The phrase "affairs that affect" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing matters or issues that have an impact on a particular subject or group.
Example: "The committee will review the affairs that affect the local community's well-being."
Alternatives: "matters that influence" or "issues that impact".
In its earliest years the society campaigned for reform of the Nautical Almanac, and it has continued to comment on national affairs that affect astronomy.
There are federal ethics rules that prohibit members of Congress and Cabinet members from accepting gifts from anyone who has business before their agency, as well as requiring that they recuse themselves from governmental affairs that affect their financial interests.
Besides nuts-and-bolts professional information for brokers and managers, the convention will offer "a broad perspective on government policies and civic affairs that affect our industry in serving its clients," said Eileen Spinola, the real estate board's senior vice president for brokerage services.
But this reply assumes the experience requirement: that only states of affairs that affect one's experience can affect one's well-being (for a discussion, see Griffin 1986, 16 19).
The conventions are a central part of the political process, and in an era when the electronic media play ever more powerful roles in determining the political landscape of America, the major media outlets have a solemn duty to help the citizens of this nation understand and participate in the affairs that affect their lives.
"That's what makes me want to step out of this business," Bullock said referring to a tabloid story about an alleged (and untrue) affair that affected her security guard's wife.
The same principle applies in domestic affairs: legislation and regulation that affect very large numbers of people and are built to last politically and economically are what great Presidencies are made of.
Daily, our news is filled with foreign affairs: important situations and relationships that affect the future of the world.
In the future, to understand local affairs anywhere in the world will increasingly require adopting a global perspective because these affairs are ever more enmeshed in global flows and networks of activities that affect them.
Kate Jopling, the head of public affairs at Help the Aged, said: "These depressing results show that, when it comes to healthcare, all too often older people and the conditions that affect them come far down the pecking order.
How might that affect me?
