Example sentences of "it [verb] the [adj] effect of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It records the twofold effect of every business transaction . |
| 2 | It illustrates the pyramiding effect of interbank lending which means that no single customer or bank can be sure of where credit , i.e. deposits loaned , it extends will end up ( Shell 's deposit was loaned by Barclays to Lloyds and the latter used it to grant a loan to BP ) . |
| 3 | ICMS works on the basis that there are optimum natural conditions for every aspect of the growing process , and it studies the knock-on effect of every action . |
| 4 | For short-line fishing I like to have a line with some stretch ; it complements the shock-absorber effect of the rod . |
| 5 | But it had the desired effect of snapping them out of their indecision and galvanising them into action . |
| 6 | The coolly spoken words were like a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in her face , but instead of restoring her composure it had the opposite effect of stoking her anger all the more . |
| 7 | When fasting , for example , was first used by Gandhi as a form of satyāgraha in a dispute between textile mill-owners and labourers in Ahmedabad the intention was to rally the flagging spirit and resolve of the workers , but it had the added effect of forcing the mill owners into negotiation . |