Example sentences of "have [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Professor Raymond Smallman , Vice-Principal of the University , former Head of Metallurgy and Materials , and a Birmingham alumnus , has received a double accolade this summer .
2 The daughter of Storm Bird has enjoyed a formative career typical of Luca Cumani 's juveniles , having been heavily nursed on her debut , over course and distance , before showing the benefit on subsequent outings , at Yarmouth and Goodwood .
3 The Mercantile — a leading draught Guinness outlet and a favourite spot for Sydney 's Irish community — has installed a new beer chilling system which runs on the ozone-sage CFC replacement gas Klea 134a .
4 In fact as you know the world has moved a good deal faster than any of us expected .
5 But the chilly economic climate has made a tricky situation desperate , in two respects .
6 He lost Manoj Prabhakar , carried away by the exuberance of his own and everybody else 's strokeplay , but Kapil Dev survives - and he is the only Indian who has made a faster Test hundred than Azharuddin 's .
7 Whatever the rights and wrongs of a sad situation , the fact remains that the club has made a dreadful start this season — winning only four of their first 13 games .
8 Likewise , if past convention has made a particular layout familiar ( such as time increasing downwards or from left to right ) , a change should be considered only if a clear advantage is to be gained .
9 The South African Area continues to work hard in support of both the Association and the RAF Benevolent Fund , and has made a special effort this year , the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain .
10 He has made a big impact this season and gives us a much better chance of succeeding against Stuttgart . ’
11 The freewheeling diode has to withstand a reverse voltage equal to the d.c. supply voltage when the transistor is conducting and it must conduct a peak forward current equal to the rated phase current when the transistor first turns off .
12 Hodge , who joined Leeds from Nottingham Forest in a £900,000 deal , has had a frustrating time this season .
13 This boat has had a general re-fit 1988–1989 — new teak deck , awlgripped hull and mast , new engine , heater , fridge , instruments , nav .
14 Hampson , who had not been sent off prior to this season , has had a wretched past seven weeks .
15 Within sight of power , the group has had a public bust-up likely to reduce its appeal in the forthcoming election .
16 Networking , too , has got a bad name these days , as the scandalous links between Tokyo 's politicians , bureaucrats and businessmen are exposed .
17 Nippon Denso has bought a 53 acre green field site on the edge of rural Shropshire ; by 1995 a brand new plant should be producing 400,000 car heaters and the same number of air conditioners per year .
18 And Wembley itself has become a giant Room 101 .
19 Irvine , California-based , State Of The Art Inc has introduced a new accounting graphical user interface , Momentum .
20 The Glens have the cup pedigree and their cup run has kept a disappointing season alive .
21 One case report has described a 38 year old homosexual man who developed fever , diarrhoea , and weight loss and in whom radiography showed terminal ileilitis .
22 But Fujitsu has launched a notebook-type PC capable of wireless communication via a mobile phone , and Toshiba has developed a radio data communications unit for PCs .
23 Living Earth has launched a three year educational programme in the Cameroon , West Africa , to teach local communities about the value of the forests .
24 With the help of a fear-stricken band , his Fender 7-string Strat , an 8-string Gibson ‘ piano guitar ’ and his ‘ heavy metal mandolin' ( an instrument with which , he claims , ‘ even a moron can reach the sublime ’ ) , Gregory has assembled a Gothic extravaganza full of fretboard pyrotechnics and in-jokes such as Clapton 's Hideaway solo played in real time at double speed .
25 I 'd , I 'd I 'd got a four year old toddler and a and a eighteen month old crawler when , when I was your age .
26 And I waited till I 'd got a few bit more money to put in and sort of hid it amongst all these others , mm .
27 Well he 'd got a seven year old girl copying him had n't he ?
28 I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path .
29 Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round .
30 My breathing was not too good — I 'd led a soft life these past months .
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