Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] 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 In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two .
4 ‘ Jesus Christ , Piper , the mauses have had a bloody good go at you last night .
5 Despite all that those and others have contributed to Scottish rugby , the exiles have had a tempered love-hate relationship with us back home .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 The team 's products easily outsell those of other American baseball clubs overseas , even though the Yankees have had a mediocre record on the field in recent years .
9 EVER since Greece won its freedom from the Turks in the 1820s — no , ever since the Turks took Constantinople on that black Tuesday at the end of May in 1453 — the Greeks have had a Megali Idea , a Great Idea .
10 In conclusion , the donors have had a profound impact on the Mozambican NHS .
11 The Tigers have had a political wing since 1976 but never registered it as a legal party .
12 That while recognising that the men have had a real grievance in that some firms have employed an unfair proportion of young girls at apprentice wages , or nearly so , we women regard it as a great injustice that one of the main skilled industries open to Edinburgh women should be closed against them .
13 Again , they could have gone into the supermarket , but they thought the police had had a good look at them , so they sprinted through the crowds who took as little notice as they expected , and across the street just after the lights had changed 50 that the traffic beginning to move , hooted .
14 The children had had a bad spell with that , but she thought it was over now .
15 The children have had a great time .
16 Since then , while the shares have had a spectacular progress from 707p to a high of over £16 earlier this year , the resort has been burdened by heavy start-up costs , high French interest rates and recession in Europe .
17 For instance , there may be an increase in demand for : owned homes , as opposed to rented ones ( which will affect both the market for dousing and mortgage finance ) ; prestigious foreign saloon cars ( in the UK the demand for prestige an cars has had a significant effect on prestige German produced saloon cars , the sales of luxury UK such as triumph ( now extinct ) and Rover ) ; private education , for which UK demand is now very high ; air inclusive package tours to resorts that were exclusive ( such as Marbella in Spain , the French Caribbean , the Greek Islands etc ) .
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