Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Re-selling the goods , therefore , does not constitute acceptance unless the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them . |
| 2 | Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research aimed at improving management and the development of managers . |
| 5 | Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research aimed at improving management and the development of managers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I believe that our membership of the ERM has had a major influence on the recession in the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day . |
| 16 | ‘ The child has had a mild fit , ’ said the apothecary , turning Anna on to her stomach . |
| 17 | Toilet phobia developing when the child has had an unpleasant experience in the toilet and has become frightened to use it ( Ashkenazi 1975 ) . |
| 18 | Patience , mon vieux , she told herself , the lady 's had a hard time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The war had had a differential impact on the economies , with Belgium much less adversely affected than the Netherlands . |
| 21 | In Mr Bullins 's opinion , the war had had a regrettable effect upon Oxford , and even upon Magdalen . |
| 22 | It 's the first time the team has had an official kit sponsor . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He also pointed out in the report that the excavation produced a disproportionate number of cosmetic articles , although the significance of this evidence is not clear ; the case for the site having had a religious function is strengthened by a consideration of the other buildings . |
| 25 | But perhaps the joke had had a serious point to it too , or at any rate a serious side-effect : it had enabled Hilda to get her side of the story over to posterity . |
| 26 | Within sight of power , the group has had a public bust-up likely to reduce its appeal in the forthcoming election . |
| 27 | She recognizes that historically the concept has had a significant place in the vocabulary of political theory and notes that legal theorists continue to invoke the concept and argue about its meaning . |
| 28 | The movement had had an enormous impact on Christian leaders throughout England in the previous years — few churches have not benefited from the faith and New Testament life of the movement . |
| 29 | Donated organs such as kidneys , and semen or ova for insemination , are suitable if the donor has had a recent negative HIV antibody test . |
| 30 | Mike Radford 's paper , Auditing for Change , reviews the work and effectiveness of the Audit Commission , arguing that the Commission has had a profound effect on the debate about the future of local government . |