Example sentences of "they have had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , they have had internal discussion and I believe they are not going to do anything until they get a prompt from Jenny , 'cos that 's what they 're expecting . |
| 2 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |
| 3 | Examples of these have been sent to employers , and it is hoped that they have had wide distribution . |
| 4 | Their chemical and isotopic compositions are meteoritic and they have had long histories of flight through space . |
| 5 | Newton Aycliffe police investigating an incident when a stolen car was smashed into a policeman 's house last week say they have had good response from their appeal for witnesses and are waiting for forensic test results . |
| 6 | Wednesday , third last season , are next to Leeds in the bottom half , though they have had major injury problems all season . |
| 7 | The creations are totally different and have some dissimilar effects but both creations have not been controlled by their creators so they have had disastrous consequences . |
| 8 | They have had unfortunate childhoods in which they have been neglected and brutalised . |
| 9 | Some people are very mistrustful of machines , perhaps because they have had bad experiences with them and are therefore nervous about using them . |
| 10 | They have had different offices and different staff . |
| 11 | A person , or their partner , is at increased risk if they have had high risk sex in regions of the world where the prevalence of HIV infection is greater than that in the UK . |
| 12 | Their views are balanced , their visions diverse , but they have had interesting lives both here and abroad , and have each , in different measure contributed to society over and beyond their work ( one of my yardsticks of measuring people because of the effort involved ) . |