Example sentences of "had [art] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Clinton has seen off those who have had the guts to compete for the prize .
2 Now it seems that successive governments have just have n't lived up to their obligation to wield the stick , and Harlow council just have n't had the sense to reach for the carrot in that that local people are caught in the middle !
3 Unless Opposition Members are prepared to stand up and pledge that they will meet the costs of every private home , no matter how high and heavy , our proposals for 1993 will overtake most of their objections , and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to respond to the debate .
4 Obviously a person who has spent all their life avoiding such situations will never have had the opportunity to learn about the plateau stage and the gradual fading away of anxiety .
5 Although this is not a matter in respect of which we are asked to grant any relief , I believe that Lautro should reconsider its practice in this respect , and consider deferring the issue of a press notice until after the person affected has had the opportunity to apply for the notice to be rescinded and to make representations to that effect , and Lautro 's board have ruled in the application .
6 I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read .
7 It is a mystery why only one genus of this formerly diverse group should have had the capacity to survive to the present day .
8 Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years .
9 Just to pass some time cos I 'm bored I 'd thought I 'd list a team of crap Leeds players I 've had the misfortune to see over the years .
10 ‘ We would not , I believe , if we had had that situation , have had the strength to deal with the Falklands , with Iraq and with the economic difficulties that we had in the early 1980s , ’ he said .
11 On the facts of the case the rules of natural justice had been broken because the constable had had no opportunity to comment upon the allegations made against him .
12 What appears of particular concern is that the increase in ultraviolet radiation coincides with the time when ocean surface organisms are emerging from the dark winter period and thus have had no time to adapt to the sun , let alone enhanced levels of damaging UV-B radiation .
13 ‘ I will accept nothing of the sort , Miss Kenton , until I have had a chance to deal with the matter .
14 You will probably have had a chance to practise with the hand-held mask at antenatal class .
15 ‘ Have you had a chance to look through the dossier I sent you this morning ? ’
16 Besides , he had not yet had a chance to speak to the investigating magistrate about the pay-off .
17 The turkish team had 8 new players since Norways 3–1 in Oslo and a new manager so i guess the turks has had a shake-out to prepare for the future .
18 After reading this you will not be an expert on fusion science , but you will realise that fusions fluctuating fortunes have had a lot to do with the way in which the science and technology developed .
19 Although Conservative Members have had a lot to say on the subject , in Standing Committee E the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) said : ’ The effect of the amendments ’ — in other words , an amendment to the Bill in order to make these affirmative orders — ’ would be that all regulations under the Bill would be subject to the affirmative procedure . ’
20 I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ?
21 Had she done so , he might have had a reason to object to the holiday and a great deal of trouble would have been saved .
22 Lautro should reconsider its practice of issuing a press notice and consider deferring the issue of a press notice until after the person affected has had an opportunity to apply for the notice to be rescinded , to make representations to that effect , and Lautro 's board has ruled in the application ( post , pp. 581F–G , 582A ) .
23 By now , they should have had an outline to present to the sponsors .
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