There are many reasons for her improvement, starting with the residual effect of six years of hard training.

"You've brought me a deformed, retarded child who has already suffered the effects of nearly two years in a socially maladaptive environment."

After that there were downs and ups, ending with him showing the effects of so many years of blows to the head.

"I was feeling the effects of many years of long hours and travel," Ackerman said.

That's the deadening effect of 13 years of Tory rule for you!

Although immigrant flows are not broken out in the census data, the effects of more than 15 years of steady immigration can be seen.

Those who filed off the buses today bore the effects of five years of deprivation and war.

An important unknown factor is the effect on Afghan society of more than eight years of war.

It has been a colossal task for Bulgaria to recover from the effects of 50 years of communism.