Example sentences of "it [verb] its effect " in BNC.

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1 The detail , then , is in this sense gratuitous , but it has its effect : Wilekin buys Margery with the same money that Dame Sirith can use to buy animals ; the bargains , and the items bought , are reduced to the same level .
2 The property of a circumstance that ( 5 ) it necessitates its effect , although we did not pause to consider the matter , is in a way essential to a final element in a definition of a causal circumstance , more particularly a specification of what is included in such a circumstance .
3 It had its effect : Ornette Coleman heard it . ’
4 It had its effect on our lives undoubtedly , particularly mine .
5 While evidence that social support in some way short-circuits the illness response to stress is now considerable , the nature of the support and the way in which it provides its effect remain matters for dispute .
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