Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] having " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Better than having claws like some people ! ’ |
| 2 | However , it is an awful lot better than having to go out to DOS each time , so I still recommend it . |
| 3 | Er , I understand there was problem because of the computer breakdown which caused a certain record to be lost but then I discover that there is no copy of man manual copy of orders sent to the contractors for repairs kept so that having lost the computer record the council do not know what lights have been reported to contractor for repair and then find out the basic clients |
| 4 | I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward . |
| 5 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 6 | At the hotel he told the taxi to wait , and after checking in and having a quick clean-up in our rooms , we drove out to Teotihuacan . |
| 7 | I was still where I was going in and having to fight . |
| 8 | And there 's two houses here oh i it might be an idea , although I would n't mind going in and having a look . |
| 9 | This is caused by the ‘ baby boom ’ generation of the 1960s settling down and having families of their own . |
| 10 | The last tour , I had so much stuff and I was always having trouble with it breaking down and having to troubleshoot . |
| 11 | With 115 Squadron at Marham , after doing the conversion course , I was part of the crew that took WF562 down to Odiham for the Coronation Review of the RAF , but what was not mentioned was the cleaning of the aircraft using tins of ‘ Duraglit ’ by air and ground crew before we went , only to fly through a rain storm on the way down and having to do it all over again , when we arrived . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's all in the position of the head , ’ said Fred , sitting down and having a beer . |
| 13 | I understood though I mean it , it looks from many of these er publications as though it 's meant to convey that Mr and Mr Wogan are sitting down and having a conversation or Ms Rippon is n't it ? , that 's how it 's presented , is that right ? |
| 14 | And by sitting down and having a technical and commercial conversation together |
| 15 | top management need to devote a minimum of four full days a year to preparing data personally and having face to face meetings with one or more levels of employees to communicate crucial messages . |
| 16 | ( FCA ) of , having been found guilty of misconduct contrary to Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in Cardiff between 26 March 1991 and 4 February 1992 purported to exercise a lien over the papers of his former client when he was not entitled to do so and having been guilty of a breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( ii ) in that he in Cardiff between 22 May 1991 and 4 February 1992 failed to deal properly and promptly with professional enquiries from Chartered Accountants in respect of the affairs of his former client and having been found guilty of a breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in Cardiff between 17 December 1991 and 4 February 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 17 December 1991 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning the affairs of his former client was reprimanded , fined £750 and ordered to pay £l , 000 by way of costs . |
| 17 | sort of going just a short way along and having to reverse back out again |
| 18 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
| 19 | I do n't mind managers getting together and having in a sense management buy- outs . |
| 20 | It came from a very smart left-hand catch by Hick , his sixth of the match , a reprimand by gesture to WCM for putting him down as having missed a catch ( Aqib ) in the Lord 's Test which actually fell an inch or two short of Hick 's fingers . |
| 21 | In ( 145 ) and ( 146 ) , the subject of cause is clearly a condition , and the to infinitive evokes its consequence : the causal agent is not conceived as actually doing anything in either of these sentences but merely as having been the condition giving rise to a new state of affairs . |
| 22 | Community Care Grants are to enable people to establish or maintain themselves in the community rather than having to be in hospitals , nursing homes and residential care homes etc . |
| 23 | We need to share out the wonderfulness and all do a bit — a ‘ jobshare of the burnout ’ — rather than having wonderful people dying on their feet . |
| 24 | We need to share out the wonderfulness and all do a bit — a ‘ jobshare of the burnout — rather than having wonderful people dying on their feet . |
| 25 | Macmillan was thus able to pursue his own policies during his second term in office rather than having to concentrate on damage limitation forced upon him by Anthony Eden 's Suez disaster . |
| 26 | In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee . |
| 27 | Rather than having the whole of the public and the press against us , we gained support . |
| 28 | In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters . |
| 29 | For example , if you feel like cheese on toast for lunch , rather than having a couple of slices of toast piled with cheese , have two slices of toast , one with just a moderate layer of cheese on top , and one with baked beans . |
| 30 | Have less hard cheese ; use it grated rather than having slabs of it . |