Impact

have an impact

Internet shopping is beginning to have a serious impact on the traditional bookshops.

make an impact

Henman was one of the first British tennis players for years to make a real impact on the world of tennis.

minimize the impact

The authorities are doing everything within the power to minimise the environmental impacts of the oil spill.

assess the impact

It will be very difficult to assess the Likely impact of allowing twice as many students to have access to a university education.

feel an impact

During the 1980s, the industrial north of the country felt the full impact of the economic recession.

loss an impact

When the Berlin Wall came down and the former Eastern Bloc countries opened up, the campaign for nuclear disarmament lost much of its impact.

major impact

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is an important book because it has had a major impact on public opinion in Britain since it was published.

detrimental impact

Some politicians are worried that tougher environmental laws could have a detrimental impact on the economy.

lasting impact

Has the experience of being in prison had a lasting impact of you or have you just put it behind you?

immediate impact

The recent ban on cigarette advertising has had an immediate impact on the number of teenagers smoking.

negligible impact

Management aren’t worried about the strike. they are convinced that it will only have a negligible impact on business.

visual impact

Scientists are discussing ways of reducing the visual Impact of wind farms on the landscape.

huge impact

Going to the theatre for the first time as a small boy made a huge impact on me.

full impact

We didn't know the full impact of the disaster at Chernobyl until years after it happened.

survive the impact

The crew survived the initial impact of the crash, but died in the fire with followed.

absorb the impact

Good running-shoes prevent injury by absorbing the impact of the foot is striking the ground.

withstand and impact

Containers carrying nuclear waste are designed to withstand and impact with a speeding train without breaking open.

take the impact

Many of the dead were in the first coach of the train which takes the full impact of the crash.

 

Notes

• In ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover is an important book because it has had a major impact on public opinion in Britain since it was published’, ‘significant, huge and profound’ are also possible.

In ‘The authorities are doing everything within the power to minimise the environmental impacts of the oil spill’, ‘cushion’ is also possible.

• Note the following prepositional phrase:

The bomb exploded on Impact – nobody stood a chance.

• Note the expression ‘the force of the impact’:

The force of the impact knocked me to the ground.