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

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1 The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year .
2 However , despite their enormous popularity , personality tests , on their own , have had a disappointing history in predicting behaviour at work .
3 Before addressing this question I must turn aside to summarise two decisions , which have had a powerful influence on the shape of the present proceedings .
4 Both of these forces have had a powerful impact on the UK 's trade .
5 Pupils at Lathallan school have had a burning interest in their new headmaster … for they 've discovered his family 's explosive past .
6 Both Michael Levey and Neil MacGregor , the present director , have had a genuine vision of what the National Gallery stands for and an authentic commitment to the idea of a museum .
7 Our two trips on the Central Wales Line have been very well supported and we have had a reasonable number on the two July ones ( last year 's was on the Severn Valley Railway ) .
8 After they have had a reasonable length of time to browse , the folder is taken back and they are asked a series of questions about the ads .
9 Whereas it seems unlikely that these concerns have penetrated school syllabuses , it is possible , given the much greater autonomy of institutions of higher education , that they have had a greater influence on higher education syllabuses .
10 In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) .
11 A GROUP of MPs have had a narrow escape from gunfire in Bosnia .
12 But the plain fact is that I have had a devilish run of ill luck , and I do not care for Thompson 's tariff .
13 While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ?
14 Noise and Other Statutory Nuisances We have had a good relationship with our neighbours in the past and will endeavour to continue to maintain these .
15 We have had a good relationship with the borough councils and do n't want to lose it . ’
16 We have had a good couple of months and we are fairly positive about the outlook for the remainder of the year . ’
17 We have had a good response from some areas , but would like to recruit lay members from Spennymoor , Ferryhill and Trimdon areas .
18 ‘ I showed it to some of my friends and they have had a good laugh about it .
19 We have had a good year with minor upsets , such as a cataract operation for me which was no trouble at all , and has resulted in a dramatic improvement in my eyesight .
20 Joel , 38 , who won Gola League title honours with Runcorn 11 years ago , said : ‘ I have had a good time as a player and I have decided that enough is enough .
21 How many rabbits have had a good meal off men 's rubbish heaps ?
22 TFM of Stockton have had a phenomenal response throughout its region , said its station manager Brian Lister .
23 The ergonomics of form design and use have had a pivotal role in the provision of accurate , presentable and punctual information to all users .
24 We welcome people from every party , it does n't really matter which party , or even if they belong to no party , who are just committed to seeing a representative representation , seeing more women in there , because women in this country , just as a matter of fact , have a rather different experience from most men , and if you 're making a decision then you want there the people who have had a wide range of experience , who can bring that experience to bear on making the decision .
25 The art criticism in such books generally has a slant , questioning whether the country or places have had a determining influence on art .
26 ‘ This is for people who have had a passing interest in Hendrix or have caught up with his music in the advent of the CD age .
27 Many advice workers are unaware that they have had a democratic part in the policy decisions that have adopted these training requirements and some even see these demands on them as a personal affront .
28 They have had a 50-year run for their money , but as in Europe at the end of the 19th century ( a more appropriate historical comparison than the endless 1920s/1930s imagery ) there is a great hunger for new forms of governance .
29 Unions in Japan have had a major influence on the way the labour market is structured , but this reflects principally the fact that union membership is in large part confined to regular workers in large firms .
30 To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere .
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