Example sentences of "had [det] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Some young men , who had only experienced farming and had had little opportunity to further their education or develop wider skills , showed some bitterness and frustration .
2 Such has been the pace of South Africa 's re-entry into the world arena that Rhodes and his team mates have had little time to be overawed by the situation , which for a youngster from a small town in Natal is quite remarkable .
3 Er I have had some successes to date .
4 Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it .
5 Nowadays , fewer and fewer people become managers without first having had some introduction to statistics .
6 Perhaps not surprisingly in view of the hierarchical nature of schools , they also are more aware of the response of the governors and the LEA and consider that they have had more feedback to the report than their more junior colleagues .
7 I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home .
8 ‘ Have you had any reactions to this morning 's turn of events ? ’
9 No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother .
10 In many cases , we have not had enough information to be able to give separate distributions for intraspecific taxa .
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