Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is thus a rule of construction that if a provision in an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is ambiguous , it should be given that interpretation which is consistent with international obligations rather than one which conflicts ( Inland Revenue Commissioners v Collco Dealings Ltd [ 1962 ] AC 11 ; similarly , there is some authority for seeking to protect fundamental constitutional statutes from unintentional repeals ( see , e.g. , per Lord Wilberforce in The Earl of Antrim 's Petition [ 1967 ] 1 AC 691 ) If , however , such devices do not evade the problem , then traditional notions of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament require that any provision in any later statute which is inconsistent with any earlier provision repeals the latter to the extent of any inconsistency , whether declared or intended to have this effect or not ( Vauxhall Estates Ltd v Liverpool Corporation [ 1932 ] 1 KB 733 ; Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health [ 1934 ] 1 KB 590 ) .
2 The company was formed in 1906 and planned to have 300 electrobuses on the road within a year .
3 Havelock Wilson records the tactics of both sides in Liverpool in June and July 1889 : " I saw some of the principal owners at the beginning and endeavoured to have all questions settled on conciliatory lines .
4 The men spoke of him in genuinely affectionate terms , in spite of his nickname , and seemed to have great confidence in him .
5 But , as far as I was concerned , he was just another rockabilly who 'd park his flash motor out the front and seemed to have more money than all the rest of us put together .
6 Macca looked a class act , some great passing , and seemed to have more time on the ball than anyone else , but he did n't get into the game quite often enough .
7 She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons .
8 Mrs Allen was taught which foods contained protein and vitamins and encouraged to have some form of protein with each meal , as well as fruit and vegetables , at least once daily .
9 Mr Delors is said to have phoned Mr MacSharry and threatened to have any deal involving concessions voted down in Brussels .
10 Benny realized with a shock that he meant it , and began to have second thoughts .
11 He sounded coherent , but he was too ill and doped to have any idea what he was saying .
12 I realized what I was doing and decided to have this problem analyzed , and I traced it back to when I was in hospital as a child .
13 Ireland had crashed to a 145-90 defeat at the hands of the English losing out on all six rinks , and looked to have little chance when they took on the Scots , who had beaten defending champions Wales 130-100 in their opener .
14 Macallister had one clear run at goal in the first half , and looked to have enough speed to round the keeper and score , but instead he pulled up clutching his back .
15 When the Australians arrived in 1989 , he seemed scarcely to be considered for the leadership , and appeared to have few advocates beyond the purlieus of Chelmsford and Colchester .
16 Evidently , during the journey , Crabb told Mrs Rose something about his mission and appeared to have some misgivings about the whole affair .
17 Gascoigne threw down his bib after a practice match which his team lost 3-1 and appeared to have angry words with Zoff and assistant coach Giancarlo Oddi before team manager Maurizio Manzini was called in to mediate .
18 In the early days of the Church , Christians suffered persecution and had to have great faith to survive the violent opposition they received .
19 A railway worker , also making his way home , was caught up in the riot and , as a result of baton blows , was deafened in one ear and had to have sixteen stitches to his head .
20 Slater and Britten were writing an opera , and had to have more plot than Crabbe affords .
21 The Leeds fans loved it , the ref did n't — he had a word with the boy , and had to have another word in the 2nd half when he got into a scuffle .
22 At this point the husband , who had not moved once during his wife 's burial — not even during the long wait for the priest — suddenly fainted to the ground and had to have cold water thrown over him .
23 A.A. rang me at 4 o/c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families .
24 Despite her indulgence of him , she had kept him very much tied to her apron strings and had had great difficulty in relinquishing him to a wife .
25 Within three months , the epidemic strain was cultured from 3 other patients ( M30 , M32 , and M34 ) who had been inpatients over the Christmas period , and had had close contact with patients M8 and M10 .
26 Some young men , who had only experienced farming and had had little opportunity to further their education or develop wider skills , showed some bitterness and frustration .
27 She had travelled overnight from Germany , by boat and train , and had had little sleep .
28 It had continually opposed socio-political change and had had little understanding of the industrialization process up to that time .
29 Dierdriu had never lost a lover , for Dierdriu had been reckless and abandoned , and had had any man she had ever wanted .
30 Since I was twenty years old and had had some success in college debating societies , this possibility did not strike me as remote .
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