Example sentences of "have had [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I have reported the Military Model first because it is one which will most likely fall soonest into desuetude as there are fewer people around in industry who have had actual experience of the services .
2 All the key people that Reagan has appointed to protect the US environment have had close financial involvement with companies that are polluting and destroying the environment .
3 Certainly many men , especially those who have had close contact with feminism , initially find my suggestions preposterous .
4 The condition occurs most commonly in children who have had close contact with household pets , or who have frequented areas such as public parks where there is contamination of the ground by dog faeces .
5 SCUM have had nice little fixtures .
6 Make sure you are motivated : Many women who want home births have had unsatisfactory births in hospitals and now want to give birth in the dignity of their own home .
7 Whereas in the previous studies subjects have had prior knowledge of a junction and multiple exposures to it , in this study subjects only see a junction once , in just one set of traffic conditions and at the same time as making a risk assessment .
8 Our Mortgage Advisors have helped with more house-hunts than most people have had hot dinners — so their brains are well worth picking .
9 Bowe 's trainer Eddie Futch , 80 , who 's probably seen more fights than even most men of his age have had hot dinners , expects it to be one of the best he 's been involved with .
10 I 've backed more shows than you lot have had hot dinners and I 've never seen anything like this .
11 Old Shallot 's a brawling man : a born street fighter and a soldier who has seen more battles than many of you have had hot dinners .
12 The best advocates have had prodigious memories , enabling them to retain the details of one complicated case after another for presentation in court .
13 Erm , they have had internal discussion and I believe they are not going to do anything until they get a prompt from Jenny , 'cos that 's what they 're expecting .
14 Birds which are able to dive deeply , such as the auks ( razorbills , guillemots , puffins and black guillemots ) fared better in some areas but have had poor breeding success in others .
15 We have had early notification from Sam Morley of Aedificamus Press that plans are in hand to publish this excellent book , the autobiography of Perla Seidle Gibson , as a Talking Book .
16 Companies such as BP , Union Carbide , 3M and Ciba Geigy have had environmental audit programmes in place for several years .
17 This goal is still far from fruition but some progress has been made , particularly by groups and organizations which have had limited but specific objectives ( eg the production of teaching media ) or which have functioned within one educational level ( eg academic libraries ) .
18 The preface also notes that ‘ the poor and disenfranchised communities ( in South Africa ) have had limited access to information and the resources which would enable them to make decisions that will direct their own future . ’
19 Little is known about the effect of different care settings on the children 's education though the fact that many foster parents and residential staff have had limited educational opportunities themselves may influence them in the importance they attach to the children 's success in school .
20 The wide-ranging programme includes twenty-five fellowships of $10,000 each for the study of history of art , awarded primarily to scholars who have had limited access to western art historical research libraries and museums .
21 Would have thought that Forrester 's value would have gone up after Saturdays double strike — and Whelan 's worth more than that , although both have had limited exposure unless you happen to be a Leeds fan .
22 ‘ We have had endless fair words for 20 years , finally succeeded by stony-faced inactivity , ’ said Sir David .
23 Downing Street repeatedly points out the two have had friendly telephone calls .
24 Two suspected murderers have had international arrest warrants issued against them and the Government 's intention is to pursue those arrest warrants .
25 you have had certain other vaccinations within the last three weeks — you can check these with your doctor .
26 Up until recently the English have had certain virtues assigned : honesty , loyalty , fair dealing , kindness to animals ( and women ) .
27 you have had certain other vaccinations within the last three weeks — you can check these with your doctor .
28 At birth babies who have been jaundiced , premature or have had certain antibiotic therapies — to list just a few instances — should also be screened for impaired hearing .
29 However in the twentieth century this principle has been modified somewhat through both statutory and case law , by introducing the principle that a will should make fair provision for people who have had certain types of relationship with the deceased , mostly but not exclusively kin ( Cretney , 1984 , ch. 23 ; Green , 1988 ) .
30 Wednesday , third last season , are next to Leeds in the bottom half , though they have had major injury problems all season .
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