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

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1 This chapter has had the modest aim of explaining only the kind of way in which it must have happened .
2 Until very recently , the SAAF has had the praiseworthy policy of flying as many of its historic airframes as possible , and the Oxford 's restoration has been undertaken with this in mind , or at the very least to allow the aircraft to ground-run .
3 The college has had the heart-rending task of choosing between applications from equally deserving cases .
4 He did not know where , and did not particularly care , except that it meant that the Establishment was on Amber Black , and every car had to have the magic mirror wand shoved underneath the chassis .
5 In addition , he pointed out that the price/performance ratio has changed by a factor of 6,000 in the past few years : ‘ If the car industry had had the same change that the computer industry has experienced since 1960 , a car that cost $10,000 in 1960 would now be sold for $1 , ’ he said .
6 A company called Popperfoto , which owns one of the world 's largest photographic libraries , now has its headquarters in the region , and Central South has had the rare privilege of being allowed free access to its contents .
7 On this occasion the publicity or discussion in the town had had the beneficial effect that the first victim recognised the matter was being taken seriously and so reported the earlier incident .
8 American unionism has had the inestimable advantage of being born in a land whose social landscape was not cluttered up with the debris of a feudal age .
9 This chapter explores why external change in the international political economy has had the uneven impact on industries we showed in the previous chapter .
10 Perhaps if the rest of the writing had had the same approach we would have a worthy materials reference book .
11 The south east has had the sharpest rise in failures — up 54.7 per cent .
12 ‘ If the host has had the normal course of immunisation , then yes , it should follow near enough the same evolutionary pattern .
13 It was er he had had it since my grandfather had had the same place as a blacksmith 's shop and then my father followed on with the garage with cycles first of all , and then when the motor trade came in , he started in motors repairing .
14 Sandblasting of the Great Slab area at Stanage to remove graffiti painted on over the August bank holiday has had the beneficial side effect of totally cleaning the afflicted area of chalk and rubber marks , and has also increased the friction .
15 As always his mother had had the upper hand .
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