The phrase "affect the emphasis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how certain factors or elements can change the importance or focus of a particular point or message.
Example: "The choice of words can significantly affect the emphasis of the argument being presented."
Alternatives: "influence the focus" or "alter the significance".
These are easily explicable differences, and not worrisome ones: they are matters of emphasis, and cannot affect "the general style of conduct or behaviour" of a society.
This review will focus on experimental approaches currently under study that may lead to elucidation of effective strategies for therapy in OA, with emphasis on mediators that affect the function of chondrocytes and interactions with surrounding tissues.
These conflicts tend to affect the civilian sphere, regardless of growing international emphasis on the protection of civilians in conflict.
This transformation also affects the degrees of emphasis on missions with the content.
She also maintained an active pro bono practice, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.
Today, researchers place a greater emphasis on how obesity affects the body as a whole.
The literary emphasis of the exams affected the general perception of cultural refinement in China, such as the belief that calligraphy, poetry and painting were higher forms of art than dancing or drama.
Several factors may modulate the physiological relevance of an isomiR, including i) the amount of the isomiR in relation to the rest of sequences mapping onto the same miRNA locus and ii) the type of variant, with special emphasis on nucleotide changes affecting the seed region.
In both pieces the dancers seem to possess a private gestural language, but they execute it — a chin to a hand here, a negligent unfolding of an elbow there — without affect or emphasis.
