Example sentences of "the [noun] have have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To borrow a phrase from a biography of Van Gogh , the writer had had the advantage of having the artist as a coauthor . |
| 2 | Commentators suggested that the attempt had had the support of wealthy former politicians , whose ambitions had been foiled by Babangida 's refusal to allow the " old guard " of politicians to stand for office on the return to party politics . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's simply that while we 've been playing well in possession , we have n't been doing the job when the opposition have had the ball . |
| 4 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 5 | It is still not clear whether the PowerPC has had the multi-processing guts ripped out of it , though Michael Slater editor of Microprocessor Report informs us modifications made to it include having 38 opcodes deleted , which means that all instructions that use multiply and quotient register , difference or zero and three integer operand instructions have all been wiped out . |
| 6 | The gallery has had the railings restored ; they were originally upright , but are now horizontal . |
| 7 | A funeral procession from the workhouse had had the temerity to pass through his Lordship 's private grounds , thereby producing feelings of outrage . |
| 8 | ‘ The NHS has had the lion 's share of the very substantial increases in public spending over the last few years , and this has resulted in higher standards of care and treatment , ’ he writes . |
| 9 | Shortly thereafter cracks began to appear in the house both internally and externally and the purchaser had to have the house underpinned at a cost of £1,444 and had obtained estimates of between £1,500 and 12,000 for repairs to the superstructure . |
| 10 | The right has had the cheek to suggest that the same iron discipline should apply in the aftermath of defeat as in the anticipation of victory . |
| 11 | With R & D environments , a project may frequently be stopped or transferred to another department before the inventor has had the opportunity to reap the joy that comes from full explorations of their work . |
| 12 | The 34-year-old star of Bonfire Of The Vanities has had the implants — which only last a few months — twice before . |
| 13 | But in the meantime the investors have had the benefit of a gross roll-up of interest and the flexibility of deferring their tax charge until it suits them which , of course , may be at a time when the tax charge is lower or after they have emigrated . |
| 14 | Since the Finance Act of 1961 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had the power ( via ‘ the regulator ’ ) to vary the rates of indirect taxation at any time between Budgets . |
| 15 | The commission has had the significance of this research confirmed by independent analysts , which leaves a serious problem to be explained and solved . |
| 16 | He continues : ‘ The commission has had the significance of this research confirmed by independent analysts , which leaves a serious problem to be explained and solved . ’ |
| 17 | THE economy has had the tonic its doctors ordered . |
| 18 | Before the visitor has had the time to see the baptistery ruins , the plaques or the crucifix he will have spent time near the door . |
| 19 | The Americans have had the title in their country for too long . |
| 20 | The Americans have had the title in their country for too long . |
| 21 | Now , with all their claptrap about citizens charters , the Government have had the BBC send to every Member of Parliament letters carrying the Tory party propaganda that they can not allow pensioners to have a free television licence . |
| 22 | Typically , the Government have had the courage to concede by implication that they have lost confidence in what they legislated for so confidently just a short time ago . |
| 23 | Yet the counsellor has to have the ability to focus on difficult and distressing areas in a way which is not threatening to the counsellee . |
| 24 | Namely , he will be inviting your Lordship to er look at whether or not the business the plaintiff 's would have failed in any event er because it is the defendants case relying er extensively upon the opinion of their expert Mr er that even if the plaintiffs had had the finances which were originally anticipated and had completed the deal in accordance with that , the probabilities are that this business would have failed in any event and that they would have incurred the losses they did er so I anticipate there is going to be a dispute between us as to the basis in which your Lordship is to determine compensation in this case . |
| 25 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 26 | The police have had the estate under video surveillance for many weeks . |
| 27 | Edmund Mortimer kept his head , deployed his archers in what cover there was , massed his knights and men-at-arms on firm ground clear of the marsh meadows , and stood to receive the attack , braced to hold back his horsed companies until the bowmen had had the chance to loose from cover three or four volleys , and reduce the odds . |
| 28 | Though all parties take laundered campaign money , the Socialists have had the ill-luck to get caught in several big recent scandals , and the stupidity to try to cover them up . |
| 29 | The educative process has to begin sufficiently early in a person 's life for it to have any real effect on attitudes , and I believe the challenge has to have the response of both parents and schools . |
| 30 | The students have had the opportunity to take part in these sessions where they related to the 16+ examination in the earlier part of the year . |