Example sentences of "could [verb] a [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also possible that small intestinal overgrowth with deconjugating bacteria was present in some cases , which could counteract a concomitant effect of ileal dysfunction on bile acid synthesis . |
| 2 | On the one hand , assuming the assessments to have been broadly accurate , the level of exploitation might have varied widely : it was , for instance , regarded as axiomatic that enclosed ground was worth substantially more than common , while manorial custom and estate policy could exercise a profound effect on rents . |
| 3 | In most areas , the votes of mentally handicapped people may make little difference but in very marginal constituencies , such as Brecon and Radnor , where there are approximately 250 people with a severe mental handicap and where the majority was only 56 at the last election , the voting patterns of even small populations could have a crucial effect . |
| 4 | High earning possibilities could have a compensating effect , for if they increased the " idleness " of those already employed , they also drew in new hands . |
| 5 | The Bank is also concerned that disclosure of such information , where the matters at issue are not yet proved , could have a negative effect upon the [ defendants ] . |
| 6 | In fact rural telephone experience could have a beneficial effect , if carefully applied , in a busy city bureau . |
| 7 | Merck , the US pharmaceutical company which discovered that this drug — originally developed as a treatment for worms in animals — could have a beneficial effect in humans , has made it available in West Africa free of charge . |
| 8 | For example , one British study ( Brody and Tarling , 1990 ) concluded that we could have a substantial effect on the crime rate if everyone convicted of an indictable offence received a mandatory 19-month prison sentence . |
| 9 | Your Lordships are well aware that the costs of litigation are a subject of general public concern and I personally would not wish to be a party to changing a well established rule which could have a substantial effect in increasing these costs against the advice of the Law Commissions and the Renton Committee unless and until a new inquiry demonstrated that that advice was no longer valid . |
| 10 | A US government decision to ban its employees from using hotels which do not have adequate fire protection by 1996 could have a knock-on effect in Britain . |
| 11 | Unions sources said last night that they think the move could have a knock-on effect at other firms , and could be seized on by unions at Ford — where the company has so far resisted demands to reduce the 39-hour working week , and whose workers at Southampton walked out yesterday in protest at the company 's pay offer . |
| 12 | First , proposed increases in energy and payroll taxes could have a knock-on effect on wage demands and prices . |
| 13 | Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community , hitting those who were loyal to the established Church . |
| 14 | Labour supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies . |
| 15 | The Labour Pary supports the ban but Conservatives and the Tobacco Advisory Council say it could have a knock-on effect on sports like motor-racing and snooker , which are sponsored by tobacco companies . |
| 16 | This could have a devastating effect on the British economy . ’ |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | Industrial action could have a devastating effect on dental surgery in the NHS . |
| 19 | He believes any merger with Darlington could have a devastating effect on health provision for Bishop Auckland . |
| 20 | He warned that the affair could have a lasting effect on bilateral relations . |
| 21 | The latter part of this subclause is inserted to try to avoid the difficulty that could arise where a landlord declines to accept rent in order not to waive a breach of covenant by the tenant , which it has been suggested could have a similar effect of releasing the guarantor , but this is not certain . |
| 22 | To be worthwhile , any such conference would have to be of sufficient weight so that it could have a decisive effect on the ‘ official ’ international conferences — several of which had already taken place with the express purpose of reviewing the treaty , but which had succeeded in producing only confusion and bitterness . |
| 23 | However , as part of a pan-European transport network it could have a major effect by breaking down to the deterrents to trade imposed by national frontiers . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) Serious litigation or disputes in which the target is involved and which could have a serious effect on the business should be considered . |
| 25 | The APU would not have been accused of exerting a conservative influence with its cross-curricular model ; however , the eventual selection of subjects could have a narrowing effect on the curriculum . |
| 26 | Obviously , extremes of heat and cold could have a detrimental effect in conjunction with heavy strings and overtightened truss rods , so be careful in this respect . |
| 27 | She added that any attempt to restrict the availability of parents could have a detrimental effect on children . |
| 28 | Doctors at Rampton top security hospital said moving her could have a detrimental effect on her health . |
| 29 | The management intend he will remain with the party , though obviously the lengthy bus journey to Nadi yesterday as the prelude to a three-and-a-half hour flight to Sydney today , could have a detrimental effect . |
| 30 | For example , the change in the sex ratio of recent years has resulted in fewer women remaining single , but single women were heavily relied on in certain social fields , as teachers , social workers , nurses and residential staff ; a shortage could have a marked effect on the staffing position in these fields . |