Example sentences of "had [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion the publicity or discussion in the town had had the beneficial effect that the first victim recognised the matter was being taken seriously and so reported the earlier incident . |
| 2 | Sandblasting of the Great Slab area at Stanage to remove graffiti painted on over the August bank holiday has had the beneficial side effect of totally cleaning the afflicted area of chalk and rubber marks , and has also increased the friction . |
| 3 | Where the wife takes the conveyance and requires it to be conveyed to herself and the new husband , she should convey as " trustee " ( thus implying that she herself has not encumbered the property ) as she has never had the legal title vested in her absolutely . |
| 4 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 5 | It is remarkable , when you think of what most of us philosophers are like , that he should have had the sheer ability and integrity to elicit such a response from people of such political eminence . |
| 6 | But the SA Rugby Board has traditionally had the major slice of South Africa 's rugby cake , built as this has been on white wealth , sponsorship , patronage , assets , expertise , media coverage and the rest . |
| 7 | He says they have n't had the economic boom . |
| 8 | Any examination of the history of ‘ history , will demonstrate that it has never had the immediate certainty that is implied in the all too frequent invocation of , concrete history ’ . |
| 9 | The college has had the heart-rending task of choosing between applications from equally deserving cases . |
| 10 | We 'd had the odd fling even while she was supposed to be engaged to him — the night of the fire was when we started it . |
| 11 | They 've had the odd child who has n't been erm whatnotted and some various |
| 12 | Even mother must have had the odd twinge , incredible as it seems . |
| 13 | Helen , shuffling through them , remembered Louise in the churchyard : even mother must have had the odd twinge … |
| 14 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 15 | We 've had the odd difference of opinion , while respecting the other 's point of view . |
| 16 | Although bargaining is often very tough you 've always got a better chance if you know with whom you are dealing — it helps if you 've had the odd meal or drink together or a game of squash . |
| 17 | In the Neolithic period , totalitarian states emerged as a result of the reappearance of profound inequalities made possible by the acquisition of agricultural surpluses , whereas in the modern epoch most of the comparable states emerged out of periods of revolution and upheaval constituted mainly by a struggle for equality — a fact that has had the odd consequence of leaving all modern police states with official ideologies strongly committed to a non-existent freedom and egalitarianism for their citizens . |
| 18 | I do n't think I 've ever had the real flu . |
| 19 | Well , Britain is the country which ought to have had the proletarian revolution before any other . |
| 20 | This chapter explores why external change in the international political economy has had the uneven impact on industries we showed in the previous chapter . |
| 21 | Annabelle , you may not realize it , but you are gaining the advantage of marrying a man who has had the sharp corners rubbed off him . |
| 22 | At last that shy retiring dragon , Little Puff ( remember his first game ? ) has had the good sense to change his name . |
| 23 | They 've had the good sense to include the little-aired ‘ Think About The Future ’ mix of the Mondays ' ‘ WFL ’ , but should be questioned about the inclusion of the terminally tacky Soup Dragons ' ‘ I 'm Free ’ , the success of which marked the point at which cynical goons jumped the wagon and things went sour . |
| 24 | They were descendants of Iapyx , a son of the great Daedalus 's , who 'd had the good sense not to fly . |
| 25 | At least the Rabiers had had the good sense to leave the inside of the château as it had been , at any rate on this floor . |
| 26 | They 've had the good sense to include the little-aired ‘ Think About The Future ’ mix of the Mondays ' ‘ WFL ’ , but should be questioned about the inclusion of the terminally tacky Soup Dragons ' ‘ I 'm Free ’ , the success of which marked the point at which cynical goons jumped the wagon and things went sour . |
| 27 | Immediately I was instructed that I had had the good fortune to be posted to ‘ the division where real polising is done … ’ |
| 28 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 29 | I have had the good fortune to be in Bruges when the city has had a festival and in Ghent for the same sort of thing . |
| 30 | The present volume , in honour of Margaret Donaldson , has been written by contributors who have had the good fortune to have worked with her and been influenced by her during their academic careers . |