Example sentences of "been [verb] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 2 | In the fourth phase of progress , population-based antenatal screening — maternal serum alpha fetoprotein and ultrasound screening , sometimes complemented by amniocentesis — has been proven to have a substantial effect . |
| 3 | The absence of such a universally adopted standard whereby the human conscience could have been developed to have a significant influence on human behaviour , has been the cause of much failure in efforts to administer justice . |
| 4 | Besides , those who thoroughly understand the possibilities of their own language are more likely to want to venture into the world of literature than those who have never been taught to have an ear or an eye for language . |
| 5 | The ministers were supported by almost 52,000 local or lay preachers : of these totals the four leading denominations we have been surveying had a total of 6,409 ministers and 44,142 lay preachers in England . |
| 6 | PCB residues in the blubber of the California bottlenose dolphin also exceeded previously published concentrations for cetaceans from all other parts of the world , except perhaps the Mediterranean coast of France , which have been reported to have a maximum concentration of over 2500 ppm . |
| 7 | Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody , with a perinuclear pattern on immunofluorescent staining has been reported to have a sensitivity of 65% and specificity of 100% in primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 8 | In their longitudinal study , they were surprised how many of the women who had been considered to have a supportive marital relationship when first interviewed became depressed after a later crisis . |
| 9 | In the neotropics , the question of the maintenance of diversity of the rich epiphyte flora has been considered to have a partly physical explanation , though the germane physical features are generated by living hosts , i.e. the nature of bark surfaces . |
| 10 | In this case it has been decided to have a marginal shelf running around the pool about 23 cm ( 9 in ) below the surface — hence the stepped design . |
| 11 | In addition , the right hon. Gentleman does not seem to be aware that , although potential joyriders may not read Hansard , the word about tough sentences having been imposed has a habit of getting around . |
| 12 | The pulsed emission from Vela , although time-variable , has been seen to have a flat spectrum similar to that of PSR1706–44 during some observations ( ref. 20 ; and G.K. et al. , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 13 | These girls had actually been requested to have a conversation in " Jamaican " , and had said that they would do so . |
| 14 | While most of us would acknowledge that some level of stress is required to enable us to function and to be sufficiently motivated , the effects of continued high levels of stress have been shown to have a damaging effect on the ability to maintain our personal sense of purpose , usefulness and well-being . |
| 15 | It still maintains with blithe equanimity its opinion that active smoking , let alone passive smoking , does not cause disease — it has only been shown to have a ‘ statistical association , ’ much in the same way that sexual intercourse might be denied to ‘ cause ’ pregnancy . |
| 16 | Bile acids given either orally , or rectally , have been shown to have a tumour promoting effect in rat models for colorectal cancer . |
| 17 | Several reports show a change in these and related carbohydrate antigens in inflammatory bowel disease.3 They have been shown to have a characteristic temporal and regional expression in the human embryonic and fetal colon . |
| 18 | One has been shown to have a direct effect on killing cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed . |
| 19 | Dairy products , most notably cheese , have been shown to have an inflammatory effect on scalp conditions . |
| 20 | In man , nicotine given parenterally has been shown to have an acute inhibitory action on the gastric secretion . |
| 21 | The gastrointestinal hormone cholecystokinine has been shown to have an opposite effect on the human sphincter of Oddi compared with that of the rabbit and prairie dog . |
| 22 | Held , granting the application , that the coroner had wrongly precluded himself from considering whether the cause of death had been aggravated by lack of care ; that where the medical cause of death was accompanied by concurrent events which themselves might be a cause of death , there was a case for considering the death ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 , and an inquest should be held ; that the statutory duty imposed by section 11(5) of the Act of 1988 to investigate how death occurred prevailed in any conflict with the provision in rule 42 of the Coroners Rules 1984 that verdicts should not be framed so as to appear to decide any issue of civil liability ; that it was in the public interest to investigate by means of an inquest whether the deceased 's death might have been avoided had an ambulance been available earlier ; and that , accordingly , the coroner 's decision not to hold an inquest would be quashed and an order of mandamus granted for an inquest to be held ( post , pp. 491E , H , 493C–D , E–F ) . |
| 23 | When he returned , after a slightly longer period than on the two previous occasions , Elisa had been persuaded to have a second cup of coffee . |
| 24 | These comments do not seem to be based primarily on the notion of standardization as a process ( J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) that might have been beginning to have an effect about this time : they present the standard language as a coherent entity — a variety , like any other variety . |
| 25 | We have been invited to have a stall , with an exhibition of the railway , at next year 's Bishop 's Castle Agricultural Show . |
| 26 | Ever since the pioneering field-work on chimpanzees of the Reynolds ( 1965 ) the species has been known to have a markedly ‘ loose ’ society when compared , for instance , with baboon troops . |
| 27 | Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper . |
| 28 | Ramprakash has long been known to have a short fuse but after a year in the England set-up , it was to be hoped he had matured . |
| 29 | In some situations , such as providing purely factual information , this may be the case , but insensitive memos have been known to have an adverse effect on the motivation of others and their willingness to carry out instructions . |
| 30 | The obese diabetic ( Ideal body weight > 120 per cent : Metropolitan Life Insurance Company , 1959 ) must be encouraged to lose weight as this has been found to have a blood-pressure-lowering effect which may or may not be related to concomitant reduction of dietary sodium ( Reisin et al , 1978 ; Tuck et al , 1981 ; Fagerberg et al , 1984 ) . |