Example sentences of "[not/n't] have a [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 Maybe it was not direct aid and did not have a serious effect , but it seems difficult to imagine any sportsman , black or white , entering sport entirely unassisted .
2 A high turnover of newcomers does not have a serious effect on the community if a substantial group of native families remain rooted in the same spot , but if over the years it is the oldest families that are emigrating then the parish structure will be unstable .
3 It did not have a calming effect on the Indonesian crowd .
4 De La Rue chairman Peter Orchard comments : ‘ This does not have a major effect on the results of the company for the half year of for the previous year , but it does have the consequence of increasing marginally our earnings per share in both periods as the result of including within ordinary activities certain items previously classified as extraordinary . ’
5 Schools can not have a real effect on children 's basic values because these have been instilled earlier by the process of primary socialization in the home and in the wider social community .
6 William Cecil blamed the devastating plague of 1563 on the overcrowding of the central area and ordered that each house which had been subdivided during the previous year should be restored to occupation by a single family only and that recently-arrived lodgers should be removed , but such measures did not have a lasting effect .
7 In examining , for example , the influence of X on Y , it has to be considered whether shifts to a given value of X from either direction have the same consequences for Y. Does it matter , that is , whether X has increased or decreased to reach its present level , or whether the relationship is asymmetrical in that different values of X do not have a uniform effect on Y ?
8 However , we must do what we can to ensure that that does not have a consequent effect on unemployment in this country through a failure to understand that process .
9 The trial was , however , relatively small ( 59 patients ) raising the possibility of a type two error , and it is possible that fluticasone propionate was not present in sigmoid colon and rectum and this could not have a therapeutic effect ( two thirds of patients had rectosigmoid disease only ) .
10 As previously stated , unless an agreement , arrangement or course of conduct which has a restrictive effect on competition does not have a perceptible effect on trade within the Community , it will fall to be considered under the EC competition rules .
11 In the short term , enlargement will not have a massive effect one way or another .
12 The Keynesian concludes , therefore , that an increase in the money supply would not have a marked effect on economic activity since : ( a ) the money supply only influences economic activity indirectly via interest rates , and the latter may not be significantly affected anyway because all parts of the financial market bear the burden of adjustment ; and ( b ) investment expenditures may not be very sensitive to changes in interest rates .
13 How can you be sure that any future development of these sites would not have a deleterious effect on the conservation area , the listed buildings , the archaeology and the natural history ?
14 This is particularly so where it is felt that the consideration did not have a causative effect upon the authority 's determination and where the decision being impugned is not determinative of rights , such as a decision by a local authority to refer a landlord to a rent tribunal .
15 Managing director Kevin Eakin said that while the half percentage point cut would not have a dramatic effect , it was part of a series of cuts all in the right direction .
16 Yoshida 's initiative did not have a dramatic effect but did assist in smoothing out some of the problems in reaching a settlement .
17 The quantity theory reflected the view of economists prior to the 1930s that changes in the quantity of money in existence do not have a permanent effect on the real sector of the economy ( that is on , output and employment levels ) , but do determine the general price level .
18 Whoever wins , their plans to boost the economy will face political obstacles and will not have an instant effect .
19 There is also consumer resistance to products that do not have an immediate effect on the pest populations several days may pass before the bacteria have a noticeable effect on the pest .
20 No one could ignore the Rio Summit even if much of what came out of it did not have an immediate effect on business .
21 He concluded that , albeit the discretion he had under section 78 of the Act of 1984 might be wider than the discretion at common law , the criteria of unfairness were the same whether the discretion was being exercised at common law or under the statute , that paragraph C10.1 had no application to the situation , and that admission of the challenged evidence would not have an adverse effect on the fairness of the trial within section 78 .
22 In the result the judge concluded that to admit the challenged evidence would not have an adverse effect on the fairness of the trial .
23 2.3 " Adjoining Property " means any neighbouring or adjoining land or premises ( excluding the remainder of the Centre ) in which the Landlord or a Group Company has a freehold or leasehold interest or in which during the Term the Landlord or a Group Company shall have acquired a freehold or leasehold interest There is no objection to this provided that the existence of any adjoining property does not have an adverse effect on the tenant 's contribution towards service charges or other costs referred to in the lease and the tenant should therefore be vigilant in this regard when amending the lease .
24 Below 60 per cent the exercise will not have an aerobic effect and only very fit people can gain any aerobic effect above the 85 per cent level ( see Table 3 ) .
25 But spooning five sugar lumps into your morning coffee wo n't have a memory-boosting effect .
26 The DOT says the road wo n't have a serious effect on them , and has refused to buy their cottage .
27 If the writing does n't have a tangible effect on you , the writer , it is unlikely to stir or arouse others .
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