Sentence examples for a dire effect on from inspiring English sources

On a more basic level, it adds, the tax policies of one country can have a dire effect on other countries' ability to raise taxes that could be spent on education, healthcare and safe roads.

The bubble also had a dire effect on our national politics.

Corruption continues to have a dire effect on the global economy.

The state lawmakers said illegal immigrants had a dire effect on state budgets.

Mr. Gandhi said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath have had a dire effect on the city's economy.

The temptation to supplement meagre incomes is great, and has had a dire effect on the efficiency of public services.

According to the Coalition for the Homeless, 25,000 children in the Big Apple didn't have a place to call home last year, and the situation has had a particularly dire effect on African American kids, the group said in a report released on Thursday.

These changes had a dire effect.

"Beginning today we will see the dire effect on woman and families in Texas," Hagstrom Miller said.

But his emphatic and immediate clarity on the role of money in politics, and its dire effect on America's ability to govern itself, demonstrates just how salient this issue is with almost everyone.

Separately, the International Monetary Fund released a report on Tuesday describing dire effects on the people and economies of developing countries if food and fuel prices stay high.