Example sentences of "[noun pl] have have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If any readers have had similar experiences with bad goods , please write directly to Esther Rantzen , or to me , and I will post all letters to her team . |
2 | Although there is no evidence , at present , of drinking water being contaminated in Britain , many reservoirs and lakes have had algal blooms on their surface waters for the last two summers . |
3 | I expect because they trust a fellow countryman — the Iranians have had bad experiences with supplies from abroad . |
4 | Whereas in the previous studies subjects have had prior knowledge of a junction and multiple exposures to it , in this study subjects only see a junction once , in just one set of traffic conditions and at the same time as making a risk assessment . |
5 | it goes on in our case , that both of our pension funds have had massive surpluses , i.e. erm there was a reported surplus by Watsons the actuaries , of one point erm seven billion which suddenly er vanished within one year to a seven er seven hundred million deficit and |
6 | Once the Bosnians have had medical checks , they 'll be able to look after themselves and have the chance to send messages to the relatives they 've left behind . |
7 | Although the industrial countries have had great success in cleaning their air and water , this very success has often increased the amount of solid dirt . |
8 | Apart from the big changes , the populations of many other countries have had tremendous relief . |
9 | Other companies have had similar troubles : Clerical Medical had to rid itself of an agent which was writing unauthorised business ; a Legal & General agent . |
10 | A few single volumes have had deserved success . |
11 | The Bloxham manufacturer admit some buyers have had cold feet . |
12 | It is worth noting , for instance , that all the new titles coming out in the United Kingdom in recent years have had substantial backing from a variety of sources : finance corporations , industrial interests , media interests , and so on . |
13 | Black holes have had tremendous press coverage in recent years , so there can be few who have not heard the term . |
14 | International referee Derek Bevan , who handled the World Cup final , agreed with Kirkpatrick , citing another area where law changes have had negative consequences : ‘ When the ball is fielded following a high kick from the attacking side the chasing forwards can close in and circle the catcher provided that they remain at a distance of 10 metres . |
15 | These changes have had massive implications for the provision of age-specific services such as maternity facilities , school places , youth training , elderly health care and sheltered housing . |
16 | Yet our 4 × 400 metres relay teams have had considerable success . |
17 | An awful lot of writers have had other means of earning a living , but still , surely , have the right to have ‘ writer ’ carved on their tombstones . |
18 | Select committees have had substantial coverage , but all the evidence suggests — and this is my own impression , having served or attended many committees over the years and now seeing them on television — that , with a few minor modifications , the ways these committees work is little changed . |
19 | In recessionary times most British firms have had other priorities . |
20 | Almost all of the higher earners and men with 10 or more partners have had oral sex with a woman , and it 's the men with a regular relationship and someone else on the side who are most likely to have done it in the past year . |
21 | Two elements of their arguments have had enduring significance : the compatibility of bureaucracy and democracy , and the stress on elite competition . |
22 | Zoologists have had great difficulty in classifying colugos . |
23 | We sociologists have had good reason to be stand-offish . |
24 | Eighty one consecutive patients have had restorative proctocolectomy for imflammatory bowel disease between January 1983 and October 1990 under the care of one surgeon . |
25 | ( b ) Assuming the mortgage debt In the past practitioners have had considerable difficulty where the transferee wife took over property subject to a mortgage liability . |
26 | Already the refs have had long meetings working out just how strict or just how lenient they are going to be . |
27 | It is extremely difficult to discover any coherent pattern to the oprichnina and , although it is true his victims included many boyars , Western scholars have had great fun exploding the carefully constructed ‘ class ’ explanations advanced by Soviet historians . |
28 | Because so few of the policy-makers have had direct experience of business , they seem to find it impossible to believe that when , for instance , interest rates fall , the positive effect on business confidence and hence on investment decisions may take up to three years to work through . |
29 | With the abolition of US capital controls in 1974 all US residents and corporations have had total freedom to invest their funds inside or outside the USA . |
30 | However , there is no standard definition or process which constitutes performance review and a number of councils who have introduced review procedures have had disappointing results . |