Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] have a good " in BNC.

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1 The field needs to have a good supply of water .
2 In the past this Association has had a good relationship with the DLO in Derry .
3 ‘ Ethnic ’ Scottish rock has had a good decade , something Adamson has mixed feelings about .
4 As nephew of the late king , Edward appeared to have a good claim , indeed perhaps the best claim , to succeed him .
5 Andre Moga , the president of Beglès and one of the so-called ‘ barons ’ of French rugby , made the following comment : ‘ If Rodez had had a good president at the time this would not have reached court ’ .
6 He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church .
7 So everyone working on the door at Ronnie 's had a good laugh at us while Strummer was hustling to get us in .
8 Fashanu , ignored since being capped twice by Bobby Robson three years ago , said : ‘ Alan has had a good start but that does n't put him in the class of Ian .
9 As he put it : ‘ The planners and the road engineers have had a good bashing , but they have learnt their lesson .
10 St Aubyn 's had a good reputation when my father decided to send us there .
11 Clearly , in the current review of the Territorial Army , we are paying great attention to the need to continue to have a good geographical spread across the country .
12 ‘ This place has had a good going over !
13 Donald had had a good innings .
14 Such issues were not covered by policy , and these appeals tended to have a better than average chance of success ( 41 per cent as compared with an overall average of 31 per cent ) .
15 Irrespective of the final battle , Mr Ashdown has had a good war .
16 Intel has decided that the next generation of PC processors needs to have a better name than the 586 .
17 The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause .
18 These young patients appear to have a good prognosis following infarction and intervention policies based on exercise testing in an older age group may not be appropriate .
19 How many rabbits have had a good meal off men 's rubbish heaps ?
20 Quick as a flash and game for a good laugh , I said , ‘ Because Denis sent us ’ exactly at the same time as Jack said , ‘ Because Maureen wanted to have a good cry … ’
21 While we have to accept that some people have had a good go at blowing up the present inhabitant , would it not be simpler for her to emulate a previous incumbent and move up the road to Admiralty House ?
22 ‘ I am delighted that Jarvis 's Frayn has had a good reaction , as I think it is some of my best work . ’
23 But this union does have a good track record in campaigning for young people .
24 HP claims to have a better handle on the situation , providing a one-step upgrade and 18 months to plan and implement the migration .
25 Oxford 's had a good reputation for relationships between staff and prisoners .
26 How would what test would you use to determine whether or not John Major has had a good first one hundred days ?
27 So the Options Agency has had a good year , and hopefully will again next year .
28 When Pitt wants to have a good time he invites his ‘ little group of buddies ’ , including actor Dermot Mulroney — a whiz on the cello — over for an old-fashioned ‘ hootinanny ’ jam session .
29 I agree with my hon. Friend that raising standards requires having a good quality teaching force , properly rewarded and encouraged .
30 Severe toxicity was less common in our study , however , and the three-drug combination seems to have a better therapeutic index .
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