Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun prp] had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lord Mayor of Belfast had the Union Jack on the City Hall lowered to half-mast . |
| 2 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
| 3 | However , he recovered , and following the siege of Worcester had the great joy of being able to go and see his friends at Kidderminster once again . |
| 4 | 3.35:TRIUMPH Hurdle hero Duke Of Monmouth had the ground against him when a well beaten third to STAUNCH FRIEND at Punchestown last backend . |
| 5 | Well the estate er er er the Duke of Sutherland had the whole of Assynt and then h General Stewart who was born in Nedd and worked and made his fortune if it was as you would say in Canada on the C P R. |
| 6 | ‘ My lord of Gloucester had the right of it there . ’ |
| 7 | The man who 'd led the fight to ban hunting since the Tories lost control of Wiltshire had the scent of victory . |
| 8 | The simple and almost revolutionary message of Francis had the fortune to reach the ears and attention of a pope of spiritual vision who , while not able to fill that role himself , recognized the strength and power that might be harnessed to both the papal curia and the Church as a whole . |
| 9 | In 1816 – 18 the second Marquess of Bute had the courtyard cleared of vegetation and rubble , and in 1871 – 79 the third Marquess cleared out the moat and engaged the architect William Burges to carry out restoration of the masonry . |
| 10 | The Turkish manoeuvres which culminated in what seemed to be the disaster of Sinope had the object of making Nicholas look aggressive , but if the sultan hoped to increase the determination of Britain and France to put Russia in her place , he found that Britain , at least , dragged her feet . |
| 11 | The east of England had the lowest number of beef herds and the smallest numbers in the herds . |
| 12 | The Royal Bank of Scotland had the worst score of any Scottish company with a negative rating of -218 . |
| 13 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 14 | The House of Lords had the opportunity to bury the prejudgment rule in the extraordinary case of Re Lonrho plc . . |
| 15 | A man of vaulting ambitions with the talents to match , passionately devoted to his house and ambitious for his favourite grandson , the twelve-year-old Robert , making no secret now that Alexander III was dead that the House of Bruce had the best claim to the Scottish throne . |
| 16 | By long history the Bishop of Durham had the privilege of standing at the right hand of the sovereign throughout the coronation as her chief supporter . |
| 17 | Prof. Graham Street of Kirkdale had the title Richard Lines Professor of Biochemical Engineering conferred on him last week . |