Example sentences of "had [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wall Street 's decline had the usual effect on the drug sector , with Glaxo falling 9 to 747p and SmithKline Beecham ‘ A ’ off 22 at 830p . |
| 2 | This had the required effect . |
| 3 | He had the intrusive effect on the class predicted by AT3 in our initial discussion . |
| 4 | It turned out there was a military call-up in New Zealand , which he avoided by feigning epileptic fits ( a device he subsequently found described in The Confessions of Felix Krull , by Thomas Mann ) , but which had the beneficial effect in his case of getting him placed on national assistance , an invaluable windfall for a poet . |
| 5 | THE flurry of worry about the absence of women in John Major 's cabinet had the odd effect of making Mrs Thatcher s premiership look almost progressive on women 's issues . |
| 6 | annual increases that some irresponsible Labour-controlled councils were imposing and which had the sole effect of driving businesses out of many of our major inner-city centres . |
| 7 | Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E . |
| 8 | Damage to a visual area in the brainstem , the superior colliculus , had the reverse effect . |
| 9 | The dollar strengthened as a result and had the temporary effect of relieving pressure on sterling against the mark . |
| 10 | On those occasions when he had felt the need to demonstrate his power to management , he would create an instant departmental dispute which always had the immediate effect of lowering that day 's efficiency to below fifty per cent . |
| 11 | Castro 's declaration had the immediate effect of widening the gap between himself and the people who were against socialism , and it narrowed the circle of those he could count on for support against the invasion . |
| 12 | The outbreak of hostilities had the immediate effect of silencing most of those within Congress who had spoken out against war , and effectively removed the argument that sanctions should be given a longer period in which to work . |
| 13 | This resulted in a furious argument between Clinton and Jackson which , while appearing to threaten Clinton 's level of support among black voters , had the immediate effect of reinvigorating his campaign by propelling him once again on to the front pages of the country 's newspapers . |
| 14 | Baldwin 's declaration for Protection had the immediate effect of reuniting the two sections of the Liberal Party around the historic cause of Free Trade , and Asquith and Lloyd George came together at public meetings to exchange insincere pleasantries . |
| 15 | It is evident , even from this brief review of the Act , that its overall effect has been to legitimise and encourage numerous police practices ( e.g. stop and search , roadblocks , forcible entry ) which have consistently alienated and antagonised large sections of society — notably , black communities and trade-unionists — and had the accumulated effect of generating public disorder . |
| 16 | Yet recognition of the difficulties in which the two papers found themselves had the apparent effect of making the Government and the party think more clearly about mass communications . |
| 17 | This , with the path smoothed by prior discussion , had the predictable effect of strengthening the Prime Minister 's position . |
| 18 | The working of the Contagious Diseases Acts themselves also served to mobilise many a radical working man against the exploitation of working-class women , and an important alliance developed between this radicalism and feminists , which had the additional effect of providing for the latter a social support which enhanced their authority within the repeal movement . |
| 19 | Depression of the opposite hemisphere had the converse effect . |
| 20 | She suppressed it quickly and guiltily , but not before she had been rewarded by an equally amused glance from Dr Russell , which had the unfortunate effect of turning all her limbs to jelly at once . |
| 21 | And a reference to ‘ ultimate sexual acts , normal or perverted ’ , had the unintended effect of limiting obscenity to hardcore pornography only . |
| 22 | Montgomery clapped a reassuring hand on his shoulder , but that had the wrong effect . |
| 23 | Renewed commitment to child welfare had the initial effect of inducing parents to desert their offspring at an even faster rate . |
| 24 | Yet the fact of West European industrial growth also had the opposite effect too : these places were not drawn into the new scheme of things in exactly the same way or on exactly the same conditions as France , Britain , Belgium and Holland — the original members of the industrial club . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the Budget was so unbelievably boring that it had the opposite effect . |
| 26 | Though certain crimes served to even out the distribution of power and income , other crimes had the opposite effect . |
| 27 | He wanted to cheer Constance up but it had the opposite effect . |
| 28 | Yet , as we have seen , the skilled behaviour they used in the cases had the opposite effect . |
| 29 | Elsewhere in England , enclosure — especially of the heaths and common pastures — had the opposite effect . |
| 30 | Until recently there was even a payroll tax , called the Selective Employment Tax , which , like many such measures in recent years , had the opposite effect to that desired : It drew workers from the productive manufacturing industries into the supporting service industries , from engineering to the Post Office , for instance . |