Sentence examples for takes an effective from inspiring English sources

Big Brown comes off a Derby win of historic proportions and takes an effective drop in class against a field with very modest credentials.

Roc Marciano even takes an effective stab at a trite conceit on "Jungle Fever," anthropomorphizing drugs as a woman: "Had to hide you from my mother 'cause you didn't have color".

Patriotic but not overly rah-rah, inspiring without an excess of feel-good calculation, the documentary "American Made Movie" takes an effective micro-macro approach to unpacking the rise and fall — and potential rebirth — of the American manufacturing sector.

Like every other recent recession, this one will force families to take an effective pay cut, and a significant one.

Retirees and other people who rely on fixed investments for income will take an effective pay cut.

He said that the Nationals had taken an effective approach and that it would inform his next outing against them.

Live Theatre, founded in 1973 as a radical company taking plays to audiences in non-theatrical locations, took an effective hit of 70%.

In this case, Manchester United have taken an effective course of action after dealing with the evidence they had available to them in a fair and proportionate manner".

So the main way that a downturn affects workers is through their pay: it rises more slowly than inflation, forcing most workers to take an effective pay cut.

And then we are supposed to accept it when the government asks us to take an effective cut in pay and pensions.

The answer would have meant the difference between getting continued raises above inflation and being forced to take an effective pay cut.