Example sentences of "[noun sg] have had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ . |
| 2 | This technique has had a great deal of impact in computer programming where it in systems analysis and design . |
| 3 | It must be sensible to delay breeding until the mare has had a chance to prove herself as a sound , willing ride . |
| 4 | As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas . |
| 5 | Indeed , ever since the Queensberry era began in 1892 every weight division has had a high proportion of middle-class world champions and contenders — men for whom deprivation was having T-bone steaks only twice instead of thrice a week [ see table ] . |
| 6 | The Führer has had a bunker constructed below the Chancellery . |
| 7 | Cholesterol has had a bad press . |
| 8 | Spain by contrast has had a 40-year dictatorship which unlike those of Japan , Germany or Italy , is part of very recent history . |
| 9 | Re-selling the goods , therefore , does not constitute acceptance unless the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them . |
| 10 | The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award has had a happier track record . |
| 11 | Nynex Corp 's New England Telephone & Telegraph Co has had a clean bill of health from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which affirmed the double-A-minus senior unsecured debt rating , and said long-term outlook is positive . |
| 12 | Since the nineteen fifties each base has had a side . |
| 13 | Helpfully , the council added that : ‘ It should be pointed out that this action would be taken against all allotment holders , whether or not any individual holder has had a bonfire prior to the service of a notice . |
| 14 | Immediately after doing so , before her new skin has had a chance to harden , she is particularly vulnerable , so before the event , she ties down the door from the inside with ropes of silk . |
| 15 | Monmonier ( 1982 , p. 2 ) believes that ‘ the digital computer has had a profound effect on maps , an effect that will equal or surpass the changes in mapping occasioned by the invention of the printing press and the discovery of photography ’ . |
| 16 | Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit . |
| 17 | ‘ The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’ |
| 18 | German cinema has had a low profile of late , with the most feted film being ‘ The Nasty Girl ’ by Michael Verhoeven which took the Silver Lion at last year 's Berlin Film Festival , and received an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film . |
| 19 | Mrs Postance believes that the heavy digging already completed to prepare the ground for the national curriculum has had a beneficial effect , at least on the teachers , even if the children have yet to reap the harvest : ‘ It 's focused our minds on what we are teaching . |
| 20 | Religion has had a decisive influence on thinking about dreaming , and it is achieving a revival in many parts of the world . |
| 21 | Gary ‘ Wash and Go ’ Speed has had a Roy Keane-ish haircut |
| 22 | The Irish Bank Officials ' Association has had a claim outstanding since then and it has now reached the stage of the Labour Court . |
| 23 | In the past this Association has had a good relationship with the DLO in Derry . |
| 24 | The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys . |
| 25 | The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys . |
| 26 | The Opposition has had a field day with the charges of betrayal it could with so much justification fling at the Government over broken election promises . |
| 27 | A fourteen-year-old offender who 's had three holidays in Spain this year at tax payers ' expense has had a court case adjourned because he 's being interviewed by the police on other matters . |
| 28 | Psychoanalytic thinking has had a deep influence on psychiatry and psychology in the twentieth century , but this has been by no means decisive , and its increasingly fragmented theories have been subjected to continuous criticism . |
| 29 | We are just glad the whole unfortunate episode has had a happy ending . ’ |
| 30 | Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run . |