Example sentences of "have often [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Clearly the firm has to be known , and a well-informed personnel director or even chief executive has often developed a number of relationships with executive search firms .
2 In a side that trades heavily on the commitment of a classy midfield quartet , the cool defender 's ability to score vital goals has often proved a trump card for Charlton .
3 ‘ Along with the dominance of a masculine value system in art and art history has often come a blindness to female existence , even when the reality of women 's roles is well documented by the art of a given place or period ’ .
4 I 've often seen a cat without a grin , ’ thought Alice , ‘ but never a grin without a cat ! ’
5 I 've often taken a board and gone sailing in Poole Harbour , the second largest natural harbour in the world .
6 The housemaid said to me that the daughter and son-in-law were coming down for Easter ( I 've often had a laugh over this ) ; and she said :
7 I 've often had a joke with you , have n't I ?
8 Audubon had often shown a predator with its prey , and the relatively static bird plates of John Gould 's artists for his splendid volumes also show this .
9 Such extensive managerial powers had not been built in to any of the LEA pilot schemes of financial delegation in existence before 1988 although schools ' experiences had often entailed a change in managerial approach ( see Chapter 9 ) .
10 In fact , studies of colonial government have often involved a perspective which is derived from the colonialists ' own assessments of their impact on dependent territories .
11 The theist will encounter doubts about the correctness of his or her belief , while the atheist will encounter similar doubts about disbelief Both theists and atheists have often seen a position such as this as too volatile to be credible .
12 In discussing the prevalence of racism and discriminatory practices in British society , we have often drawn a distinction between the racism of lower levels of an organization and the official anti-discrimination policies of the organization itself .
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