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 Like those of Caracas , the stations of Mexico have generally had a bad press .
15 You have just had a cervical smear .
16 ‘ But any visit to Elland Road is tricky , especially when Leeds have just had a good spanking from Nottingham Forest .
17 Usually I can only suggest possible methods of locating a partner for a large cichlid — unless I have just had a similar query from someone else , in which case I will happily operate a marriage bureau as long as both fishkeepers are agreeable .
18 On the other hand anthropological topics , which have always had a major place in Marxism , are often just as difficult as Marxist writings to understand and evaluate for those with a more general interest .
19 They have always had a certain macho image and reasonable new prices have ensured that residual values are sensible .
20 After a period under a caretaker chairman , the board 's non-executive directors — who have always had a powerful voice within the company decided that the group needed a ‘ drastic , kill-or-cure remedy ’ under a new leader who would have the strength to develop a new strategic direction .
21 But the Scots have always had a deep-rooted sense of inferiority about the English : it was born out of the defeat of the '45 and the surrender of 1707 and , as Boswell and others had observed with chagrin and sometimes rage , the condescension and contempt of the English towards the Scots and their impossible tongue .
22 ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them .
23 ‘ I 'm very happy and I have always had a good relationship with the board . ’
24 We have always had a middle range approach ( in Merton 's sense ) at — though we have always been weighted to social institutions and the applied end .
25 Some GE businesses , like aero-engines and plastics , have always had a global outlook .
26 Such an achievement depends upon two things for which the English have always had a special genius : a sense of place and a sense of compromise .
27 Anyway , Glasgow people have always had a natural ability to entertain others , if not themselves , and as early as 11 November 1699 , a certain John Smith , not related to the John Smith who is a regular guest at a major hotel in the city , received permission from the Town Council to teach dancing .
28 Schools have always had a fair amount of control over their resources — making decisions about accommodation , capitation and so on — and their decisions have normally been used in accordance with the identified needs of the institution , whether explicitly identified or not .
29 The limits of possibility at 29,078 feet have always had a peculiar appeal for British expeditions .
30 Universities have always had a considerable degree of financial autonomy , being funded ( apart from the Open University ) by central government on the recommendation of an independent body , now the Universities Funding Council ( UFC ) .
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