Example sentences of "had [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There 's been a lot of doom and gloom spoken about ‘ the depressed market ’ , and certainly the fiscal policy of high interest rates has had the short-term effect that was intended . |
| 3 | Instead of the sunset raging a fire in them as Fernando had obviously intended , it had had the reverse effect — doused away a good deal of bitterness and left them with a certain sadness . |
| 4 | The amalgamation of properties would , perhaps , have had the greatest effect since the main purpose would have been economy of management . |
| 5 | And I 've come back years later and it 's had the same effect on me . ’ |
| 6 | The February and October revolutions seem to have had the same effect on the Russian colonists as the expulsion of the British had on the American colonists in the eighteenth century — a removal of all restraint on the ambitions to despoil native lands and assets . |
| 7 | And major social reforms — the establishment of free trade unions or the redistribution of noble land — would have had the same effect . |
| 8 | Yesterday Capt Roy Beaumont , Loganair 's operations director , said that although the plane involved was an ATP , the down draught could have had the same effect on any aircraft coming in to land . |
| 9 | Worse for them , whether they go on backing Mr Gorbachev or opt for some other tough guy , the rattle of gunfire has not had the intended effect . |
| 10 | Could it be that Octel 's handsomely presented claim that without lead alkyls the roads of ‘ most of the world would be very empty ’ has had the intended effect on one of our more propaganda resistant MPs ? |
| 11 | Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose , and have further squeezed farmers ' margins . |
| 12 | It obviously has had the opposite effect … |
| 13 | Compliance with the EEC Directive , following pressure from the United States , has had the opposite effect to that intended ; it has significantly reduced protection in the United Kingdom . |
| 14 | Although most of the adjustments Valuev proposed to the statutes of emancipation appeared to favour the gentry at the expense of the peasantry , one of them , the abolition of the peasant commune , might have had the opposite effect , and none of them was designed to turn the clock back . |
| 15 | The brush-off seems to have had the desired effect . |
| 16 | At first , the Lord Chief Justice 's pronouncements appeared to have had the desired effect , as the average length of prison sentences imposed on males aged 17 and above for indictable offences fell in both the magistrates ' court and the Crown Court in the months following the cases of R. v. |
| 17 | With one exception these have failed ; and the exception appears to have had no lasting effect on the course of the proceedings . |
| 18 | Paul Fisher exclaimed as she went quickly past him , but his ‘ wow ’ meant nothing to her other than that , unfortunately , his carpeting of a week last Friday had had no lasting effect . |
| 19 | We find today that , on the whole , universal provision has had no such effect . |
| 20 | Any rise in aggregate demand which was rationally anticipated would have had no such effect — it would merely have led to a rise in prices . |
| 21 | As to this , Eadmer gives strong hints that he failed to prevent the encroachments of powerful tenants , but the details of these aggressions are lost : they seem to have had no important effect on the general prosperity of the Church of Canterbury . |
| 22 | It was understandable that branch members should be reluctant to risk a fall in recruitment through another increase in fees : yet the rises of 1956 had had no discernible effect . |
| 23 | As these letters have had no discernible effect and The Awesome Three boys are still enjoying the odd night tying up white-clad virgins and offering them up to the Devil , the incensed mothers have now taken to writing to the band 's parents . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty . |
| 26 | Overall , the liberalisation which has taken place in the architectural profession since the early 1980s does not seem to have had a revolutionary effect . |
| 27 | However , undoubtedly the night air would have had a sobering effect , especially as the walk was some 2¾ miles long . |
| 28 | The market 's dramatic decline — from its 1989 peak of more than 600,000 barrels to about 400,000 last year — has had a sobering effect on brewers , and realism in now making a welcome return to their predictions of the market 's long-term potential . |
| 29 | Recent warnings by prominent Quebec business leaders concerning the negative economic consequences of independence , coupled with the current economic recession , were thought to have had a sobering effect upon public opinion . |
| 30 | The reduction in the cash available for people to spend due to the April 1988 social security changes and the highest interest rates ever ( enhanced by the multiplier effect ) , has had a major effect on the local economy , in reducing demand for locally produced goods and services . |