Pierce said that the incident had affected him in many ways.

I can hardly say how much this trivial incident affected me.

He said, "So long as the incident didn't affect your work.

I worried about how that incident would affect our friendship.

The incident may have affected the clean image of Ma and his political future.

The incident did not affect the final score, as Hamilton won 32-7.

Another incident in 2004 even killed 8 and affected 1000 homes.

How will this incident affect the Council's support for the Government in future?

But the incident did not affect me any more deeply than that.

But the incident certainly affected the environment in which he had to make his final decision.