Example sentences of "[noun sg] had have a [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new .
2 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 .
3 In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen .
4 Matza ( 1969 ) was particularly influential in proposing that the correctionalist stance had had a distorting effect in criminology , and in advocating an alternative .
5 The imprisonment of the appellant had had a depressing effect on the victim of the indecent assault .
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