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

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1 All carers have had parenting of some sort , leaving a residue of affection , resentment , ambivalence , and other complex emotions in relation to those parental or proxy parental figures .
2 Local authorities have had powers of this nature for many years ( the origin was the 1932 Planning Act ) , but it was not until the property boom of the early 1970s that they became widely used .
3 Lowland Scots and Ulster Scots dialects , for example , have had backing of [ a ] , and we have to work out from residues that in some ancestral forms of these , there may also have been front-raising ( Lass , 1976 ; J. Milroy , 1981 ; and see chapter 4.6 and 4.7 , above , and section 5.7 , below ) .
4 Subsequently , their Lordships have had sight of the approved transcript of the judgment which corresponds in all material respects with the report considered in argument .
5 ‘ I have had sight of the manuscript , ’ Mr Malik was saying .
6 I have had experience of this engine in a Range Rover , the only reliability problems being the cold starting , which the multiheater head should solve .
7 People who have had experience of caring for someone on a long-term basis stress how important it is to lay down certain ‘ house rules ’ beforehand .
8 As the first stage of the project , the team is gathering real-life case histories from embers of the public who have had experience of apparently harmful plants .
9 She is asthmatic so I would very much like to get in touch with people who have had experience of an asthmatic child .
10 I have had experience of children arriving in this country unaccompanied from Somalia , Ethiopia and Eritrea .
11 But it does help if you have had experience of playing the game at school , college or club level .
12 Information systems work is frequently carted out by external consultants or people recently recruited from outside , because they have had experience of such work elsewhere .
13 Another characteristic of the inward investors that two authorities and ourselves have had experience of is that it 's likely that the user or users will want to have reasonably clean air , good water and the ability to work twenty four hours .
14 But Mr Davies said : ‘ We have had cases of people who we have suspected of being infected and the degree of compassion and humanity among other staff has been remarkable . ’
15 ‘ We have had reports of shelling .
16 It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round .
17 THE shocking drink-driving ads may be effective but already we have had incidents of courts letting offenders walk free .
18 We have had demonstrations of three models and received quotes from two companies — Audio-Visual Consultants and Scotia ( UK ) .
19 We have had forewarning of a number of acid house parties and we 've managed , by hook or by crook , to stop them . ’
20 Many people have had experiences of déjà vu , when they have come across a place which they are able to describe in precise detail even though they know they have never been there before .
21 We will commence our work as soon as we have had confirmation of these terms from you .
22 The couple have had months of treatment for their terrible injuries .
23 Academies of art , whether in the West or in the Orient , have had lists of priorities in themes of art , in which there are many similarities .
24 Oh , lu , lunch is served outs , outside , and erm , you all have had details of your special interest meetings , both the time and location , please make sure you check those on the notice board outside .
25 But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children .
26 And referring to the council 's hardship panel he added : ‘ We have had scores of people with high mortgages , some as much as £600–£700 a month , which gives an indication that people who have not paid are not just one class of people . ’
27 The trams have had events of their own to celebrate during the hundred years , generally firsts , rather than lasts .
28 In my own research into books and reading I have had classes of 15-year-olds write essays on the subject of how they would feel about working in a bookshop .
29 New conveyancers should not allow themselves to be bullied by more senior members of the profession who have had years of experience .
30 also we have had promises of items on loan when we eventually open the Museum .
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