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

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1 The Blue Arrows and Michael pages of the recruitment world have found it much easier because they have had a variety of products and services , and encompass a number of sectors .
2 It is often said that children have their lives before them and to die before they have had a chance to develop their personalities and lives seems particularly cruel .
3 As they are marginally faster , the ability to begin fleeing before they have had a chance to accelerate to full speed is crucial .
4 And for once , as I will explain , they have had a chance to fight back .
5 As any changes to the Parish Council 's bank accounts must be authorised by the Parish Councillors I would ask you to continue the present arrangement until they have had a chance to discuss any alterations you might suggest .
6 First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon .
7 They have had a warning , and a reprieve .
8 They have had a row .
9 They are more able to relax and enjoy the time with their baby when they have had a break from the everyday routine at home ; others find that having their own income gives them independence — and fewer money worries .
10 We 've had houses set on fire , we 've been to a furniture factory , manufacturers , er they have had a loss of , massive loss through erm a sky rocket falling into their timber yard .
11 ‘ I have agreed with his owner to let him run at Newbury because they have had a lot of rain down south . ’
12 They have had a lot of games in a short time .
13 ‘ Normally clients wo n't get the feeling they have had value for money unless they have had a disaster and the lawyer has got them out of it , ’ said , one of the senior partners in Biggart Baillie Gifford 's company and commercial department .
14 Under the 1944 Education Act they have had a duty to provide this for numerous categories of children : the blind , partially sighted , deaf , partially hearing , physically handicapped , delicate , maladjusted , epileptic , educationally subnormal , children with speech defects , and the autistic .
15 What has happened is that on conversion they have had a host of non-Christian friends .
16 John Temple will be design expert in this erm Malcolm Price obviously production and Dave Stewart for sales and Loretta for secretaries erm and they have had a deal more training and briefing on the whole process .
17 They have had a mortgage with the Abbey National for four years and recently took up the offer of a fixed rate of 10.99% until 1999 .
18 There is still some poaching between the major executive search firms and Korn/Ferry founded their worldwide business on doing this in a very successful way , but more recently they have had a number of losses themselves both to Russell Reynolds in the States and Heidrick and Struggles in Europe .
19 They have had a stomach full of illusion .
20 It is not like Hamburg , where they have had a tournament for a hundred years and people would go out and watch tennis at 7 am , even in the freezing cold . ’
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