Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Gibson J said , at p638 : An employee with experience in a particular industry who is intending to leave , whether to join a competitor as an employee or to set up in competition on his own account , commits no breach of contract in doing so unless either there is a specific term of his contract to that effect which does not fall foul of the doctrine against restraint of trade or he is intending to use the confidential information of his employer otherwise and for the benefit of his employer . |
| 2 | One shoulder operation and a season of water-treading later , this determined , self-assured competitor is once again strutting his stuff to destructive effect ; quite why he was overlooked for the Oval Test escapes me . |
| 3 | That left seven , easily outnumbered by Boscawen 's 15 , plus frigates , and he used his superiority to crushing effect in an action which began around 1.30 pm and continued next day , when the last four French ships were driven into Lagos Bay , about 19 miles [ 30 km ] east of Cape St Vincent , on the coast of Portugal , where Boscawen pursued them into Portuguese waters . |
| 4 | A quite stunning piece of realist 's techno composed by legendary ( in some quarters ) Detroiter Kenny Larkin and remixed by fellow townsman , the ever enigmatic Carl Craig , who once again employs his craft to outstanding effect . |
| 5 | The lord James had undertaken that the Sultan in Cairo should not contravene any article of the pact , and his emir Tzani-bey al-Ablak had been asked to give his word to that effect . |