Example sentences of "have [adv] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few authorities , however , have long had a formal policy of allowing parents to see their children 's school records , and individual schools have sometimes had an open files policy and reported beneficial results to the motivation of pupils and relations with parents . |
| 2 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |
| 3 | Of course , the press had been the earliest communications free market , even if , in practice , most European nations have long had an additional element of political party patronage and state aid to individual titles and to the sector as a whole . |
| 4 | The Socialists have long had an electoral pact with the Communists ( which is still in force ) to withdraw whichever of their candidates is the least well placed in the second round . |
| 5 | Since labour costs account for around 60 per cent of operating costs in BR and RENFE , these pressures for financial stringency and cost cutting have naturally had a major impact on industrial relations in the two enterprises as later chapters will show . |
| 6 | They have lately had a great deal of it . |
| 7 | This is a self-defeating battle , since defence cuts have already had a savage impact on greater Los Angeles and , most particularly , LA county . |
| 8 | But the further they go the more interesting they get and of course er the visitors tonight have already had a good win . |
| 9 | The Dons have already had a written offer of £3million from Italy . |
| 10 | Senior officers say the now familiar fixed cameras have already had a dramatic effect in reducing speed . |
| 11 | Amnesty have already had a free booking . |
| 12 | ‘ The post of centre manager was advertised on May 20 and we have already had an encouraging response , ’ he said . |
| 13 | As there are no reliable data on mothers who have already had an infected child , they should receive chemoprophylaxis regardless of culture . |
| 14 | ‘ Records will show very shortly that we have not had a typical winter for this part of the country and that seems to be the main reason , ’ he told the environmental health committee yesterday . |
| 15 | This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously . |
| 16 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
| 17 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
| 18 | They would claim that elections ( hitherto ) in the Soviet Union , or in , say , El Salvador or the Philippines under President Marcos , have not been free : the people have not had a genuine choice open to them . |
| 19 | He said last night : ‘ Until now we have not had a real marker which would tell a cancer cell from a normal cell . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Young people become homeless because they can not get a job and they can not get a job because they have not had a good education . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I have not had a good day ; in fact I have not had two good days . |
| 22 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |
| 23 | The cruel would say they are all a load of balls and the more open-minded that they have not had a fair trial ( in cricket terms : a decent net ) . |
| 24 | IN spite of all the encouragement handed out by England in the shape of team trips here and there , it goes without saying that there are always individuals who , at the end of the day , will feel that they have not had a fair crack of the whip . |
| 25 | We have not had a trouble-free run . ’ |
| 26 | There is no need to point out to you the extent to which women are under-represented in the House , and many women will be disappointed to note that , on an agreement affecting the female population — especially in relation to maternity rights and pay — we have not had a proper hearing today . |
| 27 | The Down Orange Welfare and Ulster Service Corps ( both rural and small town ) have not had a single member imprisoned for a terrorist offence nor has the rural section of the Orange Volunteers . |
| 28 | Turner says : ‘ We have not had a single offer for Ken — not yet . |
| 29 | There are still a few thousand of the biggest losers who have not had a single penny increase in income from that day to this . |
| 30 | We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee . |