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

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1 Selby has has a particular problem , its its economy is narrowly focused , it suffers high unemployment .
2 Waiting in the third round could be fourth seed Boris Becker , who has had a torrid time in the build-up to the French Championships but who has a good chance to find his feet with a first round match against 579th-ranked French wild card Nicolas Escude .
3 Manager Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Payton has had a torrid time .
4 FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo .
5 Soon , there is pounding on the window , the pounding of the Rons , Roger and Simone , Crilly and Pamela , who has had a second wind .
6 The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments .
7 Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties
8 He jumps at home only when he has had a long rest and needs a quick reminder of what the job is all about ; otherwise his jumping is confined to the shows .
9 France has had no super-communications ministry ; but it has had a long tradition of state control , planning and Jacobin centralism .
10 Visual art education has had a long tradition of emphasizing the practical , so it was not surprising to find similar sentiments being expressed by the visual art teachers interviewed .
11 Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered .
12 This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory .
13 As most of you will know , Queens Park has had a long standing partnership with the Baptist Church in Doolay Falls near Wichita , Kansas .
14 By anyone 's standards Dick Print has had a long innings .
15 Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing .
16 Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist !
17 Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site .
18 Northwich-Winsford in mid-Cheshire has had a long record of stable employment provided by companies like ICI and Foden .
19 The new legislation regarding seat belt wearing in the rear seats of cars which came into effect on 1 July 1991 has had a downward effect on the number of rear seat car passenger casualties .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making .
23 The corporation has had a chequered history since then .
24 But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history .
25 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 .
26 It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine .
27 Durnin , who 's twenty seven , has had a chequered career at the Manor and was sent off twice last season .
28 The 0-4-4T loco has had a chequered restoration history since arriving back from a stay in the United States of more than 20 years .
29 ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him .
30 The economic restructuring of recent years has had a traumatic effect on the estates , with massive job loss and factory closure transforming them into increasingly isolated , state-managed ‘ subsistence communities ’ .
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