Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] have had a [adj] " 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 | For the manual working class the pattern of mobility has had a double-edged effect , on the one hand increasing the possibility of ‘ social advancement ’ ( although this remains slim for men who have passed their mid-20s ) , while on the other reducing the influx of people from other backgrounds . |
3 | But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting . |
4 | As 60 per cent of the cassava grown in this area is marketed in towns , a yield increase even of this order of magnitude has had a positive impact on urban food supplies . |
5 | Seven of nine patients over 60 years of age have had a successful outcome . |
6 | If the answer to that question can not be verbalised succinctly then the meeting must have served some purpose other than the interchange of information fields ( it may for example have had a social value or a " credit " assessment value ) . |
7 | Advances in structuralism have had a belated impact on British historiography . |
8 | They had not ill-treated him in prison , but the fact that his future had been so very much in danger had had a tremendous influence on his morale . |
9 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
10 | Recent health scares over cling-film have had a knock-on effect on Tupperware and it has enjoyed a boom in sales . |
11 | Spain by contrast has had a 40-year dictatorship which unlike those of Japan , Germany or Italy , is part of very recent history . |