Example sentences of "[noun] have had an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A high proportion of affected subjects are therefore compound heterozygotes rather than homozygotes , although particular mutations may occur with a frequency of over 60% in certain populations and there may be close association with particular haplotypes , indicating that founder effect has had an important influence on the distribution of mutations across nations . |
| 2 | It must have been obvious to the jury that these witnesses were in a special position , one as the husband of a woman with whom the defendant had had an intimate relationship and the other as the sister of the deceased , whom the defendant had shot , according to himself , accidentally . |
| 3 | It had been claimed that Mrs McWilliams had had an allergic reaction to the drugs and she had alleged negligence by the anaesthetist . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I think science has always been characterised by periods when particular subjects have had an enormous outburst of activity , and we 're seeing that with erm immunology at the present time . |
| 6 | Re-mapping of economically important areas was carried out during and after the War , and much of the subsequent work has had an economic focus , restricted in the main to the highly populated Midland Valley of Scotland , which , perhaps not surprisingly , contains the country 's major economic mineral deposits — coal , oil-shale , fireclay , and bulk minerals , such as roadstone , building stone , limestone for cement and agriculture . |
| 7 | On 16 October 1966 , Orton wrote to him : ‘ As you know by now , Loot has had an unqualified success . |
| 8 | Toilet phobia developing when the child has had an unpleasant experience in the toilet and has become frightened to use it ( Ashkenazi 1975 ) . |
| 9 | Diana 's parents had had an unhappy marriage . |
| 10 | He was an only child whose parents had had an unhappy marriage , with rows and infidelities . |
| 11 | Two-thirds of current carers in McLaughlin 's ( 1991 ) study reported that caring had had an adverse effect on their living standards , regardless of their household income level . |
| 12 | It was as if the magic house in the wood had had an invisible fence set around it or — what did they call it ? — a shutting spell . |
| 13 | Clearly the improvement of the unemployment situation in Scotland during the 1970s owes a great deal to the new employment opportunities created by the discovery of North Sea oil , whereas the political troubles in Ireland have had an adverse effect on the local employment situation there . |
| 14 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
| 15 | A family which was torn apart during the Second World War has had an emotional reunion . |
| 16 | TERRY VENABLES has had an uncomfortable week but at least it ended happily . |
| 17 | Our electronic materials business has had an outstanding year . |
| 18 | REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS : Lenny has had an excellent summer . |
| 19 | I can not remember our Louis having had an amorous affair , except for an occasional romp in the hay with an attractive little tram-conductress called Cathie . |
| 20 | ‘ You go to a dinner party and find that three of the guests have had an elderly parent murdered . ’ |
| 21 | On the contrary , the economic crisis in the rich countries has led , not surprisingly , to a still greater preoccupation with national economic issues and national development , one aspect of this situation being that aid to the developing countries by the Western nations who are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has declined as a percentage of their gross national product , while the various protectionist measures which they have taken in recent years have had an adverse effect upon the trade of the developing countries . |
| 22 | Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson has had an increased bid of £425,000 for Aldridge rejected . |
| 23 | Now anybody can have erm within the areas if you like our part , no you do n't have to have all the signs and symptoms to say that person has had an epileptic fit . |
| 24 | AN appearance by a woman on the BBC TV Antiques Roadshow has had an unexpected outcome an exhibition of a rarely-practised art form at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead . |
| 25 | The UK has had an inadequate competition policy framework for far too long . |
| 26 | Conflict in the employment relationship has had an important influence on theories of industrial relations . |
| 27 | The event might not have any obvious long-term adverse significance and may in fact have seemingly positive rather than negative features , such as the reappearance and request to renew contact with a lover with whom a person had had an intense relationship a few years earlier . |
| 28 | If Adam had had an equal amount they would have managed . |
| 29 | By the time of the committee 's first meeting on March 5 controversy had mounted further still as allegations were made that " names " working inside Lloyd 's had an unfair advantage in trading at the insurance market . |
| 30 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |