Example sentences of "have have [art] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After another half a minute , the power is passed to the third person and so on until everyone has had a turn at passing the power . |
| 2 | The whole effect is as if an aftermarket body-kit specialist has had a go at embellishing a 911 , with the predictable result . |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher has been fortunate in that retirements of several senior personnel in the early 1980s gave her the opportunity to influence promotions ; there were thirteen appointments as Permanent Secretary in 1982 alone and she has had a hand in appointing the great majority of Permanent and Assistant Permanent Secretaries since 1979 . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note how often foods only become fattening when man has had a hand in processing them in some way . |
| 5 | Throughout my life my tummy has been , as it were , my Achilles heel ; and around this same time the condition of my colon , which for the latter part of my life has had a habit of tying itself in knots , became particularly acute . |
| 6 | McPherson and Willms ( 3.4 ) emphasize somewhat different aspects of this complex topic in rebutting Heath 's major claim ; that the introduction of comprehensive education has had no effect in reducing class inequalities in education . |
| 7 | Even when North Yorkshire sites have been short-listed by an investor on quality grounds the county has had no means of matching the financial incentives elsewhere . |
| 8 | In civil cases , the court has had no role in directing the course of the proceedings except on the application of one or other party . |
| 9 | ‘ From the very beginning , the Hong Kong governor has had no sincerity for resolving differences through talks , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Lu Ping : ‘ Chris Patten has had no sincerity for resolving differences ’ |
| 11 | Mr. Dennis has had the benefit of living in the house , despite his bankruptcy , for over eight years since he was adjudicated bankrupt . |
| 12 | YOUR award-winning BNFL News has had the honour of representing Great Britain in a prestigious European editing competition . |
| 13 | In many ways the challenge of qualifying games could have made life much easier for Vogts , who has had the problem of motivating his team to play two years of friendlies before they defend their World Cup crown in 1994 . |
| 14 | ’ Anyone who has had the privilege of handling the book , even though he may never possess it , will not dispute the wisdom of the £13,000 it has fetched . |
| 15 | For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ . |
| 16 | It is only justice to state that , while France has had the merit of inaugurating the industrial production of aniline red , England may , thanks to the activity , science , and untiring efforts of Mr. Nicholson , claim the honour of having brought this manufacture to its present high degree of perfection . |
| 17 | It has had the bonus of freeing teachers to concentrate on functional reading . |
| 18 | Most of the structural adjustment programmes ( SAP ) now in place have involved a significant exchange rate adjustment , which has had the effect of cheapening local currencies in relation to harder international currencies , in a number of cases by a factor of three or four within two to three years . |
| 19 | In conjunction with these developments , the increased involvement by the state in the quest for economic growth , and a growing preoccupation with national security has had the effect of converting issues of political policy into purely technical ones . |
| 20 | This has had the effect of including all the profits and net assets of the company in the group accounts , with appropriate adjustments for the minority interest . |
| 21 | Since 1979 , when the Government came to power , coal imports have increased from 4 million tonnes to 19 millions tonnes , an increase of 346 per cent. , which has had the effect of wiping out the coal fields of south Wales , damaging our balance of payments , costing the taxpayer £8,500 for every one of the tens of thousands of unemployed miners , and making us dreadfully dependent on foreign supplies . |
| 22 | Greater Nottingham TEC says : ’ the current recession has had the effect of reducing the number of employer placements available . |
| 23 | The increase in money market interest rates from 8 to 9 per cent has had the effect of reducing the principal ( i.e. the clean price of the CD without accrued interest ) below the par value of 1 million . |
| 24 | The academic skewing of our education , going back to the Victorian public school/university ethic of Arnold and Newman , has had the effect of skewing our attention and then consuming it . |
| 25 | This has had the effect of increasing the premiums paid by doctors for medical insurance . |
| 26 | Distance from those affected by government decisions has had the effect of increasing their indifference and sense of alienation , especially in the economically disadvantaged regions furthest from London . |
| 27 | This has had the effect of making local authority housing even more subject to central scrutiny , and the current system of central government constraints has severely limited new council house provision in rural areas since 1980 , particularly as the new proposals may see more expensive building in rural areas as inappropriate . |
| 28 | This situation continued until the advent of the micro-computer , which has had the effect of placing considerable computing power in the hands of individual departmental managers and their staff , thus reducing their reliance on centralised computing facilities . |
| 29 | Peruvian agrarian reform has had the effect of raising the consciousness of the peasantry . |
| 30 | The emphasis on the desirability of academic detachment — however rarely achieved in practice — has had the effect of disengaging pupils at a personal level from what they are studying . |