Example sentences of "have have a [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be remembered that these changes have had a complex effect . |
| 2 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
| 3 | The shortcomings of organized religions in having within their ranks and amongst their leadership large numbers who do not live up to their beliefs have had a serious effect on attitudes towards religion . |
| 4 | Falling property markets abroad have had a knock-on effect in Sweden . |
| 5 | Recent health scares over cling-film have had a knock-on effect on Tupperware and it has enjoyed a boom in sales . |
| 6 | The lower prices have had a dampening effect on innovative schemes to make better use of the natural resources consumed , and will do nothing to stimulate necessary investment by the generators on modernising their capacity . |
| 7 | The country houses of Goa still retain their Bohemian chandeliers and a mellow stateliness ( left ) , but since land reforms have had a crippling effect on incomes , they are difficult to maintain . |
| 8 | Some companies feel that they have had a beneficial effect on their trading situation , while others feel that their competitive position has been seriously undermined . |
| 9 | The changes which came into place in April 1988 have had a devastating effect on young people . |
| 10 | Remember the cuts in the people 's rights at industrial tribunals that have had a profound effect on employment rights , the attack on local democracy , rate capping , the cuts of tax on local government have had a devastating effect on housing and the social fabric of local community . |
| 11 | However , the teachings of the Hebrew bible and other scriptures derived from the same remote writings and philosophies , have had a profound effect on the events of the past several thousand years . |
| 12 | When Aragon asserts that he has become " an entirely new man , he is not simply engaging in literary rhetoric , but referring quite explicitly to social and political events which have had a profound effect on his life-style . |
| 13 | Remember the cuts in the people 's rights at industrial tribunals that have had a profound effect on employment rights , the attack on local democracy , rate capping , the cuts of tax on local government have had a devastating effect on housing and the social fabric of local community . |
| 14 | Diarrhetic shellfish toxins have had a disastrous effect on the seafood industry in many parts of the world . |
| 15 | Intensive farming methods and particularly insecticides have had a disastrous effect on the lesser kestrel , an insectivore which now numbers only hundreds , whilst wetland birds such as the marbled teal and white-headed duck fail as their habitat is drained for crops . |
| 16 | The most substantive changes have been considerable upward adjustments in prices paid to farmers , which have had a positive effect on output . |
| 17 | Most ma–or roads now have cycle facilities and it seems likely that these have had a positive effect on the road safety of cyclists . |
| 18 | Pesticides have had a damaging effect on a lot of wildlife , including birds of prey , but for some reason this does n't seem to have affected barn owls as much as the sparrowhawk and peregrine populations . |
| 19 | If so , bearing in mind that intention in this context is not the same as motive and that the tort may be committed without any ill will towards the plaintiff , it is likely to be a rare case in which A's words have had a causative effect on B's conduct and yet A escapes liability on the ground that they were only ‘ advice . ’ |
| 20 | But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting . |
| 21 | These changes have had a marked effect on farmland as an aggregation of bird habitats . |
| 22 | Clearly the improvement of the unemployment situation in Scotland during the 1970s owes a great deal to the new employment opportunities created by the discovery of North Sea oil , whereas the political troubles in Ireland have had an adverse effect on the local employment situation there . |
| 23 | On the contrary , the economic crisis in the rich countries has led , not surprisingly , to a still greater preoccupation with national economic issues and national development , one aspect of this situation being that aid to the developing countries by the Western nations who are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has declined as a percentage of their gross national product , while the various protectionist measures which they have taken in recent years have had an adverse effect upon the trade of the developing countries . |
| 24 | In the middle of the worst recession since the war we now have a new crop of party political broadcasts , and a fresh set of posters , both crafted with skill by the advertising industry 's finest , which have had an immediate effect . |
| 25 | It is clearly one area where government housing policies have had an equalising effect . |
| 26 | The ready availability of good-quality building stone in most parts of Scotland , the lack of timber in many northern areas , and the need to protect against strong winds and abundant rain , are a few of the many practical considerations which have had an important effect on the nature of Scottish buildings . |
| 27 | Britain 's pursuit of regional economic policies since the war , which by ‘ stick and carrot ’ incentives have steered or , more likely , encouraged forms of economic development to the disadvantaged regions , have had an indirect effect of the physical environment of many towns and cities . |