Example sentences of "had have [art] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
| 2 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 3 | Matza ( 1969 ) was particularly influential in proposing that the correctionalist stance had had a distorting effect in criminology , and in advocating an alternative . |
| 4 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 5 | Interestingly , a majority of companies both on and off the zones considered that if anything the zones had had a beneficial effect on local business , local economic development , environmental improvements and public- and private-sector investment . |
| 6 | The imprisonment of the appellant had had a depressing effect on the victim of the indecent assault . |
| 7 | The new ethos of the '80s had had a positive effect on the character of the people , just as the ethos of the late ‘ 70s had a severely negative effect . |
| 8 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
| 9 | Paul Fisher exclaimed as she went quickly past him , but his ‘ wow ’ meant nothing to her other than that , unfortunately , his carpeting of a week last Friday had had no lasting effect . |
| 10 | It was understandable that branch members should be reluctant to risk a fall in recruitment through another increase in fees : yet the rises of 1956 had had no discernible effect . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Two-thirds of current carers in McLaughlin 's ( 1991 ) study reported that caring had had an adverse effect on their living standards , regardless of their household income level . |