Example sentences of "[verb] a significant impact " in BNC.

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1 Little evidence , sceptics argue , has been adduced to support the claim that such teaching has a significant impact in reducing prejudice .
2 One analysis of WFS statistics for 10 developing countries led to the conclusion that , although the mother 's attainment of primary schooling has a significant impact upon child survival , the step from primary to secondary school was more critical .
3 In line with this disjuncture , a persistent suggestion in all sorts of studies is to conduct sensitivity analyses to isolate those elements in any assessment that has a significant impact .
4 For a start the required reduction in the price level may have to be very large indeed before it has a significant impact on aggregate spending .
5 Whether this input has made a significant impact on the pattern of activity is a moot point .
6 The overwhelming consensus amongst respondents was that microcomputers had made a significant impact on their organizations .
7 The Commission nevertheless insists there are no grounds to expect a significant impact on Community markets .
8 In London , the combination of exceptionally low community charge levels and big swings to the Conservatives in Wandsworth and Westminster and , conversely , an almost equally poor Labour performance in charge-capped Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham , seemed to provide prima facie evidence that the poll tax had had a significant impact on behaviour .
9 Tourism has also had a significant impact on many national parks in Africa which attract visitors for safari holidays , the forerunners of which were the big-game safaris of the late nineteenth century .
10 Since the end of the Second World War , the development of two quite distinct European organisations has had a significant impact upon the constitutional law of the United Kingdom .
11 How ICI halved the value of its shareholders ' funds 20 years of 10% a year inflation has had a significant impact on the accounts of ICI and GEC
12 The recession , not only affecting the UK of course , has hit hardware sales generally , but it has n't had a significant impact on the Unix market , because , IDC believes , that in times of a depressed economy and slow investments , information technology purchases tend to move to less expensive , low-end systems , which ‘ might mean Unix systems . ’
13 Of the many graduates who attended , NOTTINGHAM GRADUATE presents the stories of three whose studies have had a significant impact on their careers .
14 Their decisions are binding on industrial tribunals and have had a significant impact on managerial practices by major employers .
15 The introduction of ‘ Just In Time ’ management throughout RX and its supplier network has not only had a significant impact on company competitiveness but also accelerated the process of cultural change by exposing individual RX plants and workgroups to real and immediate market pressures within the company 's value chain .
16 It is evident that the emergence of competition in both generation and supply has had a significant impact on prices .
17 There is abundant evidence that our regional measures have had a significant impact on unemployment in assisted areas .
18 Good bibliographical control of Scottish geological thesis through the publication of thesis lists has had a significant impact on thesis consultation and use .
19 Each has had a significant impact on the other .
20 It seems unlikely that such reductions could make a significant impact on either the number or severity of accidents .
21 Only coordination at Cabinet level will make a significant impact on the problem .
22 That technological effort should be genuinely sought by the business and focused where it will make a significant impact .
23 He went on : ‘ This reorganisation is critical to the long-term future of the laboratory and the changes will make a significant impact on our ability to meet the challenges facing us .
24 He went on : ‘ This reorganisation is critical to the long-term future of the laboratory and the changes will make a significant impact on our ability to meet the challenges facing us .
25 The coach , Norman Hughes , said he was pleased with the play of Soma and much of England 's build-up play and felt the second-half changes made a significant impact .
26 The coach , Norman Hughes , said he was pleased with the play of Soma and much of England 's build-up play and felt the second-half changes made a significant impact .
27 Kuwait made a significant impact on opinion in Whitehall .
28 These films , combined with Bowlby 's work , made a significant impact on hospital policy , discouraging the separation of sick children from their parents .
29 Nevertheless when the book appeared in November 1948 , passages from it having been previewed in Penguin New Writing 33 , it made a significant impact .
30 The 29-year-old Israeli joined Liverpool for £1m from Standard Liege three years ago when he made a significant impact on the club 's last championship success .
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