Example sentences of "it had a [adj] effect [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been David 's most miserable year on the field and it had a devastating effect on his private life . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It had a devastating effect on her , ’ said one friend . |
| 3 | Here it had a devastating effect on seagrass beds and mangrove swamps . |
| 4 | It had a demoralising effect on us , and we wondered how long this could go on . |
| 5 | And it was so appalling that it had a genuine effect on public opinion . |
| 6 | It had a cathartic effect upon government and employers and permitted the working classes at least to protect , if not improve , their standard of living . |
| 7 | But it had a dramatic effect on the entertainment giant 's stock . |
| 8 | It had a marked effect on those who read his poetry , and a few years later Leonard was to find himself tutored by one of Pound 's most sympathetic admirers and directed to the understanding of the American 's verse , somewhat to Leonard 's concern , as we shall see . |
| 9 | But it had a profound effect on the child care service of the time . |
| 10 | It had a profound effect on myself and all ranks who were forced to watch , " |
| 11 | Although her decision to do so did not ultimately affect her position as one of this country 's most important early modernists , it is my contention that it had a profound effect on the development of her art in the 1920s and , possibly , for the rest of her life . |
| 12 | Two major Jacobite risings , and the plotting which took place on other occasions , were enough to put a considerable number of gentlemen in danger and , indeed , so long as the Jacobite cause retained a substantial following in Scotland it had a further effect upon politics , for the unwillingness of many gentlemen of Jacobite sentiments to take the oaths to Government further limited an already small electorate . |
| 13 | Watching television had a much smaller effect and , like age , it had a positive effect upon images of all the parties and all the leaders . |