Example sentences of "[pers pn] has a [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 It 's being around Dodger She has a bad effect on me .
2 ‘ Because I should say he has a powerful effect on you .
3 You have to kick out the yaw damper and put in some twinky footwork on the rudders , but it has a salutary effect .
4 then I mean it , it has a knock-on effect .
5 But no well sometimes it has a reverse effect on people .
6 Because it affects primarily younger people , and in particular young women , it has a powerful effect upon expectation of life .
7 But it has a strange effect on the tutor .
8 An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child .
9 Not feeding for a couple of days before hand clears their systems and helps to make sure your fish eat the remedy , so that it has a greater effect and avoids the problem of rotting herbs polluting the water .
10 Information is relevant when it has a significant effect on our assumptions : in other words , when it will allow us to alter our knowledge structures to give us a more accurate representation of the world .
11 Its power is formidable and it has a direct effect on the fertility of crops and mankind — witness statues of jaguars coupling with women as a means of ensuring the tribe 's continuity .
12 It has a direct effect not only on investment decisions , but also on the market for corporate control and the market for managers .
13 It has a double effect : it reduces the fear in the cat itself and enables it to stay where it is , rather than move off into the distance ; it also prevents any counter-staring by the cat , which would spell defiance and possibly provoke further hostility .
14 It has a weird effect , so bad one day that they had to give me valium to take off my bandages because I could n't handle it any more .
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