Example sentences of "has a [adv] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter contains grapefruit extract which maintains an acid pH on the skin 's surface and has a mildly astringent effect on open pores . |
| 2 | Whether this comes from the apparent tolerance in the Eastern religions or from the Western dismissal of absolutes , the relativism of modern truth has a strongly corrosive effect on historic Christian conviction . |
| 3 | But the whole has a surprisingly pleasant effect . |
| 4 | I make no bones about the Government 's position : we believe firmly that , where competition can be exercised , it has a wholly beneficial effect . |
| 5 | Indeed , the earnings limit has a particularly harsh effect on women , who are more likely than men to be able to combine care-giving with continued part-time employment ( McLaughlin , 1991 , p. 50 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm simply telling you how it was just in case you 've forgotten — alcohol has a rather mind-numbing effect and after all you would n't want to forget even the tiniest part of so wonderful an evening , would you ? ’ |
| 7 | The fact that ‘ She ’ appears to those privileged to see her as a veiled figure and that her lustrous orbs , dazzling limbs and perfect ankles are revealed with tantalising slowness , has a rather different effect on today 's readers than it no doubt had when the book was first published , very nearly a century ago , in 1887 , to be greeted with a storm of ecstasy or alternatively of appalled disapproval , which lasted for many decades . |
| 8 | It has a very similar effect on human systems . |
| 9 | It also has a very calming effect . |
| 10 | It has been shown that the development of pre-school provision has a very marked effect on later offending . |
| 11 | Secondly , it has a very chastening effect on the inspector who knows that everything he says in his report is liable to be critically examined by a review board and , if necessary , corrected for all to see — and this at the whim of those whose actions he is criticising . |
| 12 | Alcohol is a greater danger than food because It has a more powerful effect . |
| 13 | This has a more constructive effect in that the explanation becomes the focus for the other person 's reaction rather than the fact of a disagreement . |
| 14 | It has a more direct effect than anything we are doing now . ’ |
| 15 | In particular , widowhood has a more dramatic effect on men than on women . |
| 16 | Indirect sex discrimination occurs when an unjustifiable requirement or condition is applied equally to both sexes , but has a disproportionately adverse effect on one sex because the proportion of one sex which can comply with it is much smaller than the proportion of the other sex which can comply with it . |
| 17 | Obviously the activity of a pair of adult foxes feeding a family which could number as many as eight cubs has a quite drastic effect on the local rabbit population . |
| 18 | In most systems for pre-testing advertisements , ‘ news ’ has a quite disproportionate effect . |