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

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1 There is , however , another and even more serious aspect of the closed mind which has had a profound effect on British archaeological thinking .
2 We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock .
3 A second major influence which has had a dramatic effect in the second half of the century has been the educational approach .
4 Another interesting case is that of a little boy who had had a difficult birth and had been left slightly spastic .
5 Twenty four hours before admission she had had a transitional mole removed from her back under local anaesthesia in the outpatient department .
6 Now of course she 's had a tremendous effect on , on fashion knitwear ever since she 's been involved with before .
7 Similarly , similarly I have prepared all this but just shortly before the meeting I have had a whole wodge of suggestion forms going back to November which I have obviously not taken into account yet . .
8 ULSTER hockey 's senior league title will be decided by the last game of the programme on Saturday … and it wo n't involve Lisnagarvey , the team which has had a four-year reign as champions .
9 ARGOS , the nationwide catalogue-retailing group which has had a volatile relationship with the City in recent months , regained its status as one of the sector stars yesterday with a better-than-expected 1992 performance and a cautiously optimistic view of the future .
10 Brian Howes , President of Kimberly-Clark 's European service and industrial sector said : ‘ The board was impressed by our partnership with the local community which has had a great deal to do with the success of our North Wales operations in establishing an award winning site of manufacturing excellence . ’
11 ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’
12 I have a friend who has had a miserable marriage , because his wife has never given him her trust .
13 I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them .
14 A sixty-two year old man who 's had a vital heart operation cancelled TWICE has asked health watchdogs to investigate .
15 A man who 's had a smiling face painted on his satellite dish has been told he 's got to cover it up .
16 All her life she had had a clear vision of who she was and where she was going .
17 He also told me about another ex-employee who 'd had a fatal motor accident … ’
18 A spokesman for Sarova Hotels said : ‘ In the past we have had a satisfactory working relationship with BCCI and the current situation has not presented problems . ’
19 As a young man he had had a strong desire to visit the United States and decided to go there for a holiday , but as the liner approached New York , he dreamed that his mother ( to whom he was not particularly strongly attached ) was lonely and missed him , and this dream made him terribly homesick .
20 With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England .
21 It was quite unlike Ace to have left her to carry her own baggage , but of course he 'd had a hard race .
22 But the little dog I went , I took a friend to collect her little dog from the vet it 's had a double hernia , has n't it , double hernia , it , it had a tremendous operation dear little thing , but she said he had a wart under he 's eye and on it 's own accord it dried up and dropped off .
23 Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it
24 The Transport Secretary is a very genial Scot who has had a bad press but can take it with a smile .
25 In writing this book we have had a double objective .
26 A misrepresentation of history which has had a malignant effect on the affairs of Lewis and of crofting ever since .
27 This has led to farmers overstocking animals on the land which has had a devastating effect on birdlife .
28 Rats with hypercholecystokininaemia which had had a pancreaticobiliary diversion ( PBD ) operation and sham operated rats served as controls .
29 They had said at the school she had had a screaming session .
30 The physiotherapist may need the help of a second therapist , especially for the head-injured patient or the patient who has had a severe stroke .
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