Sentence examples for it's in effect from inspiring English sources

Howard A. Scarrow, an emeritus professor of political science at Stony Brook University, said that because the local Independence Party had no real ideological positions, "it's in effect selling a brand name, and more often than not selling themselves to the highest bidder".

If Westminster lets the UK's steel industry die, it's in effect declaring that certain regions and the people who live and work in them are surplus to requirements.

"It's in effect a protest vote".

"It's in effect a green light to Israel to take care of the matter on our behalf," said Martin Indyk, a former American ambassador to Israel.

"If it's in effect for five years, I don't have to worry about it running out or expiring like a carton of milk," Ms. Mills said.

"It's in effect a protest vote that there's something amiss with current policies," said Abhay Deshpande, a portfolio manager with First Eagle Funds and a longtime gold investor.

Asked "who's leading the protesters," Mr. Black said that "it is in effect rather amorphous and leaderless".

But the capital isn't just the movie's setting; it is, in effect, its subject.

It is, in effect, Bosnia's brand.

The myxomatosis virus became less severe because it was, in effect, destroying itself by killing its rabbit host so effectively.

It was, in effect, his invitation to Leonard Bernstein's Black Panther soiree.