Example sentences of "had [art] [adj] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the SA Rugby Board has traditionally had the major slice of South Africa 's rugby cake , built as this has been on white wealth , sponsorship , patronage , assets , expertise , media coverage and the rest .
2 We 've had the odd difference of opinion , while respecting the other 's point of view .
3 Class as nearby townspeople who have never had the dubious benefit of Melric 's magic .
4 ‘ If the host has had the normal course of immunisation , then yes , it should follow near enough the same evolutionary pattern .
5 But not only have we had the Great Fire of London we 've had other disasters in the country apart from disasters of the Great War and the er Second World War .
6 However fantastic the labyrinth into which that impulse had led him , his first visit to St Matthew 's at least had had the comforting stamp of normality and reason .
7 More important , it has on several occasions presented to the European Commission solutions to technical problems with the Directives which have had the unanimous support of member associations .
8 By the time some pupils reach secondary school they can be up to a year behind classmates who have had the proper amount of teaching , Government insiders claim .
9 Until that moment Aunt Louise had seemed almost a stranger , her mannerisms and glances unfamiliar , and I had had no real feeling of kinship .
10 But it is possible to work with people who have had no previous experience of teaching or drama .
11 ‘ We have had no significant losses of clients since the publication of the DTI report .
12 Solihull teachers , most of whom had had no direct experience of SSE were generally more positive in their attitudes than were their Oxfordshire colleagues , most of whom had .
13 The greatest Roman triumph was to secure the allegiance of Tincommius of the Atrebates , whose father , Commius , had had a pathological hatred of Rome .
14 We welcome people from every party , it does n't really matter which party , or even if they belong to no party , who are just committed to seeing a representative representation , seeing more women in there , because women in this country , just as a matter of fact , have a rather different experience from most men , and if you 're making a decision then you want there the people who have had a wide range of experience , who can bring that experience to bear on making the decision .
15 Since Rosie 's return to the Watermen , Patrick had had a new lease of life .
16 So it 's had a new lease of life with that has n't it ?
17 Williams explained in the court that the MRF had just had a new intake of NCOs .
18 The best example of that is the Alpha 4 database programs , which normally sells for £345 , but for which only £49 needs to be paid if you 're a registered user — it 's gone from version 2 to version 3 , and has had a complete change of documentation .
19 Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking ? 19 .
20 Though Ronnie Shade , in his halcyon days as an amateur , came as close as any golfer one has seen to hitting shot after shot without any discernible sidespin , most of the elite of professional golf have had a preferred shape of shot since — and probably long before — the days of Harry Vardon and his fade .
21 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 .
22 I am white , I 'm middle class in terms of my background and to that extent have had a certain degree of privilege and I 'm also in some situations , easy enough to attack .
23 Since that fraught evening over a month ago , Celia had had a certain change of heart .
24 Your life story so far , Mrs James , has had a certain lack of distinction .
25 ‘ It seems to me , do correct me if I 'm wrong , but reading the weekly ‘ Jottings ’ one would say you 've had a certain amount of experience with women . ’
26 So if the two eat very much the same , but , for example , Ann had always had a small packet of peanuts with her evening drink , then she will have to give up those peanuts permanently to stay slim for ever .
27 ‘ He has had a great number of stitches inserted in the eyelid and underneath the eye in an effort to keep it closed and avoid further damage .
28 Colleagues , I know that people are starting to move out , and I 'm sure that it 's got nothing to do with Mick 's appearance at the rostrum , but colleagues seriously , seriously for the last couple of days we 've had a great deal of disciplines so please try and be as quiet as possible .
29 Some buildings are larger and better known than others , and have had a great deal of publicity ; others are perhaps more modest in both scale and workmanship , but still deserving of attention as an important part of the local scene .
30 Although these have had a great deal of success in calculations of nuclear masses and shapes , recent laser experiments have produced some results that do not agree with them .
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