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

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1 in real terms , whereas in the past 12 years the 2 million pensioners who are dependent entirely on the basic pension or on income support have had a zilch increase in their standard of living .
2 Safety rule regulations have to have a hat on your head .
3 In one of her letters the poet mentions having had a letter from an aunt whom she describes as ‘ sententious ’ [ ML , 2 , 311 ] .
4 Speaking of regulars , the comp complex has had a letter from G Douglas Vaisey pointing out what we all know , viz that ‘ the compers club is a mite exclusive ’ .
5 The whole effect is as if an aftermarket body-kit specialist has had a go at embellishing a 911 , with the predictable result .
6 Pipe smokers and whisky drinkers have done much better , with a fall in duties of around 20% , while wine drinkers have had a ball , with a 30% fall in tax .
7 He tends to opt for change merely because team A have had a go and it is time to give team B a chance .
8 But if the gate voltage is clocked very quickly ( at tens of megahertz ) , the negative-going edges of the clock pulse produce depletion , and the positive-going edges ( which restore the previous status quo ) arrive before the surface charge has had a chance to confuse matters .
9 The Nottingham Pest Control branch have had a spate of vehicle thefts over recent months .
10 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 .
11 One patient with shunt thrombosis has had a CVA and no attempt has been made to recannulise the shunt .
12 THE Pinewood Village Neighbourhood Watch Scheme have had a visit from crime preventation officer Bill Slater and Whitehill policeman Alan Hastings , at a meeting attended by seven of the ten co-ordinators .
13 ‘ The main Parcelforce ads have had a halo effect on international services and have taken the pressure off corporate image building for us , ’ says Parcelforce International 's services manager Andy Young .
14 In the year 1981/82 it became clear that the evaluation project had had a number of ‘ spin-offs ’ , for instance :
15 FOR some time Wedgwood has had a policy on the correct installation and use of visual display units , broadly complying with the Health and Safety Executive ( HSE ) publications on the subject .
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