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

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1 The courts have had powers over the years to deal with those offences .
2 There is also suspicion about the effects of the VDUs , although the screens are well positioned and the operators have had eye tests .
3 The criteria is that the songs have to have character .
4 Since the six-day war in 1967 , the Jews have had access to the old city and many excavations have revealed its past history .
5 It is important to wait until the plants have had time to become well established before introducing the fish , otherwise they will uproot the plants and dirty the water , and the entire pool will then go green as the uprooted plants are unable to function .
6 Erm , may I just say , that you may recall , that at the nineteen eighty-eight A G M , we agreed that they 'd be no smoking here , er , and I hope that er er , can be adhered to , er , and finally er , I have a fairly full agenda , and the officials have have sort of er , measured it to the nearest minute .
7 If the compartment is large enough and the bag is small enough , you can put the whole bag in the compartment , tear a small hole in it and immediately slide the glass across before the ants have had time to escape .
8 In most cases reported the cattle have had access to housing previously occupied by pigs , sometimes several years before , or to land fertilised with pig manure .
9 Some parts of the motorway have had lights installed , making a huge difference to visibility .
10 Then , a few days later , after the pigeons have had time to rest , they may be taken to some other point , perhaps one hundred miles south this time , and they will repeat the trick .
11 The Government have had opportunities , but have not taken them .
12 Then the flowers have to have devices to force their pollen on the insect .
13 All the children have had measles , all five , you can not imagine what hard work it is , day and night and their poor eyes so sore as well as the rash and the fever .
14 The couple have had help from the local church .
15 The couple have had months of treatment for their terrible injuries .
16 The trams have had events of their own to celebrate during the hundred years , generally firsts , rather than lasts .
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