Sentence examples for to terrible effect from inspiring English sources

The strategy of circling the wagons and seeking to defy the world was displayed, to terrible effect, in the Church's reaction to the child-abuse scandal.

If the government's version is correct, radical Islamists pressed their advantage to terrible effect in assassinating Benazir Bhutto during a rally on Dec. 27.

Visual touchstones set the tone, from Pinkerton's American naval attire and Sharpless's three-piece suit to the stars and stripes draped to terrible effect – involving Butterfly's illegitimate child – just as the new world is about to behave ignobly towards the old.

From the end of the 1990s, one Latin American country after another moved to the left as the population reacted to the terrible effects of the kind of neo-liberal economic policies, promoted by the US, which have now returned to haunt Wall Street itself.

A commentary noted, "The introduction of visors has gone some way to improving the outlook of these injuries, but mines will continue to have terrible effects long after a war ends".

"It has been frustrating getting to the truth behind collusion between British and Libyan security services and the hiding of this collusion from the courts when the decisions were made to detain them in prison or under control orders for years, all of which combined to have terrible effects on their families".

To avoid terrible effects on output and employment – effects that would only magnify the problems of excess leverage – we needed not just a rescue of the financial system but also strong government action to support demand while the wreckage was cleared.

The weather affects our ability to travel, and it had a terrible effect on my flight to New York.

Unfortunately, these drugs stop protein synthesis in the brain, which would lead to terrible side effects in people.

As it sweeps closer, Becky's lamb is under threat - and she has still to realise the terrible effects on the adults closest to her.

It's obvious that being raised in an environment where you expect to inherit a living has a terrible effect.