Example sentences of "have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year . |
| 2 | However , despite their enormous popularity , personality tests , on their own , have had a disappointing history in predicting behaviour at work . |
| 3 | The West Ham manager , Billy Bonds , who has already fined Dicks and stripped him of the club captaincy , admitted yesterday : ‘ It is obvious we have had a disciplinary problem this season and it is something we are going to have to try to put straight . |
| 4 | Both of these forces have had a powerful impact on the UK 's trade . |
| 5 | Before addressing this question I must turn aside to summarise two decisions , which have had a powerful influence on the shape of the present proceedings . |
| 6 | It must be remembered that these changes have had a complex effect . |
| 7 | Pupils at Lathallan school have had a burning interest in their new headmaster … for they 've discovered his family 's explosive past . |
| 8 | Both Michael Levey and Neil MacGregor , the present director , have had a genuine vision of what the National Gallery stands for and an authentic commitment to the idea of a museum . |
| 9 | for referral to the Parliamentary Commissioner or a Local Councillor for referral to the Local Commissioner , although it must be remembered that the Local Commissioner can only investigate after a complaint has been brought to the attention of the authority complained against and they have had a reasonable time to reply . |
| 10 | After they have had a reasonable length of time to browse , the folder is taken back and they are asked a series of questions about the ads . |
| 11 | Our two trips on the Central Wales Line have been very well supported and we have had a reasonable number on the two July ones ( last year 's was on the Severn Valley Railway ) . |
| 12 | ‘ You have had a frightful experience . ’ |
| 13 | The majority , both white and black , come from working-class backgrounds , a few have had a middle-class upbringing and education . |
| 14 | In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Jesus Christ , Piper , the mauses have had a bloody good go at you last night . |
| 16 | He 's got i he 's got a card with I have had a recent head injury . |
| 17 | Yes , well , I have had a recent case , erm of within the ward that I visited , so I am aware of having the number of problems in the past , I am aware of the problems , but I could not for personal circumstances do the afternoon that day . |
| 18 | Both have had a strong hedging and speculative demand due to the volatility of short interest rates , and they are connected by the fact that the authorities in the UK , as well as the market participants , keep a close eye on the differential between short rates in the two countries . |
| 19 | This term should only be applied to patients who fulfil the following conditions : ( i ) have a normal jejunal biopsy while taking a normal diet ; ( ii ) at some other time , before or since , have had a flat jejunal biopsy which recovers on a gluten free diet . |
| 20 | A GROUP of MPs have had a narrow escape from gunfire in Bosnia . |
| 21 | But the plain fact is that I have had a devilish run of ill luck , and I do not care for Thompson 's tariff . |
| 22 | In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two . |
| 23 | While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ? |
| 24 | Its Swallow Hotels have had a good year , helped by the first full year 's trading at Peterborough and Waltham Abbey . |
| 25 | Or , as Roberts cheerfully confesses : ‘ We have had a good year . |
| 26 | But looking back on his past he can say simply : ‘ I have had a good time . ’ |
| 27 | How many rabbits have had a good meal off men 's rubbish heaps ? |
| 28 | As he put it : ‘ The planners and the road engineers have had a good bashing , but they have learnt their lesson . |
| 29 | Noise and Other Statutory Nuisances We have had a good relationship with our neighbours in the past and will endeavour to continue to maintain these . |
| 30 | We have had a good if somewhat sparsely attended debate . |