Example sentences of "have have a [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new legislation regarding seat belt wearing in the rear seats of cars which came into effect on 1 July 1991 has had a downward effect on the number of rear seat car passenger casualties . |
| 2 | The economic restructuring of recent years has had a traumatic effect on the estates , with massive job loss and factory closure transforming them into increasingly isolated , state-managed ‘ subsistence communities ’ . |
| 3 | They anticipated a number of significant developments which subsequently took place , like the setting up of a local authority for the Western Isles which has had a stimulating effect on the whole life of the area . |
| 4 | By 1987 Wilmink was able to conclude that the Act ‘ has had a stimulating effect on the development of plans for the construction of bicycle tracks ’ and that ‘ attention to bicycle facilities in all stages of planning , design and maintenance of the infrastructure has become common practice . ’ |
| 5 | Religion has had a decisive influence on thinking about dreaming , and it is achieving a revival in many parts of the world . |
| 6 | According to Richard Porter , RSPB head of species management , " deliberate persecution has had a crippling effect on some of our rarest birds of prey " . |
| 7 | In another study Frost and Spence ( 1984 , 145 ) also argue that industrial restructuring has had a negligible impact on changes in employment patterns , either positively or negatively , and that these are anyway offset by ‘ very rapid growth in certain service activities ’ , notably the health services , to produce the different patterns of change shown in Figure 5.7 . |
| 8 | ‘ Elsewhere short-termism has had a terrible impact on the industry with quarterly reporting and the fear of doing anything that might affect the share price , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I just wanted to tell you that I glanced at your book while cleaning my master 's study ( he is a doctor ) and it has had a terrible effect on me . |
| 10 | Because of its widespread use in technical and scientific English in particular , it has had a strong influence on similar registers in other languages through translation . |
| 11 | Although the next quarter is also expected to be bleak for Proteon — the near-collapse of the absurd European Exchange Rate Mechanism last year has had a poor effect on prices in Europe , causing them to rise — if Swan 's track record of success is anything to go by , Proteon 's results - at least in Europe — might well be expected to be turned round . |
| 12 | She picked up the quartz crystal which , she believes , has had a beneficial effect on her well-being . |
| 13 | He believes that this estrangement has had a beneficial effect on his prose and that his fusion of English and French thought has resulted in a unique hybrid . |
| 14 | While this has not affected sales , it has had a negative impact on profits , Sage noted . |
| 15 | What 's more , UEFA can argue that the unique predicament of Red Star Belgrade has had a negative effect on the figures . |
| 16 | No one has had a greater influence on intellectual life in twentieth century Spain than Jos'e Ortega y Gasset ( 1883-1955 ) . |
| 17 | A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other . |
| 18 | This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife . |
| 19 | The decline of British manufacturing industry has had a devastating impact on the inner cities where such a large proportion of the black population live and this has been exacerbated by racial discrimination by employers to yield high levels of black youth unemployment ( Martin and Rowthorn , 1986 ; Newnham , 1986 ) . |
| 20 | As predicted by environmentalists , the damming of the Danube at Gabcikovo , part of a huge hydroelectric project sponsored by the Slovak government , has had a devastating impact on the local environment . |
| 21 | On the contrary , it is time to treat religion as something strange and outside the ordinary run of life , something which , mysteriously , has had a vast effect on people , over which wars were fought and people were burned and persecuted , and which still has an effect on people ; something which can not be reduced to mere kindness at the old people 's parties or village jumble sales , but which has inspired some of the most splendid painting , writing , music , and architecture ever to be produced by the human imagination , and is still capable of producing martyrdom , cruelty , and sectarian passion . |
| 22 | The market 's dramatic decline — from its 1989 peak of more than 600,000 barrels to about 400,000 last year — has had a sobering effect on brewers , and realism in now making a welcome return to their predictions of the market 's long-term potential . |
| 23 | Throughout the world we can see how the engineering , interventionist model of Western medicine has had a major influence on definitions and explanations about health , as well as on the organisation of health services and the utilisation of resources . |
| 24 | I believe that our membership of the ERM has had a major influence on the recession in the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | The reduction in the cash available for people to spend due to the April 1988 social security changes and the highest interest rates ever ( enhanced by the multiplier effect ) , has had a major effect on the local economy , in reducing demand for locally produced goods and services . |
| 26 | Whether commissioned as a promotional tool or not , the showing of such films has had a major effect on the outside world 's perception of Edinburgh . |
| 27 | Thermoluminescence has had a major impact on the antiquities market starting from about 1970 when the first tests were made in Oxford . |
| 28 | Remembrement — the government sponsored reorganisation of land to produce larger fields and rationalised farms — has had a major impact on agricultural productivity and intensification in many parts of the French lowlands over the last few decades . |
| 29 | The Franks Report has had a major impact on critical analysis of tribunals . |
| 30 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |