Example sentences of "have [adv] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few authorities , however , have long had a formal policy of allowing parents to see their children 's school records , and individual schools have sometimes had an open files policy and reported beneficial results to the motivation of pupils and relations with parents . |
| 2 | Since labour costs account for around 60 per cent of operating costs in BR and RENFE , these pressures for financial stringency and cost cutting have naturally had a major impact on industrial relations in the two enterprises as later chapters will show . |
| 3 | They have lately had a great deal of it . |
| 4 | This is a self-defeating battle , since defence cuts have already had a savage impact on greater Los Angeles and , most particularly , LA county . |
| 5 | But the further they go the more interesting they get and of course er the visitors tonight have already had a good win . |
| 6 | The Dons have already had a written offer of £3million from Italy . |
| 7 | Senior officers say the now familiar fixed cameras have already had a dramatic effect in reducing speed . |
| 8 | Amnesty have already had a free booking . |
| 9 | Like those of Caracas , the stations of Mexico have generally had a bad press . |
| 10 | You have just had a cervical smear . |
| 11 | ‘ But any visit to Elland Road is tricky , especially when Leeds have just had a good spanking from Nottingham Forest . |
| 12 | Usually I can only suggest possible methods of locating a partner for a large cichlid — unless I have just had a similar query from someone else , in which case I will happily operate a marriage bureau as long as both fishkeepers are agreeable . |
| 13 | On the other hand anthropological topics , which have always had a major place in Marxism , are often just as difficult as Marxist writings to understand and evaluate for those with a more general interest . |
| 14 | After a period under a caretaker chairman , the board 's non-executive directors — who have always had a powerful voice within the company decided that the group needed a ‘ drastic , kill-or-cure remedy ’ under a new leader who would have the strength to develop a new strategic direction . |
| 15 | But the Scots have always had a deep-rooted sense of inferiority about the English : it was born out of the defeat of the '45 and the surrender of 1707 and , as Boswell and others had observed with chagrin and sometimes rage , the condescension and contempt of the English towards the Scots and their impossible tongue . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm very happy and I have always had a good relationship with the board . ’ |
| 18 | We have always had a middle range approach ( in Merton 's sense ) at — though we have always been weighted to social institutions and the applied end . |
| 19 | Some GE businesses , like aero-engines and plastics , have always had a global outlook . |
| 20 | Such an achievement depends upon two things for which the English have always had a special genius : a sense of place and a sense of compromise . |
| 21 | Anyway , Glasgow people have always had a natural ability to entertain others , if not themselves , and as early as 11 November 1699 , a certain John Smith , not related to the John Smith who is a regular guest at a major hotel in the city , received permission from the Town Council to teach dancing . |
| 22 | Schools have always had a fair amount of control over their resources — making decisions about accommodation , capitation and so on — and their decisions have normally been used in accordance with the identified needs of the institution , whether explicitly identified or not . |
| 23 | The limits of possibility at 29,078 feet have always had a peculiar appeal for British expeditions . |
| 24 | Universities have always had a considerable degree of financial autonomy , being funded ( apart from the Open University ) by central government on the recommendation of an independent body , now the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) . |
| 25 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 26 | Historically , women have always had a bad deal . |
| 27 | There has been no similar move in the British parties , although Conservative party conferences have always had a high proportion of women delegates . |
| 28 | Pre-pubescent girls have always had a quick turnover in teen idols . |
| 29 | It 's amazing how soldiers in skirts have always had a hard reputation in n it ? |
| 30 | We can see , therefore , by studying estates and their administrative caputs , deliberate acts of estate policy which have always had a dramatic effect on the landscape . |