Example sentences of "[noun] have have a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ? |
| 2 | Commissioners were accordingly appointed to make perambulations in the forests of Devon and Surrey : they were to be returned into the Chancery before Christmas , but were not to be put into effect until the officers of the central administration had had an opportunity of comparing them with the earlier perambulations of Edward I 's time . |
| 3 | Animals have to have a certificate of health . |
| 4 | WP What do you think of the notion that much of the poetry produced in Eastern Europe as ‘ dissident ’ poetry has had a kind of easy ride because of its political context ? |
| 5 | MIKE LYONS has had a change of fortune in his coaching career — literally ! |
| 6 | My right hon. Friend the Chancellor has had a number of discussions with the Council of Mortgage Lenders and others , and he will be announcing a package of measures later this afternoon . |
| 7 | For someone who is only 24 Charlie Swan has had a lot of falls and has broken both legs and arms as well as his nose . |
| 8 | Buttonhook has had a history of epics — possibly 5b ? |
| 9 | But the council has had a change of heart and is now looking at ways of funding the event . |
| 10 | Now it seems thay 've had a change of heart and have decided that there 's room in the side for a specialist wicket keeper . |
| 11 | The reason Jake had had a change of heart was because he had finally realised for himself that Janice would not make a good mother for Kirsty , and that Shiona , on the other hand , would . |
| 12 | The Marshal had called back a number of times and each time the woman 's sobs had had a note of triumph in them . |
| 13 | The boy 's had a bit of a whippin' , like . |
| 14 | ‘ Experience tells us that a team has to have a balance of young and experienced older players . |
| 15 | On the other hand , they appreciate that the job has had a number of new tasks grafted onto it , adding to its scope and variety . |
| 16 | ‘ Since then Mrs Miniver has had a number of other narrow escapes in life , as well ! ’ |
| 17 | After young bands have had a couple of hit singles , with their album selling well , everybody wants to see them perform live . |
| 18 | Forest have had a lot of dodgy results lately . |
| 19 | Both I and my officials have had a number of such discussions with a variety of people . |
| 20 | Mr Mobutu said on Thursday he believed he could produce an agreement this month , after Mr Savimbi had had a week of talks with US officials , including 30 minutes with President Bush , and agreed to accept Mr Mobutu as mediator between his Unita guerrilla organisation and the Luanda government . |
| 21 | Mr Harrower said : ‘ The media have had a lot of fun at our expense , but this is a serious business . |
| 22 | Standing sex has had a bit of a bad press — mainly because it tends to be used for illicit love-making by young couples who have no bedroom to go to . |
| 23 | In this the government has had a measure of success in that twenty-three separate sales have gone ahead , and most of them have been greatly over-subscribed . |
| 24 | Sparc laptop house RDI Computer Corp , San Diego , California has had a change of guard : start-up specialist , Roy Wright , has been brought in as president to run day-to-day operations , while co-founder , Rick Schrameck , remains chairman and CEO responsible for the company 's direction , strategic alliances and new product development . |
| 25 | Deano has had a string of duff matches , yet Wilko sticks by him ! |
| 26 | The use of computers in cartography has had a number of effects ; first of all , cartography as a discipline has become more independent of geography . |
| 27 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |
| 28 | Already in Carolingian times the imperial army had had a nucleus of fully trained warriors who served their lord in exchange for holding substantial fiefs . |
| 29 | Sotheby 's had a couple of rare Currier and Ives lithographs : bidding by phone for the very rare ‘ The life of a hunter . |
| 30 | Since then , the Grade I listed property has had a succession of owners . |