Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.

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31 The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry .
32 However , the first segment would have given a British hearer immediate access to the contextual assumption about house-warming parties , which means that the extra processing entailed by making these assumptions explicit would not have been rewarded by any contextual effect .
33 IF YOU had been in Whitehall one day in April 13 years ago you would have witnessed a remarkable sight .
34 Had he paused before taking up his pen , and listened to the ghost of Jeeves , he would certainly have heard a deprecatory cough and the chilling words : ‘ I would scarcely advocate it , sir . ’
35 He would never understand how she could memorize all those complex , impossibly long poems , yet forget the words of a simple song she must have heard a thousand times or more .
36 If the hon. Gentleman had participated in our debates in Committee , he would have heard a wide range of differing views and opinions expressed by the various parties in Northern Ireland — and , to some extent , by people within the same party .
37 Nevertheless it is a remarkable tribute to the perseverance and courage of the participants that the ceremonial proceedings were concluded , although no one could have heard a single word of what was spoken into the gale and blown back .
38 The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter .
39 I could n't have arranged a better still life .
40 I could n't have arranged a better still life .
41 If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’
42 The resulting bill , which was approved by 211 votes to 189 in the House and by 50 votes to 44 in the Senate , would have increased the top rate of income tax from 31 to 36 per cent and would have placed a 10 per cent surtax on millionaires to finance tax relief — particularly in the form of a permanent tax credit of $300 per child — for lower- and middle-income tax payers .
43 Though his extravagance was well rewarded , it must have placed a severe strain on the house 's finances .
44 Then he had steered her to a chair , rather than the sofa , which would probably have provoked a new attack of ‘ imagination ’ .
45 It would also have provoked a military crisis in that once in the Crimea , the Emperor must become virtually Commander-in-Chief of all the forces , including the British .
46 However , we would have provoked a huge political fracas and affected some of the poorest in the land .
47 They will also have developed a new technique for controlling reactions within a fusion reactor .
48 But thereafter , and certainly by the time he is six or seven months old , he will have developed a definite preference for the person who has a particular responsibility for him .
49 By then it will have developed a good root system and the new plant can be severed from the parent plant and replanted .
50 By that time , the RECs should have developed a better understanding of the market , and pricing policies to suit .
51 I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding .
52 A strong monarchy could have developed a powerful army and an effective bureaucracy .
53 Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks .
54 In a few years he 'll have developed a big enough ass to occupy my chair . ’
55 Secondly , it enables us to take account of the knowledge that , as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said , had Saddam Hussein not allowed his greed to overcome his stealth by invading Kuwait last year , he would almost certainly have developed a nuclear weapon by the end of 1993 .
56 On Oct. 1 , the head of the sixth IAEA inspection team , David Kay , said in Bahrain that Iraq would have developed a nuclear weapon within 18 months had the Gulf war not intervened , and that it still possessed the technology to manufacture a nuclear weapon within five years .
57 The three or four terms offered to post-graduate students condense the technical work of a three-year course ; on the whole there is greater emphasis on training the voice , movement , acting technique , fencing and dance , etc. since students will presumably have developed a fair amount of performing skill through their university drama departments or societies .
58 Oh I 'm alright do n't worry about me I 'm , they , the person at home , their family must be told as well as you making a note in your accident book that there has been somebody with a knock on the head however mi minor it is , it 's got to be reported , because that knock could have repercussions , it could have broken a small vessel in the brain , it could still be bleeding and that is when compression takes over .
59 Had the employer known of the pregnancy at the date of appointment he would not have appointed the woman and the employer would also have dismissed a male employee engaged for this purpose who required a leave of absence at the same time for medical or other reasons .
60 ‘ Yes , I suppose that would have irritated a Socialist Republican Feminist like you . ’
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