Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] have have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 2 | football may have had a rough old week … but we 've got some celebrating to do now … |
| 3 | Can you please tell us which members of the club might have had a specific motive for wishing to get rid of Sir Conrad ? ’ |
| 4 | Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it . |
| 5 | Bouvard et Pécuchet would have been finished ; Madame Bovary might have been suppressed ( how seriously do we take Gustave 's petulance against the overbearing fame of the book ? a little seriously ) ; and L'Education sentimentale might have had a different ending . |
| 6 | Vessels may have been used for eating , drinking , containing and carrying liquids , but each type may have had a specific function such as the use of open bowls as lamps . |
| 7 | Relativity may have had a better press , but it is quantum theory that we have to thank , at a practical level , for our understanding of chemistry , molecular biology and solid-state physics , as well as nuclear physics and the deeper puzzles of particle theory . |
| 8 | However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ? |
| 9 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 10 | Opponents said the plan would have had a variable impact , because of differences in the charges of landfill operators across the country . |
| 11 | ‘ Only a handful may have had a minor invasive procedure , ’ said Dr Peter Povey , Bolton 's director of public health , adding the risk to patients was negligible . |
| 12 | The site is only four miles from Corinium and this has led to the speculation that the establishment may have had a special function in a large estate . |
| 13 | The plaintiff must have had a genuine freedom of choice before the defence can be successfully raised against him . |
| 14 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 15 | That teacher would have had a different attitude if Nader had been around . |
| 16 | Rather than view the Sancton-Baston pottery as the products of individual potters or workshops ( Myres 1969 ; 1977 ) , the fact that five sets of dies were cut to produce a minimum of nine vessels suggests that the decoration of the pottery may have had a totemic significance to individual families . |
| 17 | A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children . |
| 18 | Were perception conceived of differently , it is quite likely that the decision tree would have had a different structure and led to different conclusions . |
| 19 | He also considered that the nature of the terrain in this area may have had a marked effect on forecast wind conditions . |
| 20 | For those widowed or bereaved in other ways , victory must have had a hollow sound . |
| 21 | To have that evening with Francis once more , not all of it , just the moment when I was through the door and heard him say , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and I would n't have gone , and my story would have had a different end ? |
| 22 | The footings and parts of the walls of around 300 chambers have survived on the ground floor ; the presence of several staircases implies the existence of upper storeys and , taking into account the destroyed upper floors as well , the original temple may have had a thousand chambers altogether . |
| 23 | [ 5 ] So the dream vision must have had a tremendous impact on his perception of the world . |
| 24 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 25 | However , undoubtedly the night air would have had a sobering effect , especially as the walk was some 2¾ miles long . |
| 26 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 27 | So important , in fact , that such a cloud would have had a braking effect on the Sun 's spin over aeons of time . |
| 28 | For Henry James the great house is a presence by itself , ‘ a serenity of success , an accumulation of dignity and honour ’ ; ‘ the spectacle of long duration unassociated with some sordid infirmity or poverty ’ ; ‘ a place of which the beauty would have had a sweet odour ’ even in the absence of ‘ flowers in rare vases ’ ; ‘ the ache of antiquity ’ ; ‘ the sign of appointed felicity' . |
| 29 | Tonson would have had a strong incentive to make the effort to accommodate this particular late arrival : unlike ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ , which is a virtuoso show-piece full of semiquaver pyrotechnics ( and therefore unsuitable for the amateur market ) , it was included in the Select Songs volume — so to omit it from the word-book might have led to complaints . |
| 30 | The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) . |