Example sentences of "had have [det] effect " in BNC.

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1 The major reason given for the closure of railway lines and stations was that the 1950s modernization plan for the railways had had little effect on stemming an ever-rising deficit in running costs .
2 The self-discipline and lessened dependence on each other that Helen had hoped for had had some effect on Edward , as his first letter to Helen from his Oxford lodgings shows :
3 Anglo-American diplomacy , it seemed , had had some effect .
4 After a while , Marcus , as if impatient , or to see if he had had any effect , stopped the breathing exercise and , half sitting up , began to pull the limp body about , almost roughly , almost angrily , as if he would scarcely believe that he was not succeeding .
5 The facts of the present case demonstrated the importance of , among other things , discovering during the trial whether alleged misconduct by the police had had any effect upon the evidence and any likely bearing on the result .
6 The judge at first instance granted the injunction and the Court of Appeal upheld his decision , Lord Denning MR saying that there was no evidence that the blacking at the Daily Express had had any effect on the provincial dispute .
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