Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone has had some disappointment or failure .
2 There 's been , everyone has had seven cards and that 's not one of them .
3 Blood-tests are now available to tell whether someone has had German measles in the past , and nobody in their right mind would suggest that such a positive blood test indicated the presence of active German measles long after the patient had recovered from the infection .
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5 I says have another look , he says what is it ?
6 Mark himself has had two attempts at living independently .
7 I believe the Kuwaiti people naturally are a peace loving people and we will never forget that erm good nature of us and we will try to capitalise on that and maintain peace and Kuwait become again a country which has to have peaceful causes everybody .
8 Earthworms can also be stored alive in damp leaf mould placed in an icecream tub which has had small holes punched in the lid .
9 The external skeleton has one incidental quality which has had momentous results .
10 There was no official comment from China which has had close relations with Romania 's President Ceausescu .
11 Anyway erm what sh when I said to you when you , you said to me last thing oh yes that 's right , and he , anybody that father 's spoken to who has sort of had this Walkman on him , which has had umpteen sort of erm batteries and what have you tapes conversations , now she 'll be back again next Friday er to pick it up .
12 A place which has had 500 years of prayer .
13 Jobless growth , changes in the composition of the workforce , increased ‘ flexibility ’ of labour 's terms and conditions , have all contributed to an economic revival which has had minimal benefits where these are needed most .
14 There can be no doubt that it is a growth area , which has had distinct achievements in many countries .
15 Deaf education has been associated with a great deal of dogma which has had varying degrees of influence over the years .
16 One reason for the Groningen 's demise was the government 's policy of concentrating on the major pied breeds and closing the herdbooks of minors such as the Groningen , Lakenvelder and Witrik so that they were unable to give evidence of registered purebred bulls when new bull licensing laws came into force 20 years later — a move which has had devastating effects on minor breeds in other countries where similar laws were introduced .
17 But even in a Lutheranism which has had married priests for four centuries , the notion that the mere presence of a woman acting as priest pollutes the sanctuary can still be a powerful belief .
18 Another area of changed values which has had important effects is the growth of the concept of freedom and the decline in the importance of rules .
19 In his later work , however , Althusser modified his account of the distinction between science and ideology , a shift which has had important consequences for his analysis of the relation between individuals and practices .
20 This has been achieved despite direct competition for the German Government Bond contract from the recently created Deutsche Terminbörse ( DTB ) in Frankfurt , which has had considerable support from the German financial community .
21 A more general argument takes up the reference by Gramsci to the ‘ semi-colonial market ’ and develops the concept of ‘ internal colonialism ’ , which has had widespread application to areas as different from one another as the peripheral regions of Great Britain , the black homelands in South Africa , Alaska and the Amerindian areas of Central and South America .
22 A different sort of exhibition which has had some success in attracting attention , and thus newspaper coverage , is the prize competition .
23 The main example of the first is Habermas ' Theory and Practice ( 1974 ) , which has had some influence in this country mainly on education , social work and the ‘ caring ’ professions , particularly at the radical edge .
24 This century has seen a remarkably rapid secularization of British society ( with the exception of Northern Ireland ) which has had some effect upon the decline in voluntary action .
25 Alford himself seems to have cordial relations with the Conservative Party .
26 Best himself seems to have few doubts as to why he got the nod , citing the growing importance of the Divisional Championship as the single most important factor in his — and England 's — meteoric rise .
27 David Davies , born in Llandinam ( midway between Llanidloes and Newtown ) in 1818 , began his working life as a sawyer , which seems to have little relevance to civil engineering but was responsible for his excellent local reputation prior to his first engineering contract .
28 Thank you , I think actually we 've been debating Mr 's amendment which seems to have widespread approval and I was ready to put that to the vote .
29 According to China 's news agency Xinhua , which appears to have good contacts inside Afghanistan , a group of mujaheddin field commanders has rejected the Peshawar government and wants the United Nations to settle the civil war .
30 The " Countryside Stewardship " scheme will be run by the Countryside Commission , which hopes to have 80,000 hectares under its management at the end of the term .
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