Example sentences of "[noun] have have [art] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 FOR years French drivers have had the reputation of being the most frightening thing on earth for a British tourist — except for a plate of garlic-covered snails .
2 Animals have to have a certificate of health .
3 After young bands have had a couple of hit singles , with their album selling well , everybody wants to see them perform live .
4 erm I , as the Deputy Leader of the Labour group have had no approach of any sort in any form from any member of the Liberal Democrat group .
5 Forest have had a lot of dodgy results lately .
6 Both I and my officials have had a number of such discussions with a variety of people .
7 It is only recently that Elizabeth and Helen have had the benefit of a full-time manager whose job is to provide support , supervision and leadership to staff working in their home .
8 But in the meantime the investors have had the benefit of a gross roll-up of interest and the flexibility of deferring their tax charge until it suits them which , of course , may be at a time when the tax charge is lower or after they have emigrated .
9 Mergers between these firms have had the effect of reducing the number of accountants who do not have a conflict of interest , simply because there are fewer firms .
10 Mr Harrower said : ‘ The media have had a lot of fun at our expense , but this is a serious business .
11 Few on death row have had the sort of education enjoyed by jail-writers like Thoreau , Wilde , Gandhi and King , but from their cells the eloquence and reflection is unmistakable .
12 I expect many mothers have had the experience of standing at the sink washing and re-washing dishes because a teenage son or daughter is standing in the kitchen talking about something important , and once the dish-washing is over , he or she will go away .
13 Some of the more rigorous statistical studies of style have had the purpose of discovering the author of works of doubtful attribution .
14 Several of the chapters in this book have had the aim of showing you how to deal with difficult situations and how to get what you want .
15 The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected .
16 These pictorial records have had a variety of purposes .
17 On the contrary , the changes made in the final Order have had the effect of strengthening and extending the requirement that pupils should read works written in English from other countries and cultures ’ ( 15 June 1990 ) .
18 All these approaches have had a degree of success , but the drug scene is a dynamic , creative one where just as one drug seems to be under control , a new threat emerges .
19 Eight women have had a total of nine vaginal deliveries and none of these women have had inpaired continence after delivery .
20 The prospects for fostering are undoubtedly better , and this is an area where local authorities have had a measure of success .
21 Demographic changes of a rather different kind have had the effect of substantially reducing the categories of people who once lived with kin .
22 The Nottingham Pest Control branch have had a spate of vehicle thefts over recent months .
23 FOUR of the last five winners of the Babraham Handicap at Newmarket have had the benefit of a previous outing in the season of their success and KANSK * , who fits into this category , should maintain the trend ( 2.15 ) today .
24 The people of Wales have had the misfortune of having a concentration of poll tax fanatics representing them in Whitehall .
25 CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years .
26 THORNTONS bosses have had a bit of a chuckle with their Father 's Day range this year .
27 THORNTONS bosses have had a bit of a chuckle with their Father 's Day range this year .
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