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knock-on effect

NOUN
  1. a secondary or incidental effect

How To Use knock-on effect In A Sentence

  • ‘This crash will have a huge knock-on effect for the airline industry,’ he said.
  • But the knock-on effect is that a large chunk of its traditional listenership, at the older end of the age spectrum, have been left with nowhere to go.
  • The knock-on effect is that prime rents are down 10 per cent year on year and the market remains a good one for tenants, who continue to benefit from rent-free periods, break clauses and other concessions.
  • Norfolk accounts for a third of British poultry production and farmers voiced their fears about the knock-on effects of the bird flu virus yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
  • Persecuting Nonconformists could have a knock-on effect in a community, hitting those who were loyal to the established Church.
  • It is a complex global environmental hazard, with knock-on effects, and is unlike exposure to a dose of some specific toxic chemical or radiation.
  • The knock-on effect of increased fuel prices may eventually trickle down to everything from the price of milk and a loaf of bread to the clothes we wear.
  • Motorists were left languishing in queuing traffic for hours as the knock-on effects of roadworks on Millbrook Road took their toll.
  • If one or two trains run late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire rail service.
  • The proposals for the museum of transport will have a knock-on effect, necessitating a review of several of Glasgow's other venues.
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