Example sentences of "the [noun] have have a " in BNC.

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1 I must go and enquire if the artists have had a successful afternoon . ’
2 Primarily the computer has to have a graphics capability , preferably monochrome and as high a resolution as possible .
3 The Germans have had a different structure of labour laws for many years .
4 The Templemans have had a few anonymous calls as well . ’
5 The Führer has had a bunker constructed below the Chancellery .
6 Re-selling the goods , therefore , does not constitute acceptance unless the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity of examining them .
7 If the kitchen had had a serving hatch , I could have scared the living daylights out of them .
8 It must be sensible to delay breeding until the mare has had a chance to prove herself as a sound , willing ride .
9 Although the recession has had a serious effect on certain sections of our Group , the result for 1992 was one of considerable merit .
10 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 . ’
11 The flash has to have a manual override to be useful , as it will serve only to tell the operator when a photograph has been taken .
12 This description , at the very start of our literature , sets the tone for accounts of wetlands , which through the ages have had a consistently bad press .
13 Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research aimed at improving management and the development of managers .
14 Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research aimed at improving management and the development of managers .
15 If it is too strong , the soil will be dry before the animals have had a chance to move out of it and they will die in the soil .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 He threw the hoe to the ground , hoped that at least the pig had had a good meal , and want back inside his church .
19 In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two .
20 ‘ Jesus Christ , Piper , the mauses have had a bloody good go at you last night .
21 On the way home , the car had had a tendency to wander from one lane to another on the road .
22 Arrange to visit after the programme has had a few weeks to run .
23 The Opposition has had a field day with the charges of betrayal it could with so much justification fling at the Government over broken election promises .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 Despite all that those and others have contributed to Scottish rugby , the exiles have had a tempered love-hate relationship with us back home .
28 On the other hand , in the provincial towns outside of Belfast and in areas such as Newtownabbey the UDA has had a comparatively clear record from crime and racketeering .
29 But the council has had a change of heart and is now looking at ways of funding the event .
30 The CNAA made ‘ a tacit political bargain with the DES … for the CNAA to have had a dagger in its hand and kill off the government scheme would not have done ’ .
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