Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 This has had a devastating economic effect — but has failed to change most Serbs ' minds .
2 In the UK , preferential tax treatment for imported wine has had a serious adverse effect on our domestic spirits industry .
3 Because the person being regressed may have to face something which was either traumatic at the time or which seemed trivial but has had a long-lasting subconscious effect , the whole subject needs careful and skilful handling .
4 In the case study , the movement to a formula-based capitation system has had a profound managerial effect .
5 It is widely acknowledged that the school examination system has exerted a powerful controlling effect on school curricula , even if , in more recent times , CSE ( Mode 3 ) has allowed schools to play a significant role on the assessment of their own pupils .
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