Sentence examples for may have in effect from inspiring English sources

It sounds as though by now you may have in effect trained her to expect you to be constantly available.

Finally, I propose that all scientists need to use this time to consider how they may have, in effect, inadvertently contributed to enabling political bad behavior.

At a time when public interest in political conventions is already in decline, the G.O.P. convention may have in effect been an anticommercial -- Don't Watch This! -- for Mr. Gore's convention next Monday in Los Angeles.

A member or former member may have in effect at any time only one request for withholding under this section and may not have more than two such requests in effect during any one calendar year.

Though much remains to be learned about these transactions, their scope and lack of transparency suggest that Enron may have in effect created its own private hedge fund to assume some of the risk and mask the losses of its complex trading.

The IRA may have, in effect, rendered its war machine useless by destroying or sealing away forever the overwhelming majority of its arsenal, but the Ulster loyalists have failed to follow suit, and hold on to hundreds of guns, grenades, powergel explosive and rocket launchers.

Barclays may have been in effect lending money to fund the purchase of its own shares, known as "financial assistance", which is usually illegal for British companies.

The recent legislation restricting permanent appointments to EU candidates in preference may have some effect in persuading those not in permanent appointments to return.

However, the prolonged IL-6 expression and MDSCs accumulation in the liver may have negative effect in promoting liver disease progression such as liver fibrosis and HCC development.

So residues in DCM conditions may have an effect in not moving the Tm out of its blocking region.

Endocrine disruptors may have an effect in other hormone-sensitive organs, such as the mammary gland.