Example sentences of "[noun sg] have had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As an example , we have come up with a de-sulphurization system to prevent damage to natural gas pipelines and a North Sea gas rig has had the equipment installed . |
| 2 | Greater Nottingham TEC says : ’ the current recession has had the effect of reducing the number of employer placements available . |
| 3 | This chapter has had the modest aim of explaining only the kind of way in which it must have happened . |
| 4 | Until very recently , the SAAF has had the praiseworthy policy of flying as many of its historic airframes as possible , and the Oxford 's restoration has been undertaken with this in mind , or at the very least to allow the aircraft to ground-run . |
| 5 | The college has had the heart-rending task of choosing between applications from equally deserving cases . |
| 6 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 7 | Commentators suggested that the attempt had had the support of wealthy former politicians , whose ambitions had been foiled by Babangida 's refusal to allow the " old guard " of politicians to stand for office on the return to party politics . |
| 8 | In addition , he pointed out that the price/performance ratio has changed by a factor of 6,000 in the past few years : ‘ If the car industry had had the same change that the computer industry has experienced since 1960 , a car that cost $10,000 in 1960 would now be sold for $1 , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's simply that while we 've been playing well in possession , we have n't been doing the job when the opposition have had the ball . |
| 10 | Since 1972 the 189 member Committee has had the right to draw up opinions on all questions relating to the Community , but it remains advisory . |
| 11 | No marriage has had the exposure of this one . |
| 12 | A company called Popperfoto , which owns one of the world 's largest photographic libraries , now has its headquarters in the region , and Central South has had the rare privilege of being allowed free access to its contents . |
| 13 | The gallery has had the railings restored ; they were originally upright , but are now horizontal . |
| 14 | Oh , a at nineteen forty eight they split up the electric supply and the three was nationalized and erm it , it just went out of the control of the local councils , it was government controlled then and there was a distinct possibility that the transport section would be sold off to private enterprise and the only private enterprise that was capable of taking over then was the Eastern Counties but erm I think the , the erm local council having had the transport under their wing for so many years , fought off that erm feeling and erm they kept with it and er , of course all the accountancy went to the Borough Treasurer and the certain members of clerks from the Borough Treasurers , which was at in those days , er seconded on to transport accounts . |
| 15 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 16 | A funeral procession from the workhouse had had the temerity to pass through his Lordship 's private grounds , thereby producing feelings of outrage . |
| 17 | ‘ I did notice the changes , of course , but I just thought the old lady had had the house done over for them — the parents . |
| 18 | Would to God the dear girl had had the smallpox in a mortifying manner , then she 'd be lovely in the excellencies of her mind only and out of dangers of suffering from the transient beauties of countenance . |
| 19 | Peruvian agrarian reform has had the effect of raising the consciousness of the peasantry . |
| 20 | In conjunction with these developments , the increased involvement by the state in the quest for economic growth , and a growing preoccupation with national security has had the effect of converting issues of political policy into purely technical ones . |
| 21 | With R & D environments , a project may frequently be stopped or transferred to another department before the inventor has had the opportunity to reap the joy that comes from full explorations of their work . |
| 22 | From West End Girls to the camp reworking of U2 's Where the streets have no name , this band has had the smash hits Neil Tennant used to write about when he was an anonymous music journalist . |
| 23 | The right has had the cheek to suggest that the same iron discipline should apply in the aftermath of defeat as in the anticipation of victory . |
| 24 | From the late Felix Vishnevski to the painter Ilya Glazunov , every major collector has had the reputation of being close to the authorities , in the unfavourable sense of the phrase . |
| 25 | At that time would it have been a custom to have had the coffin in the house ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Since the Finance Act of 1961 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had the power ( via ‘ the regulator ’ ) to vary the rates of indirect taxation at any time between Budgets . |
| 28 | Print-making has had the advantage of some careful scholars , but an excellent book is by a practitioner , Stanley Hayter . |
| 29 | American unionism has had the inestimable advantage of being born in a land whose social landscape was not cluttered up with the debris of a feudal age . |
| 30 | She got into the back of the car , and was glad to see her unconscious had had the foresight to include a bar . |