Example sentences of "[noun pl] having a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if individual membership doubled — in line with Labour 's 1991 campaign target — the proportions would shift dramatically : union voting strength would then be reduced to 55 per cent , with constituency parties having a 45 per cent share . |
| 2 | This is consistent both with politicians being larger than people who simply wish to be in office whatever they have to do , and with parties having a central number of supporters who share an ideology . |
| 3 | The cold shops with their sad gas-lamps were full of Christmas shoppers feeling sorry for themselves , and shoplifters having a field-day . |
| 4 | Ask Clint whether he feels it has been tough for his kids having a superstar dad and he looks cagey : ‘ Everyone worries about their kids . |
| 5 | see the kids having a look when it , you know , you watch . |
| 6 | One can define , for some probe order , the consistency measure Σ c f ∘ ( c ) for the total fit of all the clones to the probes , where f ∘ ( c ) is the fit of the clone c , either as defined above or extended to allow for probes having a length or being repetitive . |
| 7 | It is doubtful if we can talk about modern nations having a culture in the sense that we can say that there is a monolithic entity called American culture or British culture . |
| 8 | A good proportion of our work concerned our availability to act as an unacknowledged arm of the social welfare service to drug users in crisis situations , providing a front-line service for the ‘ speed freaks who 's OD 'd on the results of a bent script ’ , or the ‘ acid heads having a bad trip ’ , for we were in the streets , the pubs , the clubs , the crash pads , and communal houses frequented by the new ‘ alternative society ’ . |
| 9 | Classes are crowded , with 40 per cent of schools having a teacher-pupil ratio of 45:1 or higher , and many schools have multi-grade classes . |
| 10 | " with the view to promoting the co-operation of the two schools and the possibility of avoiding the teaching subjects in the two schools having a tendency to overlap and so bringing the two schools more fully in accord with the requirements of the town . " |
| 11 | The Yearbook of International Organizations ( Union of International Associations , 1988–9 ) lists thousands of bodies classified as : federations of international organizations , universal membership organizations , inter-continental membership organizations , regionally defined membership organizations , organizations emanating from places , persons and other bodies , and organizations having a special form , including foundations and funds . |
| 12 | The , the point of the change in our constitution was actually to er move strictly away from all parish organizations having a right to representative here , and just a small number have elected . |
| 13 | Both came to the Sunday services immediately after coming along to the centre , one of the lads having a belief in Jesus but had never taken the step of repentance and asking Him into his heart , when he did his reaction was to say he felt the chains fall from him and that he believes Jesus has broken his addiction to alcohol . |
| 14 | It is either unc or a triple , whose first component is a set of directed channels , the output channels having a multiplicity . |
| 15 | The act created the concept of commercial contracts and of traders having a firm registered at the ‘ Firm Registry ’ and also dealt with partnerships , limited partnerships , joint-stock companies , and co-operatives ( which were considered to be business enterprises ) . |
| 16 | As we have seen , this applies to industrial relations issues such as pay determination , and to matters having a major bearing on industrial relations , such as restructuring and rationalization plans . |
| 17 | More or less on the same lines having a point of view and putting it across without wavering , do n't erm |
| 18 | These contradictory data could perhaps be explained by different viruses having a role in different geographical areas . |
| 19 | The carriage is painted dark lake ( the Queen 's colour ) relieved with scarlet and gold ; the upper quarterings having a broad border of French white round the plate glass windows in either panel . |
| 20 | We were on the doorsteps , the bobbies having a smoke . |
| 21 | The clear distinction made by these two conditionals gives a clear sense to talk , mainly by philosophers , of causal circumstances having a power lacked by effects , and so on . |
| 22 | At one level , the scale of central intervention in local authorities can be measured ; between 1979 and 1988 some fifty Bills having a direct effect on local government were laid before Parliament . |
| 23 | In watching the Japanese build-up , a typical platoon deployment was made by a platoon of 2/4 , with their forward posts having a wide view of Lete-Foho . |
| 24 | Companies having a controlling interest ( i.e. greater than 50% interest ) in other companies are required to issue consolidated financial statements . |
| 25 | more countries have er , a big surplus , and more countries having a big deficit in food supply |
| 26 | Reed Canoes & Camping of Cambridge have been amongst the retailers having a difficult time of late . |
| 27 | TIM EGGAR , the Energy Minister , may have caused mild panic among oil industry investors at a London conference last week when he spoke about the UK sector of the North Sea during the last two years having a ‘ strike ’ rate higher than ever before . |
| 28 | It seemed to be of horsemen having a nice peaceful ride in the wood — picnickers , almost — until I discovered the animal , when it became perfectly clear that it had been a hunting scene all along . |
| 29 | Its internal structuring , however , may be on a geographical basis in terms of area offices and on a client basis in terms of individual officials having a number of cases to deal with . |
| 30 | As for Miss Kenton , I seem to remember the mounting tension of those days having a noticeable effect upon her . |