The phrase "affect the scope" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how certain factors or changes influence the extent or range of a project, study, or situation.
Example: "The new regulations may significantly affect the scope of our research project, requiring us to adjust our objectives."
Alternatives: "influence the scope" or "impact the scope".
But other lawmakers leading committee probes contended that Mueller's appointment would do nothing to affect the scope of their investigations.
How long the recession is expected to last will affect the scope and the nature of measures the bank might adopt.
The adverse conditions listed above affect the scope and performance of biometric analysis vis-à-vis both training and testing.
It does not create any additional or separate source of detention authority, and it does not affect the scope of detention authority under existing law.
A spokesman for the Justice Department referred to a 2009 letter that said "these studies may well affect the scope of the government's reopener claim".
What is clear is that taking the dossier out of the mix — indeed, taking Page himself out of the mix — doesn't do much to affect the scope of the investigation.
Icac appealed against that decision in the high court, saying the case "fundamentally affects the scope of the commission's powers to conduct investigations into corrupt conduct".
In the two years since Bedford voters approved $67.8 million to expand and renovate seven district buildings, cost increases have affected the scope of the work involved.
Icac is appealing the decision in the high court and said in a statement the decision "fundamentally affects the scope of the commission's powers to conduct investigations into corrupt conduct".
Nothing contained in this clause shall imply a license to the Government under any patent or be construed as affecting the scope of any license or other right otherwise granted to the Government.
Though it may seem hard to imagine what criteria could be used to judge the finalists in the competition -- given the number of lives affected, the scope of the international response and the range of reaction from inchoate grief to steel-edged anger -- the 13 jurors have had a road map.
