 20 | For countries , like the UK , which rely heavily on imported raw materials and foodstuffs , a rise in the price of imports may have a considerable effect on the domestic inflation rate . |
| 21 | How such choices are resolved may have a considerable effect on the efficiency of the method . |
| 22 | Whereas intervals of three to four years between births have the greatest health benefits , as noted earlier , there is some evidence that longer intervals of , say , five or more years do not carry these benefits and , in fact , may have a deleterious effect ( see Table 9 ) . |
| 23 | For instance , maternal psychiatric disorder may have a deleterious effect on the mother-child relationship not serious enough to produce a disorder in the child , but may also set in motion a chain of other , more powerful adverse events . |
| 24 | Tax policy may have a profound effect on those on low incomes , but constitutionally any changes are a matter for the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 25 | Just by changing the colour of the walls and soft furnishings you can provide a completely new background that may have a profound effect on the existing furniture , making it look entirely different . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | Depending on relative proportions of predator and prey , as well as several other variables , predators may have a limiting effect on small mammal numbers ( Pearson , 1964 ; Southern & Lowe , 1982 ) . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The way we are feeling mentally may have a direct effect on our shape . |
| 30 | A noteworthy recent example of the use of Article 100 in the area of social policy is Council Directive 91/533 on an employer 's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship , where it is quite simply asserted in the recitals that ‘ differences in the legislation of Member States may have a direct effect on the operation of the common market ’ . |