Example sentences of "[noun pl] have have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , bearing in mind that intention in this context is not the same as motive and that the tort may be committed without any ill will towards the plaintiff , it is likely to be a rare case in which A's words have had a causative effect on B's conduct and yet A escapes liability on the ground that they were only ‘ advice . ’ |
| 2 | To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere . |
| 3 | In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two . |
| 4 | ‘ Jesus Christ , Piper , the mauses have had a bloody good go at you last night . |
| 5 | Pesticides have had a damaging effect on a lot of wildlife , including birds of prey , but for some reason this does n't seem to have affected barn owls as much as the sparrowhawk and peregrine populations . |
| 6 | Counter-insurgency and its attendant covert and intelligence aspects have had an inordinate degree of latitude and influence on policy in Ulster partly because the Westminster cabinet and parliament are incredibly ignorant of the region and have been well content if the English politicians and Whitehall civil servants who administer it from the Northern Ireland Office at Stormont Castle succeeded in preventing its problems from impinging on the affairs of the mainland . |
| 7 | I think science has always been characterised by periods when particular subjects have had an enormous outburst of activity , and we 're seeing that with erm immunology at the present time . |
| 8 | Diarrhetic shellfish toxins have had a disastrous effect on the seafood industry in many parts of the world . |
| 9 | ‘ Apparently Emma and Sophie are fine — bearing up very well — although Mrs Meadows says that she has n't done any more than to tell the children that their parents have had a slight accident . |
| 10 | Millions of visitors have had a nice day out and spent a lot of money . |
| 11 | The state enterprises in both countries have had a considerable economic weight in terms of contribution to GNP , employment and investment . |
| 12 | Despite all that those and others have contributed to Scottish rugby , the exiles have had a tempered love-hate relationship with us back home . |
| 13 | As he put it : ‘ The planners and the road engineers have had a good bashing , but they have learnt their lesson . |
| 14 | Certainly the scousers have had the better results , Saturdays was no big deal … 2–0 at home to 10 men Sheff Wed who were totally impotent up front . |
| 15 | ‘ You go to a dinner party and find that three of the guests have had an elderly parent murdered . ’ |
| 16 | Truth to tell , though , the Scottish second division strugglers have had a fair few ‘ last ’ games recently — more funerals than a Co-op undertaker . |
| 17 | These key demographic developments of the past 20–30 years have had a major impact on regional and local populations in the UK . |
| 18 | On the contrary , the economic crisis in the rich countries has led , not surprisingly , to a still greater preoccupation with national economic issues and national development , one aspect of this situation being that aid to the developing countries by the Western nations who are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has declined as a percentage of their gross national product , while the various protectionist measures which they have taken in recent years have had an adverse effect upon the trade of the developing countries . |
| 19 | Accountability — many of the changes in the NHS over recent years have had an implicit , if not explicit , goal of strengthening the notion of line management . |
| 20 | The crinoids have had an eventful geological history . |
| 21 | The art criticism in such books generally has a slant , questioning whether the country or places have had a determining influence on art . |
| 22 | Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose , and have further squeezed farmers ' margins . |
| 23 | Intensive farming methods and particularly insecticides have had a disastrous effect on the lesser kestrel , an insectivore which now numbers only hundreds , whilst wetland birds such as the marbled teal and white-headed duck fail as their habitat is drained for crops . |
| 24 | The team 's products easily outsell those of other American baseball clubs overseas , even though the Yankees have had a mediocre record on the field in recent years . |
| 25 | It may be that osteopathy or chiropractic could help ; and both osteopaths and chiropractors have had a long training which includes medical education and qualifies them to give valuable help with backache . |
| 26 | At the same time , the bonds would stimulate the development of a local fixed interest bond market in a country where investors have had a bumpy ride . |
| 27 | For too long managers have had no authoritative body to express their views or air their grievances . |
| 28 | THE Tories have created a monster in the health service when top managers have had a 900 per cent pay rise in five years . |
| 29 | It must be remembered that these changes have had a complex effect . |
| 30 | These changes have had a marked effect on farmland as an aggregation of bird habitats . |