Sentence examples for had a dire effect from inspiring English sources

These changes had a dire effect.

The state lawmakers said illegal immigrants had a dire effect on state budgets.

The bubble also had a dire effect on our national politics.

The temptation to supplement meagre incomes is great, and has had a dire effect on the efficiency of public services.

Mr. Gandhi said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath have had a dire effect on the city's economy.

The foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001 had a dire effect on the livestock industry, forcing the slaughter of several million animals mostly sheep but also cattle, pigs, and other animals and causing severe losses for agriculture.

Corruption continues to have a dire effect on the global economy.

With more than 37,000 new cases of thyroid cancer each year, questioning the value of screening for it could have a dire effect.

Mayor Cory A. Booker and other city officials described the closings as a betrayal and said the loss of medical services and jobs — an estimated 1,200 positions are at stake — would have a dire effect on a city already struggling to keep its head above water.

Locals swap stories of cunning borrowers who buy second homes for a song before deliberately defaulting on their first mortgages.This sort of downward spiral, in turn, has a dire effect on local governments, which tend to rely on property taxes for much of their revenue.

This will have a dire effect on the regional economy, which depends on oil more than on any other industry.