Could she help effect a change in how literature and language are taught in Scotland?
To make it interesting, effect is also a verb, meaning make something happen: I hope my book will effect a change in standards of reading and writing.
Dacre and Murdoch are not seeking only to prevent a second referendum but to effect a change in the Conservative party ranks.
More likely, we concluded: "Deep Throat was trying to protect the office, to effect a change in its conduct before all was lost".
The foundation's ethos is to effect a change in culture, in mentality, and to try to encourage and promote active citizenship.
Perhaps they assume that putting pressure on Israeli businesses, including banks, will force Israeli élites to effect a change in government policy.
Thus, conditions are created wherein a new dynasty can emerge at the periphery of their control, grow strong, and effect a change in leadership, beginning the cycle anew.
But under the current circumstances, there is little chance that the writer can effect a change in the number of shares assigned to the apartment.
Genetic drift, also called genetic sampling error or Sewall Wright effect, a change in the gene pool of a small population that takes place strictly by chance.
But the Fed can never be sure either how much effect a change in interest rates will have or how long it will take for that effect to occur.
A most curious feature about this case is the distinct lack of protest from social conservatives about the unreasonable cost of divorce, as the price imposed by federal legislation, to effect a change in a married personʼs gender status.
