Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] have have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 With the higher populations of Amerindians in the past , such groups must have had a major effect on the structure of the forest .
2 Dinosaurs may have had a four-chambered heart ; if so they were probably warm-blooded .
3 The danger of this opinion is that it tends towards Manichaeanism , the heresy which says that Good and Evil are equal and opposite and the universe is a battlefield ; however the Inklings may have had a certain tolerance for that ( see C. S. Lewis 's Mere Christianity , Book 2 , section 2 ) .
4 Even the landscapes , birds and animals may have had a religious significance ( see Chapter 6 ) .
5 A significant number of subjects ( 7/37 ) , however , had food reflux that was outside one standard deviation from the mean , whereas only one of these subjects would have had a positive reflux score by measuring acid alone .
6 This says that ‘ greater freedom of communication by those professional advisers to the regulators might have had a significant effect on subsequent action , and hence on the later course of events ’ .
7 Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him .
8 The resultant high temperatures and high humidities could have had a disastrous effect on both land and marine faunas .
9 The number of sympathisers able to support IRA operations on the Continent is smaller than in Northern Ireland , so the recruitment of a few informers may have had a disproportionate effect .
10 But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history .
11 This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history .
12 You might have thought these further disclosures would have had a powerful effect on me but , of course , I was inured to surprise where this man was concerned .
13 Some Saharan ergs may have had a similar origin but others may have occupied basins of centripetal drainage into which sand was transported in periods of wetter climate .
14 There was no other way out of the building than through here , though the girls may have had a secret exit of their own , and this antechamber was guarded more fiercely by Nubenehem than ever a desert demon guarded its cave .
15 These intra-uterine devices would have had a contraceptive effect and were relied on by some women for that purpose .
16 The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts .
17 The Soviet debate of the 1920s was the first in history to face the problems of growth in a conscious manner , and they were not merely theoretical discussions since the results could have had a profound effect upon the actual outcome of events .
18 ‘ The raiders must have had a large vehicle to transport the cattle which are valued at more than £1,000 each , ’ the spokesman added .
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