Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] the [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 50mg were injected intra-muscularly — into the muscles — it takes longer to enter the blood stream this way , but it greatly reduces the immediate effect of retching , but does not reduce pain-relief .
2 It also has the undesirable effect of enhancing the horizontal scan line pattern , particularly over low-reflectance areas such as the water of the Gulf of Finland .
3 It also neutralizes the ill effects of sitting at a desk all day and eating large lunches .
4 Nor is government policy in general biased towards increasing competition : it often has the reverse effect because policies are brought in for other reasons than promoting allocative efficiency , as discussed later in the chapter .
5 While men find sex can be a great relaxant , it often has the opposite effect on women .
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