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

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1 Any medical personnel found to have the virus were immediately banned from performing surgery which involved working inside the body , said the spokesman .
2 The remedies seem to have the power to help harmonize the body 's metabolic processes and to correct imbalances in them .
3 Smales was successful with two kicks at goal but by half-time the Kiwis looked to have the game well under control , scoring tries through Edwards and Watson by the 16th minute , and through Watson and Nikau in the three minutes before the interval .
4 Major international telecommunications service providers are teaming under the auspices of the Network Management Forum to agree purchasing specifications for an open , standardised computing environment to support their network , service and business management needs — and with annual spending of $20,000m a year on computer systems , the parties involved have the muscle to impose any standard they set .
5 Well it would have been very nice if my clients had had the opportunity of a fair trial .
6 These ties have had the effect , not only of ensuring that the peripheral economies serve the needs of the core — principally through provision of cheap raw materials — but also of impeding and distorting political , social and cultural developments at the periphery .
7 FOR years French drivers have had the reputation of being the most frightening thing on earth for a British tourist — except for a plate of garlic-covered snails .
8 The defendants sought to have the claim struck out on the ground that it disclosed no cause of action .
9 The defendants applied to have the plaintiffs ' actions struck out on the ground that the proper forum for any claim against them was Scotland and that the special jurisdiction laid down in articles 5 and 6 of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 , scheduled to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982did not apply so as to permit the defendants to be sued in England , notwithstanding that they were domiciled in Scotland .
10 Hospital Trusts appear to have the freedom to choose what they provide , and as they increase in number and DHA provision declines , it is possible that long-stay care will become a residual service , separated from profit-making , ‘ attractive ’ services .
11 If only your parents 'd had the sense to let you to go in for it . ’
12 However , competent windsurfers do have the chance to join dinghy groups when they sail away to other beaches .
13 Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was , and had made alternative arrangements .
14 Despite its apparent mutability , E. coli does have the power to protect its genetic integrity .
15 In this prologue we discuss some of the questions which few beginners seem to have the courage to ask and yet to which they would surely like some kind of answer .
16 We all know textiles has had the grind for years and years and years and all our activity , all our activists , the shop stewards and the branch secretaries and conveners in that particular section , they need a lot of support , especially the young people .
17 At the very least it seems guests like to have the choice .
18 All Governments like to have the opportunity of introducing guillotines at certain times , but that desire should be resisted for the good reasons put forward by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton , South-West ( Mr. Budgen ) .
19 Here Brook interrupted , to make a dangerous claim that all 19th-century music was riddled with unnecessary repetition which current composers had had the sense to discard .
20 Italians have had the courage to vote for a greater decency and sense of public accountability , though they know the road to reform will be bumpy and uncertain .
21 The 34-year-old star of Bonfire Of The Vanities has had the implants — which only last a few months — twice before .
22 Enforcement Officers require to have the Diploma in Consumer Affairs in order to progress through the career salary structure .
23 Enforcement Officers require to have the Diploma in Consumer Affairs in order to progress through the career salary structure .
24 But in the meantime the investors have had the benefit of a gross roll-up of interest and the flexibility of deferring their tax charge until it suits them which , of course , may be at a time when the tax charge is lower or after they have emigrated .
25 Only a few family farmers have had the opportunity , or the resources , to expand the size of the farm .
26 [ 12 ] Most dog owners have had the misfortune to see it in their own pets in a dog fight .
27 Mergers between these firms have had the effect of reducing the number of accountants who do not have a conflict of interest , simply because there are fewer firms .
28 Mining proposals continue to have the prospect of minimal impact on unemployment rates .
29 Six patients agreed to have the procedure performed under local anaesthaeia and six opted for general anaesthaesia .
30 This does not mean that every doctor must marry a nurse and that a Greek professor should immediately set out to teach his bride Greek on their honeymoon , but partners do have the responsibility to educate each other in the basic rudiments of their profession so that when they begin to share their victories or challenges , the other will have at least a basic working knowledge to understand the story being told .
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