Example sentences of "[noun] has [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 In this typical example of scientific doublespeak , the burden of proof is , as usual , thrown on to conservationists to show that a fishing technique has an unacceptable effect , rather than on the fishing nations to show that the method is ecologically sound .
2 This seemingly minor change has a major effect on the function of the haemoglobin molecule : de-oxygenated HbS is insoluble and precipitates within the red cell , forming long crystals which force the red cell to assume the eponymous sickle shape .
3 Of course , large parts of the brain are involved whenever the beaver builds a dam but , when the G mutation affects this particular part of the brain 's wiring diagram , the change has a specific effect on the behaviour .
4 Some have argued that change has a cumulative effect .
5 Adding in more tone from the guitar has the desired effect , but the Ovation 's EQ is very sensitive and there 's a fine line between improving or overdoing it .
6 To determine whether acute smoking has an acute effect on gastric secretion that can explain the findings of the chronic studies , the effect of this on gastric secretion was studied using the same methods as those used in the chronic studies of Whitfield and Hobsley .
7 So far , we have discovered that particular movements are especially distressing while noise has no apparent effect on the birds .
8 Cimetidine has no significant effect on the basal growth .
9 ‘ The contract has a fundamental effect on our business , ’ said Runcorn operations manager .
10 Income has an important effect upon your life chances : for example the chance of owning your own house and your life expectancy .
11 Indeed , they are treated more as grown-up students than as children to be spoon-fed , and this in almost every case has a good effect both on the work produced and on their motivation .
12 Thus the total number of transactions T in the economy can be taken to be fixed if full employment is the norm , or alternatively the assumption that the quantity of money has no permanent effect on the real sector of the economy implies that T is independent of M. Consequently there should be a definite relationship between the quantity of money and the price level if the velocity of circulation can also be shown to be independent of M.
13 I do think the artificial division of people into age groups has a damaging effect on society .
14 One side has a similar effect to deep black crushed velvet but with a slight sheen , the reverse has a rough pile effect painted in a choice of brown , blue or grey .
15 In the overall scheme of things , however , loyalist violence has a different effect — and it is quite the opposite to what is intended .
16 Despite the dual action of PTHrP on bone and kidney , the agents available for the treatment of TIH are mainly aimed at reducing bone resorption , and no agent has a substantial effect on calcium excretion .
17 The presence of significant amounts of haemoglobin F has a protective effect against sickling and such individuals express relatively mild disease .
18 However , where the task is not regarded as important arousal has a different effect , merely causing distraction .
19 Now , the mere sight of the cake crumbs floating on the tea has no particular effect on him , but suddenly when he actually tastes them he gets a strange feeling of excitement , a feeling almost of elation .
20 It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures .
21 In this sense one is neutral only if one can affect the fortunes of the parties and if one helps or hinders them to an equal degree and one does so because one believes that there are reasons for so acting which essentially depend on the fact that the action has an equal effect on the fortunes of the parties .
22 The specialization of functions has a dispersive effect and a primary function of government becomes that of securing co-ordination amongst the parts .
23 The generation of surplus ACT has a detrimental effect on the company 's reported earnings , since it must usually be written off in the accounts .
24 If after the plaintiff has been harmed his damages are increased by his failure to have proper medical attention , this failure by him to mitigate his damage would have prevented him from recovering that portion of his loss which is attributable to his omission , and it is doubtful whether section 13(6) of the 1965 Act has a different effect .
25 The following demonstration compares a stall with a little too much rudder to a stall in a slightly slipping turn , and shows how even slightly too much rudder has a significant effect at the stall .
26 The Princess has a curious effect on pregnant women .
27 This has not proved easy and the following trilogy of United States cases give an indication of the development of tests which may be applicable in the United Kingdom ( United States law has no binding effect on the United Kingdom courts but it may be of persuasive authority , particularly in the field of computer technology ) .
28 That speakers do introduce what they want to say via some form of personal reference has a noticeable effect on the structure of contributions in conversational discourse .
29 Such capacitance has a detrimental effect on the attenuating performance , both changing the reduction in amplitude between input and output and introducing a phase shift at sufficiently high frequency .
30 Many drugs on the market today contain a mixture of right- and left-handed isomers , but often only one type has the desired effect ; the other may be inactive or even produce harmful side-effects .
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