Example sentences of "have [adv] had a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Knight , 30 , may not have enjoyed the success Grobbelaar has , but his career has rarely had a dull moment since he signed as a 14-year-old schoolboy when Ian St John was manager . |
2 | Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey were among the first to import them into England , and the painter Hans Holbein has since had a particular type of design named after him because of the number of times it featured in his portraits of Henry and the English Court , Similarly , the Flemish painter Hans Memlinc provides ample pictorial evidence of the passion for oriental rugs in the Netherlands and the Northern Europe . |
3 | If we then go back to er , look at the profits as a whole , there are just three items I 'd like to comment on , the corporate expenses as other income er , has obviously had a dramatic improvement . |
4 | Despite the damage man has done to the Asian elephant , he has long had a close partnership with the great animal founded if not on love then certainly on respect . |
5 | How this system of allocation has been operated and controlled has long had a significant effect in moulding the social composition of the rural village , for it has largely influenced who lives where . |
6 | Porteous has long had a high reputation for stocking maps and guides in depth , and its customers , to whom it also supplies daily newspapers , include large city companies whose executives travel regularly and widely . |
7 | ‘ Diana came off that plane in Korea as if she has just had a stand-up row with Charles , ’ the aide said . |
8 | The fact that such technology has already had a major impact upon the leisure industry should not fill us with wild joy . |
9 | Undoubtedly the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act has already had a beneficial effect on our countryside and wild animals , but it is not enough . |
10 | Such work is starting to have an effect in feminist psychology , but it has already had a great influence on feminism . |
11 | Caterham has already had a significant success in the US when it was invited to compete in the Sports Cars of America 's 24-hour race in Ohio , and won . |
12 | The Enterprise Centre , under the leadership of Elayne Burley , has already had a considerable influence in effecting change at Napier . |
13 | It is notorious that many scientists do not love words : scientific language has already had a disastrous effect on the use of language throughout society . |
14 | The changing face of Eastern Europe has already had a dramatic affect on the malt market and as the political and economic climate becomes more stable new opportunities will doubtless emerge . |
15 | Now she is learning to walk again and has already had a few day visits home . |
16 | But he has hardly had a trouble-free run since then with most of his problems self-inflicted . |
17 | Anyone who has ever had a close encounter with that lethal spirit tequila ( accurately described here as liquid plutonium ) will experience an agreeable sense of schadenfreude as the characters toss back the shots with reckless abandon , while the evocation of the hideous , hungover morning-after is hilariously achieved . |
18 | If the child has ever had a severe reaction , or suffers from asthma , then the retesting must be done very cautiously . |
19 | But seriously , there is something of a revival just like everywhere else at the moment , although blues has always had a strong following in Australia — that 's why I 've been able to make a living all these years . |
20 | Saucony has always had a strong reputation for the fit and comfort of its shoes , GRID builds on this reputation . |
21 | However , it is safe to assert that it has always had a strong emphasis upon personal development and upon the intrinsic worth of education per se ; and , equally , that a critical , open-ended and analytical approach , and a ‘ democratic ’ teaching mode , have characterised the provision of the RBs for many years . |
22 | Unusually among popular music entertainers Mr Faith has always had a strong awareness of financial matters , trading up his homes and investing wisely . |
23 | Because of its graphical interface the Macintosh has always had a superb display system , an effect heightened by the use of a small ( 9″ ) monitor . |
24 | The company has always had a substantial research and development program and it will continue to develop s its businesses within the U K and take advantage of any appropriate profitable opportunities to extend operations . |
25 | One Labour MP , Joe Ashton , who has always had a sure touch for populist politics , used to maintain that the best party political broadcast anyone could produce would be a wildlife film about seals . |
26 | Mr Morton has always had a powerful ally in the shape of the Bank of England . |
27 | In the past , Saucony has always had a low-key approach to cutting edge technology . |
28 | The BDDA has always had a weak link in that it never could command the necessary influential backing , financially and in personnel , to carry out its objects . |
29 | ‘ Public relations , ironically , has always had a poor image as being peopled by professional manipulators intent on pulling the wool over the eyes of a gullible public by misleading the media . ’ |
30 | ‘ First team coach Liam O'Kane has always had a good relationship with the players and he , too , would come into contention . |