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 . |
4 | If this message is output again it shows that someone has had direct access to the ORACLE database . |
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 . |