Example sentences of "to have [verb] [det] effect " in BNC.

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1 WPC Dick 's salutary essay ( 1985 ) changed little and generated few ripples on the ACPO pond , while one of the most powerfully critical books on policing in recent years ( Jones 1980 ) seems to have had little effect on the structures of the organization , except , perhaps , to help draw its author — then a chief inspector — into the ACPO ranks .
2 In economic terms they seem to have had little effect : in Merseyside , for instance , which has had every new scheme , economic decline has not even been halted , let alone reversed .
3 Yet any influence that might have radiated from the Capital appears to have had little effect upon these northern fells .
4 This argument seems to have had some effect , for while the Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked to look more closely at the dollar costs of overseas forces , the Defence Ministry 's view that no further cuts in forces should be sought was accepted .
5 Nevertheless , it seems to have had some effect on Sandys .
6 Stirling sent a blistering series of signals to both the Eighth Army and MEHQ which seem to have had some effect .
7 And on the Tuesday morning it was seen to have had some effect .
8 His words to Osman appeared to have had some effect .
9 As a result , there are a lot of out-of-work would-be finance directors willing to work for much much less than their previous salaries , not that that appears to have had any effect on those in stable positions .
10 Yet in the first half of the eighteenth century population growth was too slow to have had this effect .
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