Example sentences of "have [verb] the [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ugandan capital Kampala has seen the devastating effect that civil war has on a sophisticated engineering scheme . |
| 2 | As such , I must be one of the few hon. Members who has seen the practical effects of the implementation of legislation such as this , and not simply the ideology behind it . |
| 3 | Research has shown the harmful effects of stress on the mother and fetus . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | It obviously has had the opposite effect … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , we can not even be sure that it has got the causal effects absolutely right . |
| 9 | It is unclear whether his Lordship still believed that there should be a different standard of review for inferior courts and for other administrative institutions , but more recent authority has interpreted the combined effect of Anisminic and O'Reilly to mean that the same broad standard of review should , in principle , apply to both . |
| 10 | I was heartened by this news though Marianne , who has experienced the unpredictable effects of alcohol on the North African male to her cost , was less amused . |
| 11 | Hughes has recounted the devastating effect of successive raids on Liverpool and Birkenhead , in which 130 vessels were damaged or sunk and countless warehouses containing sugar , cotton and other vital commodities were destroyed . |
| 12 | Subconsciously , she must have sensed the potent effect he could have on her , an instinctive recognition of the dangerous power he would assume if once she had known his touch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | However that avenue was never explored to its end ; and if it had been , one may doubt whether many readers would have grasped the total effect . |
| 15 | The harshness of those living-conditions , with the special emphasis on working-class housewives having to feed , clothe and generally look after a large family , was reflected by the lower standards of living , the deprivations all around , widespread poverty , with few families ever having experienced the beneficial effects of a holiday in the country or at the sea-side . |
| 16 | No one , in those early days of nuclear weaponry , seemed to have anticipated the adverse effect it would have on the men sheltering below . |
| 17 | The brush-off seems to have had the desired effect . |
| 18 | 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. |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But in music and poetry which aims at a higher aesthetic we have to avoid the trite effect which can result when words and music are in the same metre and move in identical rhythms . |
| 22 | Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose , and have further squeezed farmers ' margins . |
| 23 | Invariably children in such groups have demonstrated the cumulative effect of such approaches through poor levels of achievement , low self-esteem and deteriorating standards of educational attainment and behaviour — just as disruptive children have . |
| 24 | You have achieved the maximum effect with this exercise . |
| 25 | We have established the multiplying effect of environmental and animal welfare organisations working together . |