Example sentences of "the [noun] have [adv] have [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On its new journey it was taken in turn by bike , canoe , sail boat , runners , riders , cyclists and walkers to the north-west , on to Skye and ultimately to Ness in Lewis , where the islanders have long had links with North Rona . |
| 2 | The legislature has never had occasion to speak on this matter , and the issue has never come to court . |
| 3 | By February 1973 the Chief Officer was reporting to the Council that the CNAA had already had discussions with over fifty colleges — about a third of the total . |
| 4 | The court has always had power to take a child out of the custody of a parent or guardian in cases of misconduct or unfitness , and in such cases , or in the absence of any lawful guardian , to appoint a suitable person as guardian . |
| 5 | ‘ The Church has always had trouble with marriage , ’ said Beuno , ‘ trying to combine two mutually exclusive imperatives . |
| 6 | ‘ I have four children , and the police have never had cause to knock on our door before . |
| 7 | Only by looking at what happened can one begin to form a judgement , though , as will be seen , there are conflicting views as to what caused the final catastrophe , while the principal actor in the events has even had doubts cast upon the authenticity of his claims to the leading role . |
| 8 | Though the earth has always had poles of rotation , the polar environment has not always been cold ( Chapter 1 ) . |
| 9 | BEFORE the concrete foundations of the stage have even had time to set , and while the great steel girders of the fly tower are still being erected , Edinburgh Festival Theatre is receiving a succession of visitors from the leading opera and dance companies in Britain . |