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

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1 De La Rue have had a major commitment in the North East but the company is not in any traditional sense local and Formica was sold to American Cynamid in 1977 .
2 Indeed , ever since the Queensberry era began in 1892 every weight division has had a high proportion of middle-class world champions and contenders — men for whom deprivation was having T-bone steaks only twice instead of thrice a week [ see table ] .
3 Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new .
4 The rest of the Peachtree side have had a mixed time .
5 The file hat shown that Miss Tuckey had had no official connection with the Intelligence Service since turning town a bedroom job there in 1946 , the year Marriage himself had joined them .
6 Miss Lodsworth had had a long day .
7 The erm other side of the coin is if the blood donor has had a liquid lunch And what do I mean by liquid
8 KIWI referee David Bishop has had an exciting year , what with being ‘ congratulated ’ in the Parc des Princes tunnel by Daniel Dubroca and then being asked whether he minded being wired for sound to the whole stadium for the Springbok-Wallaby clash at Newlands .
9 Over the years The Trades House has had an important role to play in promoting trade and industry in the city .
10 MODERATE : Treasury spokesman Alan Beith has had a high profile , though he must occasionally feel like a comma in the economy debate between Mr Lamont and Mr Smith .
11 Counter-insurgency and its attendant covert and intelligence aspects have had an inordinate degree of latitude and influence on policy in Ulster partly because the Westminster cabinet and parliament are incredibly ignorant of the region and have been well content if the English politicians and Whitehall civil servants who administer it from the Northern Ireland Office at Stormont Castle succeeded in preventing its problems from impinging on the affairs of the mainland .
12 Since the mid-seventies , each Church of England diocese has had an individual or small group to cope with the victims of the occult .
13 The building of Alexander Court has had a strong influence and the overall view of the area has been enhanced by the interaction of the garden and the new residence .
14 Among those waiting to welcome the Scots yesterday morning was Omar Henry — the former coach cum professional of the Scotland XI has had an excellent season for Orange Free State , being their leading wicket-taker .
15 It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all .
16 The Northern Ireland government had had a bad press for years as have had all weak and well-meaning governments in a classical revolutionary situation whether they were Stuart , Bourbon , Romanov or more modern .
17 The provision of council housing has had an equalising effect both as regards reducing overcrowding and improving housing amenities among working-class people .
18 The exiled Tibetan leader , the Dalai Lama has had a high international profile since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year ; resenting this , the Chinese authorities may be looking for propaganda points of their own for lifting marshal law .
19 The Barker family have had a long connection with Trinity Mill , the miller during the 1880s being George Barker , followed later by Denzil Barker .
20 M&TIS Calibration laboratory has had a long and successful association with Rosemount providing calibrations of differential pressure transducers , typically to an accuracy of 0.09% at 500mbar differential and 200 bar static pressure .
21 Truth to tell , though , the Scottish second division strugglers have had a fair few ‘ last ’ games recently — more funerals than a Co-op undertaker .
22 JULIA Somerville has had a horrible year .
23 Gill Hill has had a broken elbow — we wish her all the best for its return to full mobility .
24 Ligier team-mate Martin Brundle 's had a luckless 100th grand prix and was forced to retire and Damon Hill 's challenge in his first race with Williams also ended early as he collided with Italian Alessandro Zanardi in a Lotus after 16 laps .
25 At fifty five Mr Pacey has had a full and distinguished career in the police force .
26 Hemmings op : Former England off-spinner Eddie Hemmings has had a minor operation on his right knee to remove a piece of cartilage .
27 But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history .
28 Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener 's cat and later with the gardener .
29 Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose , and have further squeezed farmers ' margins .
30 Irrespective of the final battle , Mr Ashdown has had a good war .
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