Example sentences of "[vb -s] have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As an example , we have come up with a de-sulphurization system to prevent damage to natural gas pipelines and a North Sea gas rig has had the equipment installed . |
| 2 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 3 | SHOOTING victim Jason Ward has had the plaster removed from his shattered limbs . |
| 4 | SHOOTING victim Jason Ward who discharged himself from hospital a month ago has had the plaster removed from his shattered limbs . |
| 5 | TURKEY king Bernard Matthews has had the stuffing knocked out of his profits in the last six months . |
| 6 | It seems that scarcely one Black artist in Britain has had the benefits of an extended professional career : a dealer , regular exhibitions , interested critics , sales and the support of one 's peers . |
| 7 | He has had the benefit of a fine son and beautiful daughters , but there have been no more great plays . ’ |
| 8 | What 's more , Bill has had the benefit of 15 years ' experience in roomset photography for his advertising clients . |
| 9 | Mr. Dennis has had the benefit of living in the house , despite his bankruptcy , for over eight years since he was adjudicated bankrupt . |
| 10 | In doing so it has had the benefit of conversations with the Revd. |
| 11 | West Yorkshire has had the benefit of that . |
| 12 | He , too , has had the benefit of the college system which can bring beginners on very rapidly . |
| 13 | The supposedly irritable elderly person is often the one who has had the gall to defend against such ( often unintended ) ‘ put-downs ’ . |
| 14 | BILL KOCH 'S personal and business life is the stuff of a page-turning book and a movie , so it is fortunate that he has had the foresight to bring his own biographer and film maker into his campaign to defend the America 's Cup for his country . |
| 15 | YOUR award-winning BNFL News has had the honour of representing Great Britain in a prestigious European editing competition . |
| 16 | Print-making has had the advantage of some careful scholars , but an excellent book is by a practitioner , Stanley Hayter . |
| 17 | True , even with those drawbacks , NATO functions well , but it has had the advantage of 350,000 American service men and ourselves , all of whom speak a common language . |
| 18 | George Bush has had the advantage which always goes with the holder of the highest office of being addressed as Mr President . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | These specifically make it clear that the clinic may not disclose that someone has had the test , or its result , without that person 's consent , except to a doctor , or a doctor 's assistant ( and even then only in connection with , and for the purpose of the treatment or prevention of spread of HIV infection ) . |
| 21 | ‘ I think he will win , but it has only been when he has had the sun on his back in the last couple of days that he has really come on . ’ |
| 22 | THE economy has had the tonic its doctors ordered . |
| 23 | Her sister Harriet has had the cottage for two years . |
| 24 | This county is one that for quite a long time has had the policies , I think it 's it 's E it 's number eleven E E eleven is it or I eleven |
| 25 | But one that has had the error beep replaced by a robotic voice screaming ‘ Attention ! ’ is likely to have the opposite effect , as is one that ingests a floppy disc accompanied by a long drawn out grumble taken from a soggy passage in the Star Wars trilogy . |
| 26 | ’ 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 . |
| 27 | This is the second time that the dinner , in its eighth year , has had the privilege of a Prime Minister as its guest speaker . |
| 28 | The LTA has had the support of many people and yet has managed to alienate many of those who wished to support British tennis . |
| 29 | ‘ This year , ’ explains Mr Aimetti , ‘ the German company has had the opportunity to take advantage of the boom there and made a big profit , so we pay tax in Germany . |
| 30 | He has had the opportunity to reproduce 430 of the 500 drawings which originally constituted that collection and to mount a touring exhibition over three years : for the first , and probably only time therefore , they will all be seen together right across the world . |