Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] have have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If state officials perform a particular action , the elite must have had a goal which that action helps . |
| 2 | My mum must have had a seizure of something when she had me — ‘ Let's call him Lenworth ! ’ |
| 3 | If we found an object such as a watch upon a heath , even if we did n't know how it had come into existence , its own precision and intricacy of design would force us to conclude that the watch must have had a maker : that there must have existed , at some time , and at some place or other , an artificer or artificers , who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction , and designed its use . |
| 4 | Even Phyllis 's racial prejudice might have had a touch of the humorous about it , if it were n't so offensive and pathetic . |
| 5 | Long Latin words are full of syllables which resemble ‘ bum ’ and ‘ tit ’ and ‘ poo ’ much more , and an idly dreaming miniaturist may have had a thought process set off by half-reading the Latin : if in lege domini ( Psalm 1:2 ) really suggested the funny men made of legs on the opening pages of the Bardolf-Vaux and Ormesby Psalters , then this tells us that the artists , like Professor Camille , spoke English . |
| 6 | The ice cream girl must have had a lie in this Sunday morning , and she arrived towards the end of the film showing prior to the interval . |
| 7 | The Waldron City Herald night editor must have had a fit trying to decide which one got the three inch banner . |
| 8 | This would mean that science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning , but that it could not predict how the universe should begin : For that , one would have to appeal to God . |
| 9 | As experimental and theoretical evidence mounted , it became more and more clear that the universe must have had a beginning in time , until in 1970 this was finally proved by Penrose and myself , on the basis of Einstein 's general theory of relativity . |
| 10 | His claim about South African involvement was subsequently ridiculed in the press and elsewhere in a way reminiscent of the scorn poured for so many years on the suggestion that British intelligence might have had a link with the Zinoviev letter . |
| 11 | The work of Lifshitz and Khalatnikov was valuable because it showed that the universe could have had a singularity , a big bang , if the general theory of relativity was correct . |
| 12 | The Marquis may have had a diggicult year but the last few months though have been more difficult for Becky Blandford . |
| 13 | The eye must have had a designer , just as the telescope had . |
| 14 | One of the people with the piano might have had a pencil between their teeth , but would probably have been annoyed if we had taken it to mean the pencil and said : |
| 15 | The wing would have had a tendency to turn left in flight unless the change had been made ( incorrectly ) to counteract an inherent right turn . |
| 16 | This suggests , for example , that a new two-year bond issued at par would have to have a coupon of 10.25 per cent and that for a three-year bond ( with annual coupons ) trading at par the following equality holds ( see ( 5.10 ) ) : demonstrating that the YTM and the coupon are identical when a bond is trading at par . |
| 17 | ‘ It occurred to me , ’ Sybil continued as she waved Melissa to a chair , ‘ that … that person might have had a motive for killing Angy . ’ |
| 18 | The park officer Derek Statham said in future an attraction will have to have a minimum of 20,000 tourists a year before it can qualify for a sign . |
| 19 | Anna Ford has often said that she believed that a woman should have had a role on our Election Night programmes . |
| 20 | ‘ This man Riddle must have had a taste for nuts and raisins ; he seems to have eaten quite a few within a couple of hours before his death . ’ |
| 21 | An appeal court said fresh evidence presented last month could have had a bearing on the jury 's original verdict . |
| 22 | All right , the secretary of state may have had a Cabinet committee meeting . |
| 23 | That someone who had nothing at all to do with her life should have had a hand in removing her father 's last trace in her life infuriated her . |
| 24 | A centre will have to have a system of internal verification in place in order to ensure that : |
| 25 | The severity may have had a cause hidden from the young Ramsey . |
| 26 | The press would have had a field day , and what Frank did n't realize is that he himself would have been a laughing stock . |
| 27 | With larger motors , however , the power supply may have to have a capacity of several kilowatts if the system is to operate over a satisfactory speed range . |
| 28 | Rosenior must have had a rush of blood as he kicked Kernaghan . |
| 29 | We have known for twenty-five years that Einstein 's general theory of relativity predicts that time must have had a beginning in a singularity fifteen billion years ago . |
| 30 | I think people who go to prison must have had a reason for whatever they did . |