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

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1 This is not to say that no one who has left China since 1980 has had dissident tendencies , but they would probably keep these concealed before being allowed out .
2 Each has had magnificent results .
3 Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm
4 They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience .
5 Those in the higher socio-economic groups and consumers over 45 years old tend to have higher net savings relative to their outstanding debt .
6 This has had two effects .
7 This has had much prominence in the Earth Mysteries field , but is somewhat difficult to define .
8 This has had major impacts on occupational structure and the social make up of the town , on lifestyles , culture and politics .
9 This has had extensive effects , not least on house prices in the South-east .
10 Bowlby believes that we have an instinctive ( inherited ) need to maintain proximity to attachment figures , because this has had evolutionary survival value .
11 However , so far , it seems that this has had little influence on the redistribution of wealth and power in society .
12 This has had considerable attention in the literature coming from the United States .
13 This has had important consequences for the rehabilitation of mental hospital patients , which will be discussed in the context of the empirical study reported in Chapters 3 , 4 and 5 .
14 Deputy Head ( Staff ) : ‘ Scale 2 has to have some element of special responsibility ! ’
15 In the last week , one MP has received 100 calls and another has had 70 letters .
16 This seems to have two facets : firstly , an integration of gay issues , concerns and images within the totality of broadcasting ; and secondly , specifically gay-orientated programmes .
17 This seems to have obvious parallels with the Russian Formalist attempt to found an approach to literature that would exclude all factors external to the texts — history , psychology , and so on .
18 It takes hardly any time at all to swoosh down a can of cola , and neither does this seem to have any effect in satisfying the appetite .
19 This does have some advantages for small retailers in that they can return unsold stock , but the retailer loses flexibility where they are required to maintain the prices recommended by manufacturers .
20 This does have some advantages .
21 but they 're not the representatives , and this does have some bearing I think on er remark with regard to erm where does the parish council P P C actually fit in ?
22 Up until recently the English have had certain virtues assigned : honesty , loyalty , fair dealing , kindness to animals ( and women ) .
23 ‘ Does this house have red pantiles ? ’ he asked me .
24 Many men buffeted by fortune will reach retirement prematurely ; some have had great success to be followed by even greater failure .
25 Very few have had any compensation yet . ’
26 I had years in Latin America , the Far East , all over the place , and any time I came back to London , well , there was too much to do to have much time for somewhere like ffeatherstonehaugh 's , and anyway I was married by then and my wife would n't have approved .
27 I was fortunate to have had these advantages ; it is quite impossible to operate at any level in industry without being aware of the world forces which are pressing upon us .
28 I am fortunate to have had enough support to recover from the hell of being abused .
29 Fires set to control weeds on degraded pastures also spread , particularly to selectively logged areas as in Para , Brazil , as the gaps left have tracks connecting them and plenty of fuel : such have had devastating effects in Borneo during seasonal droughts ( see section 2.2.2 ) .
30 The speed gained by operating her rotors from a paltry 45 kW source was the equivalent to that obtained had another Diesel of 370 kW been coupled in series to the existing two .
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