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

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1 The increasing irrelevance of legislative norms , the disappearance of the inner club and the triumph of individualism in the Senate are partly accounted for by the decline of the influence of the South in the chamber , although changing leadership styles have also had an effect .
2 Today 's teenagers have always had a choice of at least four channels and are now blessed with a multiplicity of choice thanks to satellite and VHS .
3 ‘ But I do think the checking of permits has also had an impact on the numbers and we are grateful for the co-operation of the police .
4 Mr Smith said it was ‘ appalling ’ that many 18- to 24-year-olds had never had a job .
5 From the days of exchange control , UK multinational companies have always had a use for the traditional island tax havens , and even the explosion of anti-avoidance legislation in the 1980s has not prevented the use of havens where there is a definite benefit for the company .
6 It has been suggested by Australian authors that , because of all the gauge problems , Australians have always had an inferiority complex about their railways .
7 ‘ Social workers have always had a management role in what they do .
8 Banks have thus had an increase of £1 billion deposits ( new money ) on their liabilities side , and £1 billion of government bonds on their assets side .
9 Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry .
10 Higher mortgage rates have already had an impact on spending , according to the latest survey of distributive trades from the Confederation of British Industry .
11 Could it also be that Darlington 's fun and games loving Labour councillors have finally had a change of heart over conferences ?
12 One of these guys has always had a company car .
13 The Beans had never had a family doctor .
14 Almost adjacent to the vineyards of Aÿ , these vines have long had a reputation for producing wines of similar quality and character to the famous grand cru .
15 Being rather backward-looking by nature ( except for science ) , the feminists have always had a talent to enrage me … ‘
16 The style was reminiscent of that of Ceylon , where the Crown Agents had also had a hand in station-building .
17 Paradoxically these ‘ international ’ locations have mainly had an impact only at the national level , notably in France .
18 Stories can teach , entertain , and entrance , and women have long had a reputation for creating an atmosphere which keeps the listener spellbound .
19 In fact the screening rate of women in the excluded group has been low over the last 20 years — some 50–80 per cent of older women have never had a smear .
20 Managerialist attitudes have also had an impact , with a few authorities ( particularly on the radical right ) preferring a managing director model , which downgrades corporate management and has sometimes undermined Bains-type arrangements even where they formally continue in existence .
21 The structure plans have also had an input into national park planning .
22 The robbers had certainly had a boy with them , they said , but whether this boy was the same boy … well , it seemed very doubtful .
23 These regular outbursts have inevitably had an effect beyond that intended .
24 Tory MPs have always had a crush on her .
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