For example, the herb St. John's wort can impair the effectiveness of several important drugs, including the heart drug digoxin (Lanoxin) and the antidepressant imipramine (Tofranil).
"The costs to society of misconduct may be larger than the direct costs to customers and banks, particularly where it had impaired the effectiveness of the financial system," the Bank said its financial stability report.
For the avoidance of doubt, the termination of the Acquisition Agreement, other than pursuant to Section 8.1 e)(i), shall not affect or impair the effectiveness of the guaranty provided herein with respect to the Covered liabilities of the Covered BSC Entities or the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder with respect thereto.
"If a sovereign, and those trying to rescue it, tiptoe around the periphery to avoid triggering the C.D.S., it may impair the effectiveness of the C.D.S. as a risk management tool," said Bruce Bennett, a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling.
Commerzbank wrote in a research note that the lengthy process of ratifying changes to the European Union's main bailout system was starting to impair the effectiveness of the central bank's bond-buying program.
Vaccination seemed simple, but the vast number of persons who practiced it did not necessarily follow the procedure that Jenner had recommended, and deliberate or unconscious innovations often impaired the effectiveness.
To ensure the proper performance of System business and the maintenance of public confidence in the System, it is essential that directors, through adherence to high ethical standards of conduct, avoid actions that might impair the effectiveness of System operations or in any way tend to discredit the System.
The impact of wind turbines on radar had been a back-burner concern for years, but it heated up in March, when the Defense Department put a last-minute halt to the $2 billion, 338-turbine Shepherds Flat wind project in Oregon out of concern the turbines would impair the effectiveness of long-range surveillance radar.
