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

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1 At trial , his counsel sought to have the statement excluded because P had not been cautioned again before writing it , which was a breach of the Code .
2 His counsel sought to have the admissions excluded under PACE. , ss.76(2) ( b ) , and 78 .
3 In recent years , the life-history technique has had a revival in sociological research , being used by those who wish to develop ‘ oral history ’ .
4 The US Federal Trade Commission 's investigation of Microsoft Corp has had an air of unreality about it , with few people imagining that it will come to anything very much or lead to any significant change in the market , but now that the thing may be coming to a climax , what are the possible outcomes ?
5 It must be sensible to delay breeding until the mare has had a chance to prove herself as a sound , willing ride .
6 The Führer has had a bunker constructed below the Chancellery .
7 ‘ As an example , we have come up with a de-sulphurization system to prevent damage to natural gas pipelines and a North Sea gas rig has had the equipment installed .
8 Anyone standing for election at local government level has to have an election agent .
9 Since the nineteen fifties each base has had a side .
10 Helpfully , the council added that : ‘ It should be pointed out that this action would be taken against all allotment holders , whether or not any individual holder has had a bonfire prior to the service of a notice .
11 Immediately after doing so , before her new skin has had a chance to harden , she is particularly vulnerable , so before the event , she ties down the door from the inside with ropes of silk .
12 Primarily the computer has to have a graphics capability , preferably monochrome and as high a resolution as possible .
13 Greater Nottingham TEC says : ’ the current recession has had the effect of reducing the number of employer placements available .
14 Yeah I think any anything that 's on the computer needs to have the input prepared beforehand .
15 If all parties consent , and the guardian has had an opportunity to make representations , the court may grant the request without a hearing .
16 Where most manufacturers promise to get an engineer on-site within a couple of days , Micro Systems Maintenance guarantees to have an engineer on-site within eight hours .
17 Gary ‘ Wash and Go ’ Speed has had a Roy Keane-ish haircut
18 The Irish Bank Officials ' Association has had a claim outstanding since then and it has now reached the stage of the Labour Court .
19 The Opposition has had a field day with the charges of betrayal it could with so much justification fling at the Government over broken election promises .
20 A fourteen-year-old offender who 's had three holidays in Spain this year at tax payers ' expense has had a court case adjourned because he 's being interviewed by the police on other matters .
21 Statements to the effect that a particular programme has had an increase in funding do not say anything about the quality of the service offered .
22 After six months , when the new employee has had a chance to settle in and learn the ropes , make a thorough and honest assessment of how well she/he is fulfilling the requirements .
23 Speaking of regulars , the comp complex has had a letter from G Douglas Vaisey pointing out what we all know , viz that ‘ the compers club is a mite exclusive ’ .
24 Amstrad Plc 's Personal Digital Assistant due for launch on Thursday sounds like a pretty hot property : the Daily Mail has had a sneak preview , and says that it is a £300 device that fits a jacket pocket with a pen-enabled screen on which the user can write notes and draw pictures that can be dumped onto a personal computer — ‘ looks good , feels good and is very clever ’ says the guy that saw it .
25 Whatever the subject of the release there are a number of simple questions to which the editor or journalist needs to have the answers .
26 Nobody in this business is infallible , but if something does go wrong , the customer must know that the contractor has the technical resources and financial muscle to put it right ; just as that contractor needs to have the resources and skilled manpower to tackle any infestation , and be neither too big to care nor too small to cope .
27 Local and national sports bodies have also objected on the grounds that the scheme would take away open space that could be used as a public sports field for a town which the National Playing Fields Association says has a shortage of open space .
28 He could not see where Terry Place and his killing of William Egan , nor the idea that he might have been a poisoner , fitted into all this , perhaps nowhere , but his violence seemed to have a kind of a parallel in the Essex cases , which might illuminate his own problem .
29 The articles are on public record and the purchaser runs the risk of a disgruntled shareholder seeking to have the sale set aside if its consent was not obtained .
30 But after about two hours the excess amount of insulin in the blood tends to have an effect which is n't at all helpful to the person seeking to control hunger and food intake .
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