Example sentences of "and [verb] that have " in BNC.

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1 Yet novels and plays that have characters who are aware or become aware of their fictional status generally focus on the relation of the characters to their author , as in Luigi Pirandello 's Six Characters in Search of an Author , Flann O'Brien 's At Swim-Two-Birds , Muriel Spark 's The Comforters , Robert Pinget 's Mahu , ou le matériau and countless other postmodernist texts .
2 He now has four children , and insists that having kids early ‘ was the greatest thing that ever happened to me .
3 ring me today and say that 's got diarrhoea , he 'll keep the car today but he do n't want it tomorrow can you find someone else who wants it .
4 Hits are broken on the show and bands that have n't yet got a record deal are often booked to appear As a result of heavy plugging on The Hitman And Her , Virgin gave Sandra 's Everlasting Love a UK release , but as soon as it went top 40 the programme dropped it , claiming it was not about pop hits .
5 Similarly , young emerging leaves and shoots that have not yet developed a tough skin are easier for fungus spores to penetrate as they are for sucking and biting insects , and this is why the first signs of mildew especially are always to be found on such tissue .
6 He had encouraged and praised her , bullied her a little when she needed bullying , and given her the love and support that had made her feel , even in the darkest moments of self-doubt , that she could rise above all the problems and emerge triumphant .
7 He had needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day , and once again he felt the company warmth and support that had sustained him through the day .
8 So it is important to make some preparations in advance and accept that having fun can involve hard work .
9 The other thing we noted about the fire chief 's report is that the brigade is to be re-named the Durham County Fire and Rescue Service , thereby emphasising its commitment to cats up trees , cows in clarts and budgerigars that have fallen off the perch .
10 Warner 's only chance with Black Fury would have been if the serious critics had hailed it as a masterpiece and as a great breakthrough , but on this occasion the critics were all too aware of the stresses and strains that had been created by the processing of an authentic theme into a melodramatic format .
11 Against all the odds , it had proved to be a happy and companionable day , Ross 's unusually calm , friendly manner towards her having released much of the stresses and strains that had previously left her feeling so tense and nervous .
12 Whatever the form of ownership — and there is plenty of room and need for experiment — the aim is the same : to bridge the gap between ownership and control that has grown ever since companies ceased to be run by proprietors in the first half of this century .
13 AFTER SEVEN years of perfecting an original and incisive style of investigative journalism in the provinces , I relished the opportunity to move to the big city and expose the callous greed and avarice that had poisoned the cynical entertainment industry for so long .
14 Learning from experience is such a fundamental process that it is easy to take it for granted and assume that having experiences and learning from them are synonymous .
15 The importance of ensuring a high turnout amongst E C nationals surely warrants something more than the complacency and drift that has come to characterise this government 's whole policy towards the European community .
16 In the pre-unified past , Sotheby 's sold , without a peep of protest , a Pater and Lancret that had been looted from Potsdam ( The Art Newspaper , No. 1 , October 1990 , p. 1 ) ( subsequently reacquired ) , and negotiated with the Kupferstichkabinett , Berlin-Dahlem , in the sale of drawings from the Theodor Allan Heinrich estate , some of which had been looted .
17 So had the cheerful chat and bustle that had formed the barely noticed background to our conversation .
18 Consider each one separately and try to apply the guidelines and hints that have been offered so far .
19 It is the joy of making and giving that has fired Blanc on his way to the top .
20 An ample bread-basket was thus indispensable to the Suffolk ; and this characteristic — emphasized by selective breeding — is another example of the inspired fusion of breed , local custom and use that has gained East Anglian farmers such a deserved reputation as stock raisers .
21 THE OYSTER 68 COMBINES ELEGANCE , PERFORMANCE AND COMFORT THAT HAS WON SUPPORT FROM CRUISING YACHTSMEN AROUND THE WORLD .
22 He hopes , as all prime ministers do , that the shake-up will put an end to the back-biting and snarling that has reached a nasty pitch since the Newbury by-election and local-council humiliations three weeks ago .
23 At some volcanoes , the most crust-like magmas are produced immediately after caldera collapse events , when the chamber roof collapses and melts that have failed to erupt are swamped with crustal contaminants .
24 Although Joanne clearly loves her daughter very dearly and feels that having her has made her more responsible , she spends relatively little time with her .
25 And then he felt the music 's pull again , and thought that had n't they summoned Fael-Inis to help them , and was n't it sensible to obey him ?
26 Balor grinned at Snodgrass and smacked his lips and grabbed the cask of mead and thought that had n't the Humans strange , mimsing appetites to be sure .
27 But having prepared the tank to ensure the best possible water quality and filters that have a head start , the maximum stock to begin with is two fish ( though arguably this could mean two 3″ Barbs or a shoal of six 1″ Tetras .
28 The chapters in this section of the reader consider various aspects of teaching and learning that have come under increased official scrutiny by central state agencies in recent years , particularly the curriculum of schools , the assessment of pupil performance in school and the quality of teaching itself .
29 And think that has become very problematic , and it has become very paralysing .
30 All the frustration and anger that had been bottled up for 16 years were suddenly out .
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