Example sentences of "[noun pl] have had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening to all these personal accounts has had a profound effect on us . |
| 2 | This in turn has made the South more competitive and in some cases has had a positive effect on salaries . |
| 3 | It has been demonstrated that the dominance of unemployment in these outer estates has had a growing impact on the relative decline in income in each of these areas . |
| 4 | Good bibliographical control of Scottish geological thesis through the publication of thesis lists has had a significant impact on thesis consultation and use . |
| 5 | For instance , there may be an increase in demand for : owned homes , as opposed to rented ones ( which will affect both the market for dousing and mortgage finance ) ; prestigious foreign saloon cars ( in the UK the demand for prestige an cars has had a significant effect on prestige German produced saloon cars , the sales of luxury UK such as triumph ( now extinct ) and Rover ) ; private education , for which UK demand is now very high ; air inclusive package tours to resorts that were exclusive ( such as Marbella in Spain , the French Caribbean , the Greek Islands etc ) . |
| 6 | If so , bearing in mind that intention in this context is not the same as motive and that the tort may be committed without any ill will towards the plaintiff , it is likely to be a rare case in which A's words have had a causative effect on B's conduct and yet A escapes liability on the ground that they were only ‘ advice . ’ |
| 7 | To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere . |
| 8 | In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two . |
| 9 | Pesticides have had a damaging effect on a lot of wildlife , including birds of prey , but for some reason this does n't seem to have affected barn owls as much as the sparrowhawk and peregrine populations . |
| 10 | There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries . |
| 11 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 12 | The Conservatives likewise were aroused by the prospect of a weakening of Labour 's hold on Scotland and Wales , as the Conservatives had had a constant majority at every post-1945 general election in England ; it was the Celtic fringe that tilted the balance in favour of Labour . |
| 13 | Interestingly , a majority of companies both on and off the zones considered that if anything the zones had had a beneficial effect on local business , local economic development , environmental improvements and public- and private-sector investment . |
| 14 | Diarrhetic shellfish toxins have had a disastrous effect on the seafood industry in many parts of the world . |
| 15 | ‘ Apparently Emma and Sophie are fine — bearing up very well — although Mrs Meadows says that she has n't done any more than to tell the children that their parents have had a slight accident . |
| 16 | Millions of visitors have had a nice day out and spent a lot of money . |
| 17 | As he put it : ‘ The planners and the road engineers have had a good bashing , but they have learnt their lesson . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | Although based in Cardiff , the Welsh National Opera tours extensively , and for the last twelve years has had a regular season in London too . |
| 20 | This has forced us to look afresh at the regular London days and , with the prompting of a number of the most regular attenders , we have decided to drop the June day , which in recent years has had a low attendance . |
| 21 | Since the end of the Second World War , the development of two quite distinct European organisations has had a significant impact upon the constitutional law of the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK . |
| 24 | The art criticism in such books generally has a slant , questioning whether the country or places have had a determining influence on art . |
| 25 | Intensive farming methods and particularly insecticides have had a disastrous effect on the lesser kestrel , an insectivore which now numbers only hundreds , whilst wetland birds such as the marbled teal and white-headed duck fail as their habitat is drained for crops . |
| 26 | The team 's products easily outsell those of other American baseball clubs overseas , even though the Yankees have had a mediocre record on the field in recent years . |
| 27 | It may be that osteopathy or chiropractic could help ; and both osteopaths and chiropractors have had a long training which includes medical education and qualifies them to give valuable help with backache . |
| 28 | A free-speech amendment to a bill of rights has had a certain success that might be emulated . |
| 29 | At the same time , the bonds would stimulate the development of a local fixed interest bond market in a country where investors have had a bumpy ride . |
| 30 | It must be remembered that these changes have had a complex effect . |