Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] have have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , above the placard speed a severe gust can raise the loads on the wings and cause damage before the weak link has had time to break and relieve the situation .
2 But the Chief Warden had had instructions this was not to be an easy summer .
3 At first the Athenians and Inaros were brilliantly successful , as revolts from Persia often were , initially — before the Great King had had time to mobilize a feudal force from nothing .
4 The older chalets have had facelifts , their corrugated iron roofs replaced by red pantiles , whitewashed boundary walls topped off by yet more red pantiles to give them a Mediterranean resort flavour in hopes of luring their customer back from the real thing .
5 Just four of the disabled professionals had had difficulty in finding work .
6 After all , the Conservative Party has had provision for electing a new Leader while in office since 1975 and it has not been used in that circumstance .
7 It 's the second time in a year that the same company has had produce destroyed by French farmers angry about EC imports .
8 It was reported that among other items under discussion were the questions of US support for the mandatory repatriation of Vietnamese boat people and of US passports for Hong Kong citizens , issues on which the two countries had had differences of opinion during the past year .
9 In the past Roy has had interest in several sports , each one having many stories attached .
10 In a manslaughter case in which the dead wife had had affairs with other men , Mr Justice Leonard said ‘ [ the defendant ] deserved sympathy because his life had become miserable ’ .
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