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"had been affected" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in the past perfect tense when you are talking about something that was affected in the past before another event occurred. Example: The floodwaters had been affected by the recent storm, leaving the entire village submerged in water.
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Certainly this had been affected and desperate.
The M20 had been affected, check for updates at highways.gov.uk.
It said only 40,000 owners had been affected.
Chief Dooley said no police work had been affected.
He did not think business had been affected.
Powys council said only five high schools had been affected; Blaenau Gwent, six schools.
Many had been affected by incidents and looting during the March 2013 coup, as was MSF.
Until the Netflix decision, only two of Cosby's TV talkshow appearances had been affected.
The study did not suggest the outcomes of the races had been affected.
The company said the assets had been affected by declining quality and low profitability.
He said about two-thirds of Buffalo homes and businesses had been affected.
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