Example sentences of "have had one " in BNC.

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1 He looks as if he has had one facelift too many .
2 Although their creation had the disadvantage of prolonging the existence of the House of Lords long beyond its natural term , it has had one beneficial effect in broadening the representation of women in parliament .
3 The delay in starting rescue work has had one welcome effect .
4 It is also true that the growing body of scientific evidence has had one effect in that the agreed levels of exposure to both people who work in the industry or who live in the vicinity of power stations have become steadily more stringent since the early days when it was thought unnecessary to warn military personnel that there was any risk in their presence a matter of miles from an atomic test explosion .
5 However , the rebellion against this concept has had one positive effect .
6 So anyone who kept their shares has had one hell of a ride and has still multiplied their investment 15 times , at least .
7 Greece has had one of the most lavish old-age pension schemes in the western world , measured against national income ; it spends relatively half as much again on its elderly as the OECD average .
8 HOWEVER dire the rest of Britain 's economy , it has had one sure prop : the City of London , still the world 's leading centre of international finance .
9 She is an elderly lady , she has had one stroke , and she has a personality disorder .
10 Mr. Walker : Re-location has had one remarkable effect on Wales .
11 On to the present , and whatever the political and academic motivations behind the all-embracing National Curriculum , there is no doubt that it has had one overriding effect : it has demoralised teachers , and its prescriptive nature and reliance on testing have reduced their spare time and sapped their energy .
12 ‘ Our tour doctor has had one batch of blood tests on Jones but was unable to make an absolutely positive diagnosis and has taken a second set of tests . ’
13 Our tour doctor has had one batch of blood tests on Jones but was unable to make an absolutely positive diagnosis and has taken a second set of tests . ’
14 Jay would have sold her grandmother ( if she 'd had one ) for Lucy 's approval .
15 I expect Leicester told Queen Elizabeth she 'd had one of her hot flushes .
16 I 'd had one week after another when my wages were light , what with fines and that .
17 He might have thought I 'd had one previous .
18 ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all .
19 But I never heard Trevor embarrass anyone , even if he 'd had one or two .
20 She 'd had one of her headaches , taken three aspirins and popped out to telephone her sister .
21 She 'd had one experience of lesbianism , and had hated it .
22 If only I 'd had one of them , it seems
23 He promised he would — after he 'd had one last crack at success . ’
24 ‘ I 'd had one ghastly shock after another . ’
25 It was in a concealed metal box underneath the dashboard , that he 'd had one of the fitters weld in one evening for him , thirty quid and not a word to anyone , least of all Tom Holdfast .
26 and the two court orders , they , they 'd had one court one cheque and one for the other
27 There 's many a time wished I 'd had one of them buggers when I 've gone to these meetings , union meetings and that .
28 The Fed will also have had one eye on Japan — a working model to show what a collapse in asset values can do to banks .
29 These were patients who either had previously or were being considered for erm intravascular chemotherapy , or even for cystectomy , they were not the patients who may have had one or two recurrences noted at check cystoscopy .
30 Many women with adverse living circumstances at the first interview will have had one or two psychiatric symptoms and would be particularly likely to benefit from social support .
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