have a direct and vital bearing upon("All that I am saying has a very direct and vital bearing upon what you have called the Birlstone Mystery. In fact, it may in a sense be called the very centre of it." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)ART Vancouver)
have a very direct bearing upon('By thus renewing the custom of the old feudal days the Manor House was converted into an island during the night – a fact which had a very direct bearing upon the mystery which was soon to engage the attention of all England.' (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)ART Vancouver)