Example sentences of "have had [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Bowlby believes that we have an instinctive ( inherited ) need to maintain proximity to attachment figures , because this has had evolutionary survival value .
2 Only 27pc judge Mrs Bottomley , who has had widespread TV exposure over NHS issues , to be sincere .
3 If we had started on week one , where if we 'd had complete programme information up to week thirteen when , that 'd be more complete would n't it ?
4 She 'd had severe hearing impairment since birth and had become profoundly deaf in her mid-twenties , at a time when welfare services were mainly restricted to those provided by charities and phrases like ‘ deaf and dumb ’ were still common public currency .
5 The patient should have had central chest pain in the classic distribution for at least 15 minutes .
6 we could have had hot water winterlong .
7 This patient may have had asymptomatic M tuberculosis infection in this classic anatomical site , as is well recognised in patients with chronic bronchitis , in whom it may be unmasked by treatment with steroids .
8 Had the victim been someone other than a policeman , however , who might more readily have been provoked by the defendant 's conduct , the defendant would have had sufficient mens rea under the section , since he would have been aware that his conduct might be insulting .
9 Amongst firms wound up early on , Prior Harwin was alleged to have mixed clients ' money with its own , to have been mismanaged , and to have had insufficient indemnity insurance .
10 By contrast , those still stone free nine months or more after dissolution treatment has stopped are genuinely likely to have had complete gall stone dissolution .
11 Panel session — too tired by then — better to have had brief preparation session in groups
12 I had a distinct impression that many of the organisers had had professional theatre experience and that , naturally , their point of view was coloured by this , while the teachers had arrived at the point of realising the potential of drama as a tool of education .
13 A not untypical background of an early headhunter was someone who had had general management experience and had worked in one or more functional roles , and then found themselves , for the best of reasons , on the market .
14 Within the year before the interview 27 patients had had pulmonary arterial pressures measured directly and 23 had had total lung capacity ( helium dilution ) and gas transfer measured .
15 My grades were excellent and I had had hands-on work experience with marketing agencies in the West End .
16 Reviewing women at between 22–28 years after the index pregnancy ( when they had had abnormal glucose tolerance , but reverted to normal tolerance afterwards ) , he found a 50% prevalence of diabetes and 25% of abnormal glucose tolerance , whereas the controls had rates of 7% and 3% .
17 We 've had Foreign Office permission . ’
18 Birds which are able to dive deeply , such as the auks ( razorbills , guillemots , puffins and black guillemots ) fared better in some areas but have had poor breeding success in others .
19 These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA .
20 Every District General Hospital should provide rehabilitation facilities for its coronary patients , be it those recovering from acute infarction or those who have had coronary artery surgery or angioplasty .
21 Some recent Toyotas have had strong US design input , but not the Paseo .
22 Black holes have had tremendous press coverage in recent years , so there can be few who have not heard the term .
23 As mentioned previously , all cases of portopulmonary hypertension reported have had obvious portal hypertension .
24 I have had motor neurone disease for practically all my adult life .
25 A person , or their partner , is at increased risk if they have had high risk sex in regions of the world where the prevalence of HIV infection is greater than that in the UK .
26 mm , is there any body here who 's had cosmetic plastic surgery , who , who 'd wants to or has any views on it , up there , yes .
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