Example sentences of "have had a [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has had a long and complicated history ; but , at the present day , the form required by law for the creation and transfer of estates and interests in land is both uniform and simple . |
| 2 | Super-SARA has had a long and troubled gestation period . |
| 3 | As your article said ‘ Super-SARA has had a long and troubled gestation period ’ . |
| 4 | Himalayan skiing has had a long and painfully slow gestation period beginning with the activities of various Indian Army Officers in the early part of the century . |
| 5 | M&TIS Calibration laboratory has had a long and successful association with Rosemount providing calibrations of differential pressure transducers , typically to an accuracy of 0.09% at 500mbar differential and 200 bar static pressure . |
| 6 | Johnson Matthey has had a long and important involvement in the development of cisplatin and carboplatin , the platinum-based anti-tumour drugs used in the treatment of testicular and ovarian cancer . |
| 7 | We bring the Guinness Spot to a close with a local musician who has had a long and distinguished career in the country and blues divisions of rock . |
| 8 | Much post-modernist art has had a critical and contestatory function which is all too easily overlooked . |
| 9 | Dicey 's work has had a major and lasting impact . |
| 10 | At fifty five Mr Pacey has had a full and distinguished career in the police force . |
| 11 | Although black film making in America dates back to the days of the silents , it has had a dismal and frustrating history . |
| 12 | Mr. Perez de Cuellar has had a lengthy and distinguished record as Secretary-General and the House would wish to record its appreciation of his activities and those of his personal representative in securing the release of so many hostages . |
| 13 | It is an assumption that has had a profound and , it is now seen , a damaging effect on schools . |
| 14 | Although much less impressive in its architecture and much shorter in its working life , Oil Mill , nonetheless , has had an interesting and varied career . |
| 15 | He had met many famous and exciting people , he 'd had a rich and varied life , some of it rather sad . |
| 16 | And then she went in one day and she knew she 'd had a thousand and said can I extend it ? |
| 17 | Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last . |
| 18 | So it was not surprising that Col. Savill should have had an attentive and appreciative audience on 1 December 1989 , when he spoke on this subject . |
| 19 | No patient in this group could be considered to have had a successful and uneventful procedure . |
| 20 | The rogues of the piece were undoubtedly the well established firm of Hodder and Stoughton , who seemed to have had an unusual and complex system of their own . |
| 21 | He had had a varied and an outstanding career . |
| 22 | She had had a splendid and cultural week . |
| 23 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 24 | He had had a long and tiring journey , flights from Frankfurt , Heathrow and Glasgow all having been delayed or cancelled . |
| 25 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 26 | Shocked and incredulous , Buzz could say nothing more , but as the limousine glided on , she remembered a great deal : the teashop outings in Earls Court when Edward was little , comforting Nell , time after time , when Billy had had a few and behaved badly . |
| 27 | Already my father had had an interesting and varied career . |
| 28 | We 've had a long and tiring journey and my wife is not well . ’ |
| 29 | In many ways I 've had a fuller and more satisfying life since then , and I know that my children still need me in lots of ways . |
| 30 | Conductor and orchestra have had a long and fruitful association — starting in 1963 when David Atherton became the youngest ever conductor at the BBC Proms in London . |