Example sentences of "had a [adj] effect on " in BNC.

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1 Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest .
2 Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 With the higher populations of Amerindians in the past , such groups must have had a major effect on the structure of the forest .
7 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 .
8 The strain and anguish of his long ordeal has dearly had a terrible effect on him .
9 It 's had a terrible effect on the hunt territory .
10 It 's had a terrible effect on the hunt territory .
11 What 's more , UEFA can argue that the unique predicament of Red Star Belgrade has had a negative effect on the figures .
12 Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit .
13 The shortcomings of organized religions in having within their ranks and amongst their leadership large numbers who do not live up to their beliefs have had a serious effect on attitudes towards religion .
14 Evidence is accumulating that the cap , in combination with the transfer of funds to the Research Councils , has had a serious effect on the intellectual life of the University , and its removal is earnestly awaited .
15 This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife .
16 The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy .
17 One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs .
18 Its operations in Prudhoe Bay , Alaska , have allegedly had a devastating effect on the caribou herds hunted by indigenous peoples in the area .
19 The changes which came into place in April 1988 have had a devastating effect on young people .
20 Remember the cuts in the people 's rights at industrial tribunals that have had a profound effect on employment rights , the attack on local democracy , rate capping , the cuts of tax on local government have had a devastating effect on housing and the social fabric of local community .
21 The country houses of Goa still retain their Bohemian chandeliers and a mellow stateliness ( left ) , but since land reforms have had a crippling effect on incomes , they are difficult to maintain .
22 According to Richard Porter , RSPB head of species management , " deliberate persecution has had a crippling effect on some of our rarest birds of prey " .
23 All this , often broadcast by the media too , has had a detrimental effect on religion causing the age-old cry of the heart , " If there is a God why all this suffering ? " to be raised with ever-greater seriousness and urgency .
24 The lower prices have had a dampening effect on innovative schemes to make better use of the natural resources consumed , and will do nothing to stimulate necessary investment by the generators on modernising their capacity .
25 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 .
26 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 . ’
27 Now of course she 's had a tremendous effect on , on fashion knitwear ever since she 's been involved with before .
28 There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping .
29 Those living in mid-water or along the shores have different problems and requirements , but for them too , the acquisition of a swim-bladder has had a potent effect on structure , for it has freed their body fins for all kinds of purposes .
30 Nonetheless , implementation independence has had a powerful effect on AI thinking about metaphysical problems , and has been behind McCarthy 's insistence that AI must be defined as the study of intelligent mechanisms independent of their implementation in machines or brains , and hence to a general denial that AI is , in any strong sense , about machines .
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