Example sentences of "has [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 The recession has obviously had an adverse effect on attractions throughout the country , not least of all steam railways .
2 How this system of allocation has been operated and controlled has long had a significant effect in moulding the social composition of the rural village , for it has largely influenced who lives where .
3 The argument that public sector employment has expanded so much that it has absorbed too much labour and it has thus had an adverse effect on the national economy will be examined in the next chapter .
4 Worse for them , whether they go on backing Mr Gorbachev or opt for some other tough guy , the rattle of gunfire has not had the intended effect .
5 Undoubtedly the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act has already had a beneficial effect on our countryside and wild animals , but it is not enough .
6 It is notorious that many scientists do not love words : scientific language has already had a disastrous effect on the use of language throughout society .
7 Densitometry has generally shown no adverse effect of tamoxifen on bone mass in postmenopausal women , although one study reported loss of bone in premenopausal women .
8 And anyone who has ever seen the devastating effects of alcohol addiction on the alcoholic , his or her friends and family will understand only too well the dramatic and destructive influence it can have on the lives of all concerned .
9 Park Foods is in fine fettle after selling off all none-core business identified in a refocusing exercise a move which has clearly had a beneficial effect on profits which soared by a third from £7.7m to £10.3m before tax at the end of March this year .
10 Controversy has also surrounded the long-term effects of artificial fertilizer on the soil structure .
11 The success of smoke control areas throughout the country has also had an overall effect on odour pollution , due to the fact that the reduction in smoke has been accompanied by a fall in sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere , which in itself is odorous .
12 The introduction of a uniform business rate has also had an adverse effect on business , especially small businesses .
13 Unemployment has also had an important effect on the direction of social mobility .
14 The sale of council houses has also had an important effect on the distribution of wealth , increasing the amount of wealth in the possession of part of the working class .
15 The loss of habitat worldwide has undoubtedly had a tragic effect on many animals .
16 The strain and anguish of his long ordeal has dearly had a terrible effect on him .
17 Julian reached a far smaller audience than any of these later reformers and she has never had a decisive effect on the history of Christianity as they did , but she has acquired a considerable following in our own day .
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