A little victory that would have big repercussions.
"The U.S. can't tell the I.O.C. what to do, but it could cause big repercussions," Kim said.
Yet in Fiji, as in Nepal and Bangladesh, two other big contributors to UN peacekeeping, keeping the peace abroad has big repercussions at home.
In New Jersey, there could be big repercussions, potentially helping to end the state's unjust law allowing civil unions but not same-sex marriages.
Given that fact, it would be bold to suggest that the scandal surrounding Lord Sewel will have big repercussions for the upper house.
A defence lawyer, Filippo Dinacci, told reporters that the sentence would have "big repercussions" on public administration since officials would be afraid to "do anything".
Small developments cause big repercussions – watch what happens when mum (Noni Hazlehurst) brings a meal for her son – and duelling character motivations create all manner of friction.
The committee decision that produced the biggest repercussions came late last month, when panel members cleared two congressmen of accusations that they had traded earmarks — money for pet projects that is awarded in no-bid contracts — for campaign contributions.
But it was at the beginning of the race that the biggest repercussions for the championship this year occurred, as Vettel took off from pole position to lead through the first corner.
With its engrossing story of a small-town murder with big repercussions, G. K. Wuori's first novel, AN AMERICAN OUTRAGE: A Novel of Quillifarkeag, Maine (Algonquin, $22.95), immediately calls to mind "Twin Peaks".
Our low-paid, insecure labour market has depressed revenue from income tax; that we have to subsidise wages via tax credits and housing benefit has had big repercussions for benefits spending.
