Example sentences of "may [verb] [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several plants grouped together will create their own humid micro-climate , though overcrowding may make the combined effect too much . |
| 2 | Intravenous infusion of ethanol has not been shown to release measurable amounts of somatostatin but this does not exclude the possibility that somatostatin may mediate the inhibitory effect on the parietal cells . |
| 3 | There is a great demand from universities , polytechnics , further education colleges and sixth form colleges to implement the reforms as quickly as possible so that we may avoid the damaging effect on morale that delays and uncertainties could cause . |
| 4 | Trade suppliers of a failed company therefore receive less of a dividend , which may have a critical effect on their own cash flow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It will cost hundreds of thousands of pounds , and may have a knock-on effect . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Bismuth , because of its effects on enzyme systems in bacteria , may have a therapeutic effect in colitis through this mechanism . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Paul Devereux , in the context of Earth Lights , suggests that the percipient may have a real effect on how the energy actually manifests . |
| 17 | Exciting or arousing events like being promoted or winning a competition may have a similar effect ( Brown and Birley , 1968 ) . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | How such choices are resolved may have a considerable effect on the efficiency of the method . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |