Example sentences of "[subord] having the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than having the whole of the public and the press against us , we gained support . |
| 2 | There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided . |
| 3 | Rather than having the unskilled parts of the operation — the lifting and placing — performed by the robot , and the skilled part — the welding — performed by the welder , the opposite solution was adopted . |
| 4 | The attention paid to posture is most noticeable at the foot end , for rather than having the feet at right-angles to the ankles they are totally relaxed and display a more natural attitude of repose . |
| 5 | The strategy adopted for the defence of absolutism and reason is firstly to protect philosophy from the intrusion of the sociology of knowledge and secondly to assert that there is simply no other way than having the absolute standards of reason . |
| 6 | Here , experience of a particular sector is less important as a previous record of achievement in searching for such individuals than having the necessary weight and calibre to be able to attract those people . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , having a consistent worldwide system is more important than having the best possible one in any single state . |
| 8 | ‘ There is nothing I like more than having the house filled with young people . |
| 9 | However , rather than having the guests whispering conspiratorially amongst themselves the unmentionable secret that this is a second marriage , some speakers prefer a more direct and honest approach . |
| 10 | Moreover , members believe that having their party in office , whatever betrayals it may perpetrate on its supporters in the country , is better than having the opposition take over . |
| 11 | Rather than having the police putting their big feet in it all over the place . ’ |
| 12 | I can think of nothing more damaging to law and order in the metropolis than having the hon. Gentleman as chairman of such an authority . |
| 13 | It 's better than having the water . |
| 14 | Alice , who had several times caught Tom looking admiringly at her while they were coming up there in the tube , and could not forget the way he had held out his hand to her while they sang the duet , wondered if having the room next to his was a good idea . |
| 15 | There were an infinite number of ways in which the investigating magistrate could compromise or embarrass a police officer , whereas having the judiciary on your side was an invaluable asset . |
| 16 | Since it seems unlikely that we can generate in the foreseeable future materials that are structurally similar to natural tissue , while having the most appropriate functional properties , the possibility has emerged of using traditional or advanced materials as functional substrates and modifying their surfaces , with biological components or their analogues , to provide optimal biocompatibility. one of the most exciting possibilities here is using biomimetic surfaces as described in the article by Dennis Chapman and Stephen Charles . |
| 17 | The Administration , moreover , while having the greatest influence in both judicial and church appointments , had sole control over a number of academic posts , which were also attractive to some of the freeholders , several of whom succeeded in obtaining university chairs . |
| 18 | By living in a private house the student can be independent while having the opportunity to meet British people and to live in a British environment . |
| 19 | My own reaction , as the latest sickening episode even exceeds in depravity and licentiousness the grossness of the last one , is that I no longer wish to be associated with a UK Government which is so lacking in moral leadership , compassion , wisdom and humanity that it can allow such a situation to continue to exist , while having the capacity to intervene . |
| 20 | It was a dramatic approach , but one which was recorded as having the support of 83 per cent of the British people . |
| 21 | In the matter of contract , drunkenness is regarded as having the same effect as insanity . |
| 22 | With a dry wit and an infectious Brooklyn drawl , Karen , as part of the Flatbush-based Soulboys group of club-runners , was responsible for some of the first illegal parties in New York , as well as having the much-coveted job of doorperson at various Manhattan clubs . |
| 23 | The test was tried first on the horse who was regarded as having the lowest intelligence : a mare who lived around the family home . |
| 24 | A couple of lines of dialogue established Lotty Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot as repressed middle-class wives , one compelled by her slob of a husband to record every penny she spent , the other characterised as having the face ( and by implication the disposition ) of a disappointed Madonna . |
| 25 | There is also trip to Hall , formerly the centre of the Tyrol 's salt industry ; on to the Swarovski crystal factory show rooms where you will see glass being blown and painted , as well as having the opportunity to buy anything that takes your fancy . |
| 26 | A listed building is one that has been officially recognized as having the right to special protection ( see also What Listing Means , Appendix I , page 154 ) . |
| 27 | That little Rossiter , he does n't strike me as having the courage . |
| 28 | Juniper is regarded by many intuitive aromatherapists as having the power to cleanse on a psychic as well as a physical level . |
| 29 | The Ministry of Education has launched regional upgrading campaigns in four areas regarded as having the most serious problems : San Carlos , Limón , Los Santos and Santa Cruz . |
| 30 | Aurobindo sees all things as having the same principal of life at different levels , but in all of them is the potentiality and inevitability to reach higher and higher levels . |