Example sentences of "[noun pl] have have [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the past , German cars have had a reputation for sparse levels of equipment , but this is gradually changing .
2 FOR years French drivers have had the reputation of being the most frightening thing on earth for a British tourist — except for a plate of garlic-covered snails .
3 Animals have to have a certificate of health .
4 After young bands have had a couple of hit singles , with their album selling well , everybody wants to see them perform live .
5 Christians have had an experience with Christ .
6 You will gather from that thumbnail sketch , Mr. Speaker , that my constituents have had no problem in following my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister 's recent exhortations to create a classless society .
7 Though his engineering company advertises ‘ five lines ’ in the club programme , League officials have had no response on any of them .
8 Both I and my officials have had a number of such discussions with a variety of people .
9 But in the meantime the investors have had the benefit of a gross roll-up of interest and the flexibility of deferring their tax charge until it suits them which , of course , may be at a time when the tax charge is lower or after they have emigrated .
10 Safety rule regulations have to have a hat on your head .
11 This can not be precisely quantified , but several writers have had a stab at a formula .
12 Mergers between these firms have had the effect of reducing the number of accountants who do not have a conflict of interest , simply because there are fewer firms .
13 Alas , stylish though they are , the drivers ' wives have had no effect on their men 's hair .
14 I would say individual teachers have had an effect on people .
15 In particular , they must have forgotten the acts of violence through which it came into being ; and to be a nation , its inhabitants have to have a will to be a nation .
16 The winner will be the first Six in which all the members have had a go at egg rolling and have returned to their places .
17 I expect many mothers have had the experience of standing at the sink washing and re-washing dishes because a teenage son or daughter is standing in the kitchen talking about something important , and once the dish-washing is over , he or she will go away .
18 The Americans have had the title in their country for too long .
19 The Americans have had the title in their country for too long .
20 It 's understood detectives have had the man under surveillance for some time .
21 The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected .
22 Police have had no problems at all with clubbers at 5 or 5.30 in the morning , he says .
23 The police have had the estate under video surveillance for many weeks .
24 These pictorial records have had a variety of purposes .
25 Do n't write to individual debtors if historically letters have had no effect on them but other methods of collection do .
26 Presumably they pick up the pinta and down the sherry and beer as well , not to mention making it look as if the reindeers have had a go at the carrots .
27 All these approaches have had a degree of success , but the drug scene is a dynamic , creative one where just as one drug seems to be under control , a new threat emerges .
28 Eight women have had a total of nine vaginal deliveries and none of these women have had inpaired continence after delivery .
29 With this sort of evidence in mind , we were invited to answer the question , ‘ Why is it when women have had the vote for 50 years , so few women are to be found in politically powerful positions ? ’
30 In summary , therefore , most special aftercare services have had no effect on repetition rates after attempted suicide .
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