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

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1 I must go and enquire if the artists have had a successful afternoon . ’
2 The Germans have had a different structure of labour laws for many years .
3 The Templemans have had a few anonymous calls as well . ’
4 Re-selling the goods , therefore , does not constitute acceptance unless the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them .
5 Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit .
6 The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’
7 Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research aimed at improving management and the development of managers .
8 Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research aimed at improving management and the development of managers .
9 On substantive questions under the Convention , particularly whether the applicant has had a fair trial , matters of ‘ lawyer failure ’ generally do not result in a violation of the Convention because such failure can not be attributed to the State , which is the only respondent before the Commission or the Court .
10 Among the lands earlier ceded to the abbey of St Denis was the Vexin français , that natural bulwark between the French royal demesne and the now hostile Norman duchy , which had been held as a Norman fief , had formed part of Simon de Crépy 's state ( see p. 216 ) , and finally was reclaimed for the French crown by Philip I. The Vexin had had a comital family , in origin probably the advocates for the abbey ; but Philip had bypassed their claims , granting the territory to the young prince Louis , who met with such opposition in the area that it was not until 1119 that his possession was secured .
11 He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church .
12 In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two .
13 ‘ Jesus Christ , Piper , the mauses have had a bloody good go at you last night .
14 Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run .
15 In the decade since then , the club has had a brief taste of the glory days but now is immersed in the worst crisis in its hundred year history .
16 The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys .
17 The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys .
18 Despite all that those and others have contributed to Scottish rugby , the exiles have had a tempered love-hate relationship with us back home .
19 Interestingly , a majority of companies both on and off the zones considered that if anything the zones had had a beneficial effect on local business , local economic development , environmental improvements and public- and private-sector investment .
20 I believe that our membership of the ERM has had a major influence on the recession in the United Kingdom .
21 With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day .
22 The Conservatives likewise were aroused by the prospect of a weakening of Labour 's hold on Scotland and Wales , as the Conservatives had had a constant majority at every post-1945 general election in England ; it was the Celtic fringe that tilted the balance in favour of Labour .
23 The child has had a mild fit , ’ said the apothecary , turning Anna on to her stomach .
24 Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time .
25 The shop has had a chequered history : it opened as a Sherratt & Hughes , and was an early incursion by a chain retailer into an area dominated by , and largely reserved for , independents .
26 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 .
27 The war had had a differential impact on the economies , with Belgium much less adversely affected than the Netherlands .
28 In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen .
29 Soon after Presley died , local coroner Dr Jerry Francisco went on television to tell a grieving world that the singer had had a massive heart attack , which was supposedly confirmed by the post-mortem examination .
30 The SDA has had a wider set of powers than those readily available to UDCs in England , but it has used them .
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