Example sentences of "[verb] have a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clinic you mentioned has a very good reputation . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The island , by whatever name , has had a very turbulent seismic and volcanic history . |
| 3 | If he has had a very good recovery , he may get onto the plinth at a low height and kneel on all fours , and then be guided downwards to lie on his stomach . |
| 4 | ‘ Phillips has had a very consistent season . |
| 5 | ‘ He does n't usually throw tantrums , ’ Ashley said ruefully , as Vitor came round from the boot , ‘ but he has had a very long day . ’ |
| 6 | For one reason or another , thought Montgomery , this woman has had a very poor night 's sleep . |
| 7 | Damien , the wild card , has had a very visible year whilst Alison is an artist who has made an important contribution over a long period . |
| 8 | I think feminism has had a very rich past in this country as well as in other countries . |
| 9 | The centre has had a very promising first year with good uptake and usage rates . |
| 10 | She has had a very interesting life , has n't she ? ’ |
| 11 | The finance of primary care has had a very different history ( Eckstein , 1964 ; Gilbert , 1966 ; Stevens , 1966 ; Honnigsbaum , 1979 ) . |
| 12 | Shortly thereafter I read in one of the local papers : ‘ The recent failure in the herring fishery has had a very depressing effect on the matrimonial market at nearly all the fishing stations . |
| 13 | The UK jewellery market has had a very tough year and many customers and competitors have experienced difficulties . |
| 14 | She has had a very busy weekend and she felt a little tired . |
| 15 | Monica has had a very hard year . |
| 16 | He has had a very distinguished career and by dint of old-fashioned virtues and a marvellously warm personality has held the Party together on many occasions . |
| 17 | By the same token the free-swimming trilobite may be expected to have a very wide geographical distribution , for oceans would be no barrier to it . |
| 18 | Macbeth and Lady Macbeth appear to have a very intense relationship |
| 19 | To avoid such troubles , the water supply has to be freed from solid particles and needs to have a very low content of iron , manganese , aluminium , calcium , and magnesium . |
| 20 | Bank manager Hoey added : ‘ Neil needs to have a very good run at Portrush , and maybe even win something . |
| 21 | Transistor TR2 needs to have a very high h f e , which is why a BC109C is specified . |
| 22 | Until the last few years , the thought that one might have microscopic techniques sensitive enough to actually see tiny changes in the structure of neurons and their synapses as a result of learning seemed improbable — to start with , one would need to have a very good idea where to look and what to measure in the brain . |
| 23 | Mrs Clinton replied that she 'd been at college with him and they 'd had a very close relationship . |
| 24 | However , we contrive to have a very pleasant time . |
| 25 | There can also be little doubt that the devotional revolution had a significant impact on the life of local catholic communities , especially as social life came to have a very strong relationship to the local parish and its priests . |
| 26 | Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’ |
| 27 | They offered no theory as to why the child behaved in such a way , no external event was allowed an explanatory status ; rather the outburst was reflected back to the personality of the child , who was said to have a very angry liver ( the liver being the seat of inner states ) . |
| 28 | I have found that erm it seems basically to be a very pessimistic kind of fiction , more pessimistic than people have often given it credit for , largely because they tend to see , for example in Dashiell Hammett , who 's the author I 'm most interested in from this period , erm a precursor of a lot of heroes , private eyes , who were said to have a very kind of steely moral integrity , which they balance against a general corruption in the world outside , and it does seem to me that in fact with Hammett the detective mirrors the corruption of that world as much as he stands against it , so that it does seem to me rather pessimistic . |
| 29 | When you 're going round the Fens , you must 've had a very early start in the morning , did you ? |
| 30 | A further dilemma may arise when the individual whom professionals are trying to help has a very different interpretation of his or her circumstances , aspirations and prospects from those of relatives , or where the individual is suspicious and distrustful and does not want even close family to know what has happened to him or her . |