Example sentences of "have had " in BNC.
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| 1 | These factors help to explain why the total number of clients covered at any one time by our London 24 hour on-call service more than doubled from 70 in April 1990 to 150 by March 1991 ; and why the provision of service has had to become so much more sophisticated . |
| 2 | Hong Song-dam from South Korea has had his prison sentence reduced while Khalid el Kid from Sudan has been moved to Kober Prison , Khartoum , Sudan . |
| 3 | The history of forms in art has had some distinguished advocates , some of whom have been concerned with the transformation over time of one form to another ; others have been more attracted to problems of values , arguing either that styles in art change and decay , or that in a particular period there is an artistic will to produce work in a style of its own . |
| 4 | Print-making has had the advantage of some careful scholars , but an excellent book is by a practitioner , Stanley Hayter . |
| 5 | The author has had time to consider and reflect , so that descriptions , interpretations and evaluations will have been carefully formulated . |
| 6 | A different sort of exhibition which has had some success in attracting attention , and thus newspaper coverage , is the prize competition . |
| 7 | But a solicitous critic ( Amis has had his share , for all the faces he makes ) could perhaps be counted on to demonstrate that the novelist is sorry that Patrick is sexist . |
| 8 | Jenny understands him to say that he has had trouble on his travels ‘ with the Reds ’ . |
| 9 | Less persuasively , a people which has had to defend itself against an enduring hostility is shown , for the most part , as free from fear , and , in particular , from the fear that exceeds and mistakes its objects . |
| 10 | Stoppard 's most popular play is probably still Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead , and he has had notable success with Jumpers , Travesties , and , more recently , The Real Thing . |
| 11 | In recent years the amateur actor has had more opportunity for classes in theatre work , including voice and movement training as well as performance and directing skills . |
| 12 | Due to lack of governmental or any other official support this unique and valuable organisation has had to suspend its training activities temporarily , whilst trying to secure for itself a sound and permanent financial basis for the future . |
| 13 | America has had many unsuccessful attempts to form a national repertory theatre , performing the classics of the English language , and one wonders whether it will ever be possible to get this going effectively . |
| 14 | Though she has had little education , her vocabulary is excellent : she fountains out ideas and observations at breathless speed . |
| 15 | Protestantism has a deeper significance in Ulster than it has had in Britain for over two hundred years . |
| 16 | None of that would of course be comprehensible to Moss and McGrindle , he wrote , to Pizzetti and Baiocchi , to Goldman and Goldstein , though Goldberg , to his credit , has had an inkling , has to some extent faced the thought that he might be wasting his whole life , for that 's what it comes down to in the end , he wrote , wasting a whole life when something useful might have been salvaged , something valuable perhaps , it is the refusal of those alternatives that occasionally makes one shiver . |
| 17 | Tavernier , who is a native Lyon , Birmingham 's twin town , has had a life long love affair with cinema . |
| 18 | Lewis Rudd has had responsibility in his television career for DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET ( Thames ) , WORZEL GUMMIDGE ( Southern Television ) , and at Central Television ( YOUR MOTHER WOULD N'T LIKE IT . |
| 19 | For one thing , I was extremely lucky in that the winter during which I was homeless was apparently the mildest this country has had for twenty years ( though it was quite cold enough for me ) and that was by no means the only remarkable piece of good fortune that I had . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , above the placard speed a severe gust can raise the loads on the wings and cause damage before the weak link has had time to break and relieve the situation . |
| 21 | Occasionally the stall is recognised by the pilot so that a preventative movement can be made before any serious wing-drop has had time to develop . |
| 22 | For example , it is important for an inexperienced solo pilot to avoid a field landing until he has had some training in how to tackle one . |
| 23 | Furthermore , ‘ there have been questions about his loyalty ’ , for Alderson has had the temerity to caution the service about an apparent drift towards paramilitarism . |
| 24 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 25 | I think we should cover Dull , and see whether the man there has had his wits cleared by the smell of fresh shite under his nose . ’ |
| 26 | REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS : Lenny has had an excellent summer . |
| 27 | He has had ample opportunity to exercise leadership , which he almost invariably directs along positive channels , and has improved in the various skills . |
| 28 | Ask the staff if the policy has had any effect on their attitudes to drinking , or on their awareness of their drinking habits . |
| 29 | This approach to amnesia has had some success . |
| 30 | Where cognitive neuropsychology has had its greatest success is in areas where a detailed model of cognitive function is used to explain the pattern of performance produced by individual patients . |