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

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1 My own belief is that we have had a sea change in the nature of employment in Britain and in other western societies .
2 We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span .
3 We can never know what folly and what wisdom is in the speeches until we have had a chance to read them . ’
4 We have had a support group in Bournemouth ever since just after the crash .
5 Perhaps we have to get it into the erm strategy agenda again I mean we we have had a go at it , but probably inadequately .
6 Yes I 'm I 'm not quite sure the regulations are about subsids We , I mean we , it 's only quite recently that we have had a subsidiary , erm , last two or three years , we 've , for many years we did n't have one .
7 We have had a couple of occasions where the money can not be claimed back recently , so this is just to inform you of the position that the insurers are taking .
8 The Blues boss said today : ‘ I am not saying anything about our actual selection until we have had a couple more training sessions .
9 We have had a chat about what has gone wrong this summer and the upshot is Viv will get himself into real shape by playing more in the West Indies this winter . ’
10 We have had a change of image , ’ Mr Wise says , ‘ and we now have quality standards for documentation in place .
11 Organiser Ali McMordie said earlier this week : ‘ We have had a problem with the sort of cynicism that you find in Northern Ireland about peace initiatives .
12 We have had a problem for a long period of time now on high conductivity .
13 ‘ This is the twentieth year we have had a tree .
14 BBC director of UK Television Keith Owen says : ‘ We have had a hold on all sales to cable and satellite , pending out decision with Thames .
15 And for two thousand years we have had a government not our own .
16 We have had a plethora of reduction schemes and concessional allowances — five or six of them — and they will go on .
17 I suppose we have had a share of the steam action down south this season and it was good to see these trains back in action after the threats of cancellation owing to fire hazards ?
18 I think perhaps , here though , it might be something , we have had a paper earlier about the J C C 's meetings , and it might be something that unions might be able to help us with .
19 B : ‘ For about nine months we have had a succession of builders , surveyors and decorators trooping in and out .
20 In this century alone we have had a succession of such images , from the stately , big-busted , Edwardian beauty , through the languid and willowy pre-Raphaelite heroine , the boyish 1920s ‘ flapper ’ , the sleekly groomed , wide-shouldered 1940s woman of the world , to the innocent , long-haired nymph of the 1960s and the colourful gypsy of the 1970s .
21 ‘ It has been very quiet up here for the last two years , but suddenly we have had a surge , ’ says a Vardy spokesman .
22 As he left the talks Mr MacSharry said : ‘ We have had a meeting between the four commissioners and I will be taking part in the negotiations . ’
23 ‘ We have now asked Reed to suspend the proposed changes until we have had a meeting with them on 22nd April .
24 We have had a series of phone calls from people saying they had not received our election information , ’ said Ms Jordan .
25 oh as I think I mentioned last time we have had a marketing er survey undertaken .
26 We have had a number of cases coming out of West Belfast .
27 We have had a number of complaints from residents about people openly dealing in the streets .
28 He said : ‘ We have had a number of complaints over the last few months . ’
29 We have had a number of computer failures where the computerisation has resulted in loss of information and much more important for the taxpayer , losses to the taxpayer . ’
30 Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder .
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