Example sentences of "[noun sg] have the [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , since the cost reduction has the same effect as the price reduction but has other effects in addition , it is more worthwhile to strive after , if it is equally easy to obtain . " |
| 2 | Adding in more tone from the guitar has the desired effect , but the Ovation 's EQ is very sensitive and there 's a fine line between improving or overdoing it . |
| 3 | Let us now make the question more precise , and ask whether the experience has the same effect at any time , or whether there are particular ‘ sensitive periods ’ at which it will be more influential than at others . |
| 4 | Adjustment for birth weight had the greatest effect on the perinatal mortality rates due to immaturity : the rate among women who were booked at general practitioner units and were delivered at hospital 1 fell from 3.6 to 1.0 . |
| 5 | From that occasion Halima learnt that the fastest way to get a bucket of oats was to stand in the fence , and not even feeding excessive amounts of hay or removing the bottom two wires from the fence had the slightest effect in breaking this bad habit . |
| 6 | The idea was sound , but events of 14 July made it futile , for Bismarck 's telegram had the desired effect . |
| 7 | Many drugs on the market today contain a mixture of right- and left-handed isomers , but often only one type has the desired effect ; the other may be inactive or even produce harmful side-effects . |
| 8 | Clearly an indemnity of the second type has the same effect as a simple exclusion of liability . |
| 9 | Glasses containing large amounts of silica melt at very high temperatures ; silica fuses at 1713 o C. The addition of soda has the opposite effect . |
| 10 | The bowel site had the greatest effect on crypt cell production ( ileum>caecum>distal colon ) . |
| 11 | The move had the desired effect but the Indians ' ‘ Friendship Tour ’ was also threatened yesterday by a sex scandal . |
| 12 | Double clicking has the same effect as pressing the return or enter key . |
| 13 | Firing a gun behind an unsuspecting head has the same effect . |
| 14 | The good news for everyone is that aerobic walking has the greatest effect around the hips and thighs where fat tends to accumulate , particularly in women . |
| 15 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 16 | The contrast between its black ink , the white paper and the otherwise pale colour had the desired effect and confirmed the sense of a cold , wintry landscape . |
| 17 | Renewed commitment to child welfare had the initial effect of inducing parents to desert their offspring at an even faster rate . |
| 18 | This insulting behaviour had the desired effect in that it raised tempers in Paris , where all political groups , together with virtually the entire press , broke out in a clamour of hostility to Prussia , at the same time castigating their own government for refusing to take a strong line . |
| 19 | If we dissolve a tablet in a bath of water will a teaspoonful dose have the same effect as taking the tablet itself ? |
| 20 | Thus , the following example has the same effect as the previous one . |
| 21 | THE flurry of worry about the absence of women in John Major 's cabinet had the odd effect of making Mrs Thatcher s premiership look almost progressive on women 's issues . |
| 22 | Soccer had the same effect on Blanche as bad wine : drowsiness and a headache . |
| 23 | The fitting of blinkers on Spartan Sprite had the desired effect at Higham , and it will be interesting to see whether this ploy works a second time should Nigel Bloom opt to ride her rather than Jaaez . |
| 24 | Regrettably , using the same experimental techniques he also found that red-leaf cabbage , beets and cauliflower have the opposite effect and appear to be carcinogenic . |
| 25 | Barbiturates and alcohol have the opposite effect , allowing time to slip by unnoticed . |
| 26 | To treat women of the eighteenth century narrowly as pioneers or precursors of modern feminism has the unfortunate effect of visiting a new teleology on eighteenth century studies . |
| 27 | For example , while sexual dimorphism in size is likely to evolve where variation in male success is greater than female success and a given increment in body size has the same effect on breeding success in both sexes , it will also evolve if variation in reproductive success is similar in both sexes but size has a greater influence on success in males or even if variation in success is greater in females but the effects of size are greater among males . |
| 28 | The début single had the desired effect of stirring up a wealth of excitement . |
| 29 | But have these expanded powers and the concomitant increase in punitiveness had the desired effect upon crime ? |
| 30 | Depression of the opposite hemisphere had the converse effect . |