Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] have the " in BNC.

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1 But that was many years ago when they were still juveniles and one day she disappeared and none of the eagles there has since had the full power of a Callanish eagle .
2 But we can be sure of one thing : before the end of the century we will see the telephone metamorphose into the mobile audio-visual communications centre it has long had the potential to become .
3 The moon has henceforth had the ability to return to earth , while man 's right to do so was forfeited .
4 Dave is a dog lover but because of his army routine and duties , he has not had the time or lifestyle to be able to keep a dog .
5 I have tried to show in this book that though the academic institutionalizing of vernacular literary study which began about a century ago had good , even inescapable reasons in its origins , its later progress has not had the effects the founders hoped for .
6 ‘ So far he has not had the opportunity to appear to us a flexible and strong politician . ’
7 Worse for them , whether they go on backing Mr Gorbachev or opt for some other tough guy , the rattle of gunfire has not had the intended effect .
8 However , this is a major penetrative feature triggered by a fault ( the Outer Silver Pit Fault ) and has not had the displacive effect of the salt swells located further south and east .
9 And ‘ if the tam batting second has not had the opportunity to complete the required number of overs their target score will be the runs scored by the team batting first from their equivalent number of highest scoring overs . ’
10 Atkinson said : ‘ He has not had the best of seasons so far and probably felt he was being frozen out , but He came back and had his best game for us against Arsenal . ’
11 ‘ Colin has not had the best of luck with injuries but technically he is an excellent player .
12 ‘ At least he is symmetrical but his left leg has not had the same exercise so it 's not the same size as his right . ’
13 Another , closely related , hypothesis is that at the end of each day we have in our unconscious a sort of ragbag of bits and pieces of experience which our conscious mind has not had the time , opportunity or inclination to process ; once again , the function of the dream is to deal with this material .
14 ‘ Even today , after all this time , she has not had the guts to say sorry to us , ’ said Teresa 's father Stephen Power , 57 .
15 Over the years the Victor has not had the glamour or attention that has been bestowed on the Vulcan so I am seriously considering starting a Handley Page Victor Association .
16 The court takes the view that it has not had the benefit of seeing the witnesses , hearing their evidence and forming opinions as to the weight to be attached to it .
17 In fact , the whole thing is certain to be fully explained in many textbooks , for there is nothing in an undergraduate course which has not had the attention of textbook writers .
18 The evidence suggests that they have ‘ clamoured for more staff and for improved premises , ’ but the family health services authority has not had the resources to support this , nor were suitable vacant sites in which premises could be developed easily available in inner London .
19 It is available now , but has not had the take up that Windows has enjoyed — one cynical comment has it that of the less than half million copies actually in use , the better part were given away — and yet it is a very capable operating system with some excellent features .
20 Bill has not had the best of seasons this year but , unlike most northern trainers , he has some very rich owners , including Sheikh Mohammed , Robert Sangster and American millionaire Joe Albritton .
21 The hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) has not had the advantage that I have had of studying these applications with very great care , and it is quite clear that he has not addressed the issue in any great substance .
22 The House has not had the opportunity to consider the instruments in detail or subject them to detailed technical examination .
23 It helped not having the accompaniment .
24 Even so , the French might have been able to pull through had the great motivator , Jacques Fouroux , been around .
25 President of Powers Bashforth , the company behind the kit , Harry Powers , has already had the opportunity to appreciate the availability of an extra engine on the aircraft .
26 Powerful New Zealand Test forward George Mann has hardly had the best of luck with injury , but he is now back in action and ready to challenge for a regular first team place again .
27 Few people can appreciate Basil 's contribution for none of the present generation started with him in the County , and none of those who have come and gone over the years has ever had the same influence with the teachers for he had a diffidence and a modesty which helped then , a lot .
28 ‘ For I do n't think any clinician has ever had the privilege of witnessing such a complex example of hysteria .
29 The 19 year old Spaniard has always had the weapons but , so often in the past , has used them sparingly in her pursuit of greatness .
30 From the famous cloth markets , which first identified the city as a bargain-hunters ' paradise , to the splendour of the Victorian shopping arcades , Leeds has always had the leading edge in retail .
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