Example sentences of "[noun] have always have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In Britain , more so than in other countries , science fiction has always had a stigma attached to it .
2 The Lone Stranger has always had a love — hate relationship with Scotland .
3 Today 's teenagers have always had a choice of at least four channels and are now blessed with a multiplicity of choice thanks to satellite and VHS .
4 The part of me that is a lesbian has always had a lot of support and nurturing from friends around .
5 From the days of exchange control , UK multinational companies have always had a use for the traditional island tax havens , and even the explosion of anti-avoidance legislation in the 1980s has not prevented the use of havens where there is a definite benefit for the company .
6 ‘ Social workers have always had a management role in what they do .
7 Botham has always had a taste for showbiz .
8 Squash has always had a bit of a reputation as a sexy sort of game .
9 My father has always had a passion for sailing .
10 Liberalism has always had a tension between science and freedom : the imperative to control and the free expression of the human personality .
11 On top of all that Copper has always had a dust allergy and he got very congested so we had to give him powders to keep his lungs clear .
12 Black music has always had a locale as part of its make-up ; the Philadelphia sound , Chicago house , Motown and techno in Detroit .
13 Joanna Lumley had always had a passion , as she put it , for Dirk Bogarde ; Dustin Hoffman was a fan of Sting ; John Lennon had been a great Monty Python fan , and so Yoko was delighted to meet John Cleese .
14 But the people of the Dordogne have always had a reputation for being independent thinkers . ’
15 Advertising has always had a place in the newspaper ; some of the earliest newspapers were essentially means for communicating notices of events , such as the arrival of ships .
16 The box has always had a lot to answer for .
17 One of these guys has always had a company car .
18 Keith has always had a thing for men in uniform .
19 The city has always had a crowd who knew that to get anything out you have to put something back — from Tokyo Joe 's at the end of the Eighties , through the larger clubs you mentioned such as Base and Joy , to Sugarsweet at present .
20 In fact , she reminded herself , since they had been children Mandy had always had a knack for getting her sombre cousin , normally something of a goody-two-shoes , into a great deal of trouble .
21 Being rather backward-looking by nature ( except for science ) , the feminists have always had a talent to enrage me … ‘
22 Harvey had always had a mania for showers and baths and he had taken to the sauna ritual with great enthusiasm .
23 Gary had always had a heart for Switzerland and as he read that verse at Spring Harvest he knew that Switzerland was the place .
24 BRITISH painting has always had a tendency to look in upon itself , but never more so than when the Napoleonic wars rendered travel on the Continent impossible .
25 Liza had always had a tendency to wildness .
26 Middlesbrough have always had a reputation for encouraging young players .
27 Despite its grandeur , Clarence House has always had a reputation as a happy home .
28 Bodie had always had a passion for the woman , and he smiled , eyes narrowed and watching appreciatively , as she walked towards him .
29 Tory MPs have always had a crush on her .
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