Example sentences of "have had a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cologne may have had a poor start to the season , but they are typically disciplined like all German sides and will play as they are told to play by their coach . |
| 2 | Dr Julius Grayling , the man in charge , says that he would have had a worse chance of getting a grant from the Mandan Foundation if he had applied with a literal description of the work he wanted to carry out . |
| 3 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 4 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 5 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 6 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 7 | Either Merovech or Childeric would have had a better claim to being " the first king " of the Franks . |
| 8 | Even without Terence O'Neill , such claims would have had a better hearing in the 1960s than they had had in the 1920s . |
| 9 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 10 | No children , odd sex and , as a high churchman , he 'd really have had a better image of himself if he 'd managed to keep to celibacy . |
| 11 | If he had , he supposed that he would now have been in a much better position to help Celia , would have had a better understanding of what sometimes happened after giving birth . |
| 12 | This probably reflects the perceptions of the respondents rather than a real difference in the actual quality of life of the people who died , although staff members may have been more willing to act as respondents for residents they had got on well with , and those residents may have had a better quality of life because of their relationship with the staff . |
| 13 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
| 14 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 15 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
| 16 | Since the last war , however , strains of the gonococcus which produce fewer symptoms will have had a greater chance of being passed on before treatment could be instituted . |
| 17 | The government , at no additional cost to the Exchequer , would have had a greater impact on the individual 's welfare . |
| 18 | The Aquino government had resisted the return of the body on the grounds that it would have had a destabilizing effect on the country . |
| 19 | He could have had a radiographic picture within two minutes , but that was far too long . |
| 20 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |
| 21 | On the basis that it had continued thus , the blade would have had a total length of about five inches . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Is there anybody who might have had a serious grudge against your father ? ’ |
| 23 | The plaintiff must have had a genuine freedom of choice before the defence can be successfully raised against him . |
| 24 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 25 | One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs . |
| 26 | [ 5 ] So the dream vision must have had a tremendous impact on his perception of the world . |
| 27 | The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts . |
| 28 | You might have thought these further disclosures would have had a powerful effect on me but , of course , I was inured to surprise where this man was concerned . |
| 29 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 30 | The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) . |