Example sentences of "have a [adj] effect [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But no well sometimes it has a reverse effect on people .
2 The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes .
3 In chalk grassland in Britain , for example , the removal of grazers , such as rabbits or sheep , has a devastating effect on the fine-leaved bouncy turf rich in species .
4 Removing neuron X2 has a similar effect on response to training pattern F'3 .
5 It is known that phosphorylation of the c-Jun A1 activation domain increases transcriptional activity of the protein ( 13 , 14 ) ; perhaps phosphorylation of Ser-249 has a similar effect on the A2 domain ( amino acid residues 238-257 ; ref. 29 ) .
6 One side has a similar effect to deep black crushed velvet but with a slight sheen , the reverse has a rough pile effect painted in a choice of brown , blue or grey .
7 They are good for inflammation of the bowel , breathing difficulties , heart problems , high blood pressure , reducing mucus and it also has a calming effect on the body , especially during nausea .
8 I 'm thinking , for example , it 's not a medicine as such , but I 'm thinking of the birth control pill , which presumably has a possible effect in its particular form over a period perhaps twenty years , rather than five years , on a person .
9 Wealth to those who deem it important has a destructive effect on happiness because thinking about money is demoralising .
10 In addition to spray drift , intensive farming has a destructive effect on the surrounding fauna and flora .
11 ( en ii ) the possibility of removing the 16+ as a series of examinations to be taken after a one/two year course for 14–16 year olds at the age of sixteen would remove a constraint which has a distorting effect on the pattern of the curriculum of schools .
12 This has a singular effect in travelling through the country : the eye seems ever on the verge of a forest which is as it were by enchantment continually changing into inclosures and hedgerows .
13 A new form of treatment , or a new and more enthusiastic doctor , may act as a morale-booster which has a beneficial effect on the immune system — the sort of effect that the psychoneuroimmunologists are currently studying .
14 Salt water is chosen as it supports your body , prevents the skin from crinkling and has a beneficial effect on the skin , joints and muscles .
15 We will then also be able to establish whether artemether has a beneficial effect on the objective and unambiguous primary outcome measures ( full recovery versus recovery with sequelae versus death ) .
16 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 .
17 Of course , large parts of the brain are involved whenever the beaver builds a dam but , when the G mutation affects this particular part of the brain 's wiring diagram , the change has a specific effect on the behaviour .
18 Well because erm the moon here has a gravitational effect on the sea water as we can see on this side .
19 Routine soundcheck-hotel-gig-hotel-travel-hotel always has a dulling effect on performance .
20 An act of ill-treatment may be significant because it has a serious effect upon the child .
21 But it has a strange effect on the tutor .
22 So these people are important to you , so it 's vitally important that you do n't let them down , because initially this business has a strange effect on you in as much as it seems to take over your mind , does n't it ?
23 this soon tangles itself in a web of white noise and frantic improvisation which eventually has a hypnotising effect on the audience .
24 A single dose of psyllium has a moderate effect on gastric emptying and appetite , but further research is needed to define its efficacy on weight loss .
25 Black youths may feel that their participation in sport has a negative effect on their other school pursuits and it may ; but this does not mean that their academic lives are burnt out by the fires of sporting commitment .
26 ‘ We ( in the USA ) could organise stockholder resolutions and protests about this as we have done with the Nestle company and others on the use of infant formula in developing nations where such distribution has a negative effect on the health of children , ’ writes Dr Chain .
27 Only when volatility was measured by the Garman and Klass method or the daily range was there clear evidence that maturity has a negative effect on volatility .
28 Sinking fund or purchase fund effect This also has a negative effect on price .
29 In general terms , the report argues that protectionism has a negative effect on the environment .
30 Despite the dual action of PTHrP on bone and kidney , the agents available for the treatment of TIH are mainly aimed at reducing bone resorption , and no agent has a substantial effect on calcium excretion .
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