The project, completed two summers ago, had a remarkable, if predictable, effect.

Their naked wrestling match was having a predictable effect on both of them.

But over all, there's less to go around, with a predictable effect on price.

They don't change much, beyond the predictable effects of time.

The unintended but predictable effect of that policy is the layoffs described in the article.

I stepped high and fast, and the whole little procedure had its predictable effect.

"Even when you isolate a dozen players, that will have a predictable economic effect on the class," he said.

More significant, the plans could have a large and not entirely predictable effect on savings and growth.

The scarcity of black scholars has had a predictable effect.

The stock market drop had a predictable effect on some local financings.