This benchmark has
already had a devastating effect on schools who have struggled to meet its targets, branding a whole new group of schools and pupils as failures.
We know, when we see it in the breach, that bullying, destructive peer pressure and low self -
esteem have devastating effects on the learning and on the lives of students.
There's no denying that dealing with infidelity can be an extremely painful and emotional process, and may
even have a devastating effect on a person's health.
In addition to carrying higher risks for infertility, diabetes, cardiovascular disease endometrial cancer and other serious conditions, PCOS
often has devastating effects on women's and girls» quality of life and self - esteem due to symptoms including excess facial and body hair growth, acne, hair loss, anxiety and depression.
The main findings from the case of Mr M and other less clear - cut cases is that the hippocampus and amygdala brain structures are vital for memory, that damage to both sides of the
brain has devastating effect, and that there are many kinds of memories.
As Oakland CA public bank activists document, this can
have a devastating effect when those fees make a basic human need — in this case, water — unaffordable.
If it came to light that decisions of the triage / lifeboat variety were being made in the distribution of our excess food resources, not for the sake of long - range survival and well - being of the greatest number based upon utilitarian calculation, but rather for the rawest, most crass and most selfish political reasons, would this not
indeed have a devastating effect on the American moral consciousness?
The belief that love and moral commitment are learned at home while persons learn about the Bible at church has
had the devastating effect of separating life at work and life at home from the life of faith.
«Mexico's soda
tax had a devastating effect on the economy, costing 10,000 jobs in the beverage industry and ultimately had no positive impact on calorie intake.
For when the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Festival opened, during a February when weather in
Miami had a devastating effect on all business, Jordan Marsh surpassed by 20 % its 1957 figures.
Just as damaging to morale was Labour's failure to take, or make the hoped - for headway in, any of the traditional Conservative strongholds in London — Wandsworth, Westminster, and Barnet (where the row over antisemitism in the
party had a devastating effect).
And we'll be paying the price of this failure many years into the future - because the scarring effects of long term
unemployment have a devastating effect on people's employment prospects and earnings through the rest of their lives.
«Big floods can
still have a devastating effect on the landscape surrounding a river,» cautions Taylor Perron, a geologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in erosion and landscape evolution.
The sad truth is that even normal
aging has a devastating effect on our ability to learn and remember, on the speed with which we process information, and on our ability to reason.
Ian Jarrold, Head of Research at the British Lung Foundation, said: «
COPD has a devastating effect on the lives of people who live with it, and on their loved ones and carers.
Craniofacial and dental
defects have devastating effects on patients, due to both the vital sensory organs and brain that are housed within the cranium, as well as the importance of the face in a person's identity.
-- mental and emotional stress can lead to a spike in blood lipid levels; — exercise (at a reasonable dose intensity and duration) can be beneficial for cholesterol levels; — long - term exposure to multiple stressors and insufficient
recovery had a devastating effect on the whole body; — bodies of different people react differently to stress;
Older folk have also experienced a boost in muscle strength and balance, the latter of which substantially lowers their risk of falling — something that could
have devastating effects at the late stages of life.
While her
actions have a devastating effect on her relationship with her increasingly confused husband (an excellent, nuanced performance from Ben Whishaw) and young son, and appalling treatment at the hands of the authorities, Maud's determination to fight for her rights never falters.