far-reaching consequence

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Far-reaching consequences have been ascribed to a policy decision that remains undocumented except for hearsay evidence in the popular conversation that surrounded the trials.
The behavioural revolution has had far-reaching consequences for pensions research.
It has far-reaching consequences for access to land.
This assumption has far-reaching consequences for the whole issue of bilingualism.
The use of performativity and cultural discourses has far-reaching consequences for understanding language, gender, and social identity categories more generally.
In an age increasingly preoccupied by speech, even a toast could carry far-reaching consequences.
This is a dramatic illustration of the far-reaching consequences of parasitism in one species mediated by coincidental changes in the physical features of the habitat.
The second claim is that these pre-1815 partisan divisions had far-reaching consequences.
Indeed, the apparent skills bias towards caring work might have far-reaching consequences.
It is clear that some management decisions have far-reaching consequences.
This process had far-reaching consequences for the rural population.
Such potentially far-reaching consequences need to be taken into consideration when evaluating the relative toxicity of a pollutant to any parasite life stages.
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