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

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1 Since the nineteen fifties each base has had a side .
2 It 's embarrassing and they take advantage especially at parties where some girls have had a lot to drink . ’
3 Several teenage mothers in this book had had a home tutor and most had enjoyed it .
4 Since the introduction of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , this country has had a system of strategic planning and site licensing for waste management .
5 CAPRICORN — VERY few Capricorns have had a whale of a time in the past few years .
6 That Karen has had a hysterectomy . ’
7 These kids have to have a structure , and to know that you mean what you say . ’
8 Most of these studies have had a struggle to remain solvent , and have depended on the generosity of charitable foundations such as Nuffield and Ford , as well as finance from government agencies , often via the health services .
9 I mean these people have had a pay freeze since November nineteen ninety and these grievances were as a result of a new pay structure last year that actually worsened the terms and conditions since nineteen ninety , but till then we 've been making steady progress in getting better improvements and we 've gone backwards .
10 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 .
11 When the first person returns , the second takes over and the game continues until each person has had a turn .
12 Two disadvantages of such techniques are that each word has to have a tag field added to it ( and this may need to be quite long to hold a suitable range of values ) , and execution of each instruction becomes more complicated ( and therefore possibly slower ) .
13 It may well be that several groups have had a burglary , in which case the teacher could use this as the focus : " How are we going to deal with it ?
14 At the same time , UK paperbackers are contractually bound not to issue their paperbacks into the UK before the hardback editions of the same titles have had a chance to prove themselves in the bookshops .
15 This can not be precisely quantified , but several writers have had a stab at a formula .
16 Anyone seeking temporary work beyond his own parish had to have a certificate ( signed by the minister and an overseer ) which acknowledged legal responsibility .
17 ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. ,
18 Before experiencing a Methodist conversion , Bamford senior had been a noted drinker and wrestler , but even at that time had had a taste for books .
19 Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations .
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