There is usually a real physical effect you can see.

"It has taken about two years for that change to have any real effect," he said.

"But I doubt it will have a real financial effect."

It was looking down, though, that produced the real effect.

However, this advance came too late in the war to have any real effect.

If changes are to have any real effect before the next election, the time to act is now.

Writing may not change everything, but it does have a real effect.

To no real effect so far, but she was sure that one had meaning.

The real effect of the Internet remains to be seen.

"That can have a very real effect on a growing company."