The phrase "affected the scope" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how something has influenced or changed the extent or range of a particular subject or project.
Example: "The new regulations significantly affected the scope of the research project, requiring us to adjust our methodology."
Alternatives: "influenced the extent" or "changed the range".
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.
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.
As this paper argues, the initial problem definition played a role in deemphasizing these issues; however, the receptivity of the leading institutions to these frames also affected the scope of issues up for debate.
First, we aimed to document how the roll-out of ART affected the scope and the nature of caregivers' working practices and their status within the formal health system.
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".
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.
But other lawmakers leading committee probes contended that Mueller's appointment would do nothing to affect the scope of their investigations.
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".
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.
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.
