Example sentences of "[noun sg] have have [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monmonier ( 1982 , p. 2 ) believes that ‘ the digital computer has had a profound effect on maps , an effect that will equal or surpass the changes in mapping occasioned by the invention of the printing press and the discovery of photography ’ . |
| 2 | Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit . |
| 3 | Mrs Postance believes that the heavy digging already completed to prepare the ground for the national curriculum has had a beneficial effect , at least on the teachers , even if the children have yet to reap the harvest : ‘ It 's focused our minds on what we are teaching . |
| 4 | That experiment has had a remarkable effect on the performance of both pupils and helpers . |
| 5 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Whatever the causes , the rise in part-time work has had a profound effect on the employment conditions and prospects of a growing number of workers . |
| 8 | ‘ If the law has to have a proper effect then landlords and breweries should know that to serve young people like this , they are in danger of losing their licences . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Two-thirds of current carers in McLaughlin 's ( 1991 ) study reported that caring had had an adverse effect on their living standards , regardless of their household income level . |
| 12 | From the Ice Age onwards climate has had a dramatic effect upon the landscape , the kinds of cultivation and the uses of land for industrial and domestic purposes . |
| 13 | On this occasion the publicity or discussion in the town had had the beneficial effect that the first victim recognised the matter was being taken seriously and so reported the earlier incident . |
| 14 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
| 15 | For , unlike conquerors before and after , the Romans did not only take from their subject peoples , they contributed also , and the result of these contributions in road communications , law and administration , heating systems , architecture and art has had a permanent effect in Europe despite the 1000 years which intervened between the collapse of the Western half of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance . |
| 16 | The computer revolution has had a profound effect on the mathematics associated with the analysis of computer programs . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Even its critics concede that the Saatchi Collection has had a profound effect on the visual culture of this country , but it has always occupied an uneasy position — it has the status of a national institution , yet it is in private ownership . |
| 20 | Table 4.4 , which summarises the main studies , shows that they all agree that regional policy has had an important effect on job creation though they disagree on how important it has been . |
| 21 | Mike Radford 's paper , Auditing for Change , reviews the work and effectiveness of the Audit Commission , arguing that the Commission has had a profound effect on the debate about the future of local government . |
| 22 | As Mira sees it , this form of language use has had an indelible effect on human consciousness : |
| 23 | Secondly , as has already been stressed , the comprehensive nature of our present system of planning control has had a marked effect on values . |
| 24 | Matza ( 1969 ) was particularly influential in proposing that the correctionalist stance had had a distorting effect in criminology , and in advocating an alternative . |
| 25 | This legislation has had a limited effect , as we shall show . |
| 26 | Alan Smith , commercial director of Vista Computer Systems , said : ‘ The new VAT legislation has had a profound effect on computer systems used by publishers . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | in Sweden , introducing competition 's had a dramatic effect on the state run railway system . |
| 29 | The world oil glut has had an adverse effect on South Africa 's grandiose ambitions as a coal exporter and also on its synthetic fuels business . |
| 30 | The provision of council housing has had an equalising effect both as regards reducing overcrowding and improving housing amenities among working-class people . |