Example sentences of "[noun] have had a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jesus Christ , Piper , the mauses have had a bloody good go at you last night . |
| 2 | The Portuguese coach has had a trouble-strewn qualifying section so far . |
| 3 | The state enterprises in both countries have had a considerable economic weight in terms of contribution to GNP , employment and investment . |
| 4 | Despite all that those and others have contributed to Scottish rugby , the exiles have had a tempered love-hate relationship with us back home . |
| 5 | In the UK , preferential tax treatment for imported wine has had a serious adverse effect on our domestic spirits industry . |
| 6 | The USSR had had a long-standing military relationship with Afghanistan but the scale of the Soviet military intervention in that country in the 1980s and the forms it took were quite unprecedented in Soviet-Third World relations . |
| 7 | Donated organs such as kidneys , and semen or ova for insemination , are suitable if the donor has had a recent negative HIV antibody test . |
| 8 | Almost certainly one or two scars had had a little extra sliver of wood removed . |
| 9 | Approximately a third of these patients had had a previous myocardial infarction . |
| 10 | She was welcomed with love ; in fact , Nanny had had a splendid soft toy hand-made for her , a cuddly rabbit fully dressed in the most beautiful hand-sewn clothes . |
| 11 | The man had had a full medical check-up only a month before . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Rural population growth has had a distinctive regional pattern , which is , of course , the inverse of that observed for rural depopulation . |
| 14 | Approximately one third of patients in both groups had had a previous myocardial infarction . |
| 15 | In the case study , the movement to a formula-based capitation system has had a profound managerial effect . |
| 16 | Benidorm has had a thorough spring-clean , unsightly hoardings have been taken down and 1,000 palm trees planted . |
| 17 | Already , the development activity has had a massive physical and economic impact , especially in the western part of Docklands and on the Isle of Dogs in particular , with spillovers into surrounding areas such as Greenwich and North Southwark ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 18 | According to Leo Batten of the NCC : " Grasslands in this country have had a low conservation priority . |
| 19 | ‘ It is no easy thing for a person like Wilson , whose family has had a complex religious history — his father , for example , was a … er … |
| 20 | And it was apparently during that hospital visit that Ross and his brother had had a long serious talk about what would be best for the children . |