Example sentences of "it had [art] effect " in BNC.

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1 It had no effect on Charity .
2 I hit it several times but it had no effect .
3 Bernheim tried it , but it had no effect .
4 Unfortunately it had no effect in controlling algae , and after six months was itself covered in algae .
5 But he was wrong when he said it had no effect on him .
6 It had no effect whatsoever , except to leave her feeling battered and thoroughly bad-tempered .
7 Sigsworth was given a drug which would normally induce prolonged unconsciousness but it had no effect on him .
8 Anyone who had this kind of machine behind them must be important , so it had the effect of presenting him to the public as this bigger than life pop star which , if you look at his record sales at the time , he was n't , but he was becoming a media myth , some of this due to his own talent and some of it due to the MainMan hype machine .
9 It had the effect of bringing out the truth from Charles at last . ’
10 It was an appeal to intelligence as well as physical skill , and it had the effect of boosting self-respect , fostering a sense of loyalty , and raising a player 's status above that of a mere paid servant .
11 It was dreary beyond belief , and at first it had the effect of offsetting his own emotional night .
12 She 'd cut off her hair , which he already knew from seeing her photograph in the papers ; it had the effect of making her head seem less of a burden on the slender neck .
13 It nearly caused a diplomatic incident but it had the effect of making the magistrate agree that the recording should go to London .
14 It had the effect of driving all parties to the debate into separate corners : the employers wished to preserve the status quo .
15 Where he exceeded expectation and all precedents was in making the ban total , but this clearly was just the element which was negotiable and it had the effect of extending the king 's patronage of both church and laity .
16 The local authority appealed against that part of the order by which the justices purported to direct that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement with L. on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had no jurisdiction to attach a condition to the care order which had been agreed by the parties and approved by the justices ; ( 2 ) in the alternative , the justices had no jurisdiction to make the direction , because ( i ) it had the effect of fettering the discretion of the local authority in the exercise of its functions under section 33 of the Children Act 1989 , and ( ii ) the justices had no power to order the guardian ad litem to ‘ have continued involvement ’ once the proceedings had been concluded by the making of an order under section 41 of the Children Act 1989 ; and ( 3 ) the justices had no jurisdiction to make a direction which anticipated a further application before the court , the justices power to give directions in respect of future applications being confined to a prohibition of further specified applications under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 .
17 Moreover , in decisively increasing the importance of the literate culture , it had the effect of a new kind of stratification , in which the cultural but also the social importance of the still oral majority culture declined .
18 The decision was opposed by many , including some who were pro-choice ( in favour of women deciding for themselves ) , on the grounds that the court 's decision was apparently based more on a balancing of policy interests than on specifically legal argument , and it had the effect of stimulating the anti-abortion movement which in turn became a major part of the New Right .
19 It had the effect of startling all of them and silencing any other refusals .
20 But at least it had the effect of setting Lucy 's mind back on a more even keel , and she worked steadily until she was disturbed by Doreen sweeping into the office .
21 Although some black groups called for a boycott of the curfew , it had the effect of restoring an uneasy calm .
22 It had the effect of stabilising the brain but there had been a risk that it would suppress functions such as respiration .
23 Mr Christopher 's speech had been planned well in advance but it had the effect of underscoring US support for the Russian president as he battled with hardliners in parliament .
24 It had an effect on the retail sector , the retail areas of the country erm the obvious thing is the chain store .
25 I 've taken speed as powder right and erm it had an effect like these ones .
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