Example sentences of "have have [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Far from talking of the plutonium problem , desperate Russian nuclear engineers , encouraged by the plutonium industry in France and Britain , want to begin a new programme to build fast reactors running on plutonium , undaunted by difficulties the West has had with such technology .
2 To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what meetings he has had with hon. Members on each of the proposals for setting up national health service trusts .
3 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Overseas Development Ministers of OECD countries on aid matters over the last month .
4 To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with local education authorities in Wales regarding the provisions affecting Wales in the Education ( Schools ) Bill .
5 discussing the prospects of university cricket at that time wrote : ‘ The young Australian S. M. J. Woods , the present captain , is far and away the best fast bowler Cambridge has had for many years .
6 Microsoft Corp last week announced that it will stop selling its Cobol Professional Development System product on June 30 and instead reinforce the strategic alliance it has had for five years with Micro Focus Plc .
7 Microsoft Corp yesterday also announced that it will stop selling its Cobol Professional Development System product on June 30 and instead reinforce the strategic alliance it has had for five years with Micro Focus Plc .
8 That is why Rugby Union nowadays would probably do just as well if the game built a system of scouting such as Rugby League has had for 100 years .
9 In order to do so we must go back to the very beginning of society , explain the original trauma and then consider what consequences it has had for modern times ; for , as we shall see in a later chapter , an inability to accept the truth about ourselves and our societies is probably the most dangerous threat to the successful solution of our present cultural crisis and is certainly the chief obstacle to progress in the sciences of man .
10 Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round .
11 For one thing , I was extremely lucky in that the winter during which I was homeless was apparently the mildest this country has had for twenty years ( though it was quite cold enough for me ) and that was by no means the only remarkable piece of good fortune that I had .
12 In all these contexts there are high demands on individuals for effective and responsible behaviour , and it becomes crucial to know what precise effects sleep loss has had on normal functioning .
13 Children who read western literature absorb the impact pact which religion has had on that literature .
14 My right hon. Friend will agree that those questions must be answered and that we have to get to the very heart of the scandal to ensure that it should not happen again , not only in Leicestershire but elsewhere , and those responsible for the cover-up are made to realise what they have done and the subsequent effect it has had on numerous children .
15 In his anguished soliloquy on awaking from what he thinks has only been a dream , we see that the hypocrite has lost for ever the advantage he has had over other people .
16 We think that 'll lead to fairer fining , and I think that 's right , and I welcome what 's going on in north Oxfordshire ; it follows four experiments that the Home Office has had in other parts of the country .
17 Walsh attributes his excellent form to the first real break he has had from year-round cricket : ‘ Being omitted from the World Cup squad was a blessing in disguise .
18 Sir , one has to have in these matters regard to the practicalities of the situation .
19 She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny .
20 When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years .
21 I was a little concerned though when the makers of ‘ MiniMag ’ asked what experience she 'd had of articulated vehicles and she replied , ‘ I 've spent my life driving Daddy 's horse-boxes . ’
22 Er we showed him one or two examples of similar sorts of presentations that we 'd had from other railway and outside organizations , er explained what we 'd done in the past , said that we were looking to get something more up-market and more erm professional , which was why we were looking to er er seek er quotes from er g graphics designers , linked in with printers .
23 In that case , the sum of the values of the parts of a thing should not be equated with the sum of the values they would have had outside that whole .
24 Yet his own researchers have confirmed that the ‘ British ’ tag on food has about as much impact now as ‘ made in Hong Kong ’ might have had on other commodities a couple of decades ago .
25 But this was only one of a variety of vessels , some of them much larger , it seems , used by the Vikings , and it is the accident that they still used them for burials which has enabled a small number to survive — the conversion to Christianity may be said to have deprived us for ever of the best evidence we might have had of medieval navigation as it developed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries .
26 For example , in his attempt to lead a new life , he attributes any success he may have had in conquering lust , anger or pride to God 's grace , a very specifically Christian idea ; and this is a full fifteen months before his conversion to Christianity .
27 The council is aiming at money earmarked for spending on rural development , what the European Commission calls Objective 5b , the status which the Highlands and Islands have been the only Scottish region to have had in recent years .
28 They talked freely together about everything , about her sad life , her worries , her bad health , about how foul the world was , and it was more illuminating than plenty of conversations he had had with educated folk .
29 The first time he had to include his brother 's name in an anecdote , his voice hardened a little , but soon he was talking much more easily , telling her of picnics and expeditions and even fights they had had with each other and with the Italian sons of their mother 's friends and relations .
30 He spoke of the affection he and his uncle had had for each other and what a marvellous counsellor he had been .
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