Example sentences of "having [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them , recently relieved of a large Norwegian and still visibly tense , said she 'd lost interest in food and would settle for not having all the cup handles knocked off . |
| 2 | Then it was the stage of having all the gear and having the latest Tony Hawk with 18 million inch nose and Tony comes to town so everyone ( except Brad ) wants to look like him . |
| 3 | In many of the predator assemblages described here , the mandibles of small mammal prey species are frequently intact , here defined as having all the bone of the mandibular body and ramus present for each half mandible , but lacking some or all of the teeth ( Fig. 3.12 ) . |
| 4 | To achieve that , different sets of genes must be shut off in different cells , and shut off heritably — so that , for example , a dividing liver cell produces another liver cell and a dividing skin cell another skin cell , despite having all the genes at its disposal to produce any kind of cell it fancies . |
| 5 | I am greatly relieved that the name Hall is now no longer associated with a company which , having all the necessary finance , does not feel it is able to build , for itself , robots that can compete with the world 's best . |
| 6 | Why has this major change in attitudes come about , and why all this concern about health in an affluent Western world where we can congratulate ourselves and count on our good fortune in having all the benefits of modern medicine to protect us unlike the peoples of the developing world ? |
| 7 | Who 's having all the big families today ? |
| 8 | The young wine , which had been delivered two days earlier from the cellars of a certain Monsieur Chapautier had been identified by Dr Davies , an admirer of fine wine and port from an early age , as having all the signs of a vintage which would mature to perfection by the 1993/94 conference season . |
| 9 | It also means that if the piece is cut you , or rather your company , will still benefit from having all the facts reported albeit briefly . |
| 10 | Dr Craig-Dunlop , who owns it , prides himself on having all the latest equipment . ’ |
| 11 | Besides , I did n't fancy going to the Chapel and having all the family looking down their noses at me . |
| 12 | If they thought the same way as Joe Punter , they 'd be Joe Punter , and somebody else would be having all the fun . ’ |
| 13 | The problem 's been around for a long time , but what 's new is that in an age when women are releasing themselves from stereotypical roles of submission , it 's the men still locked into emotionally repressive macho fantasies who are having all the problems . |
| 14 | Eastleigh is now 5lb better off but he went to Doncaster with the benefit of three all-weather runs this year , and Big Leap , having only the third race of his career there , should confirm the form . |
| 15 | The tawny owl assemblages are intermediate for this character , and although it has not been quantified , it is notable that the skulls present in tawny owl pellets are less complete than those in barn owl or some of the other species listed in Table 3.5 , having only the front part of the vault preserved . |
| 16 | Equally to the point , the spectre of drastic economies that haunts so many men and women is often the result of their having only the haziest idea as to their likely income and expenditure . |
| 17 | The burnished copper shone bravely , having only the previous night survived unscathed a particularly concerted attack upon its person . |
| 18 | 2 Two or more words normally associating with each other and having much the same meaning as the nominal phrase , eg the very poor , a summit meeting . |
| 19 | Embryonic development is very sensitive to having just the right number of genes and so in females one of the X chromosomes is inactivated early in development , leaving just one functional X chromosome in each cell . |
| 20 | But it seems to me to be having just the opposite effect . ’ |
| 21 | One of these is that of balancing the line — having just the right number of operatives for the various work stations on the line . |
| 22 | She said she was just having just the usual drinking gear and er |
| 23 | Incidentally , a horizontal dipole without parasitic elements is not unidirectional it is bi-directional , having exactly the same ‘ figure-of-eight ’ response as a ferrite rod antenna ! |
| 24 | Over-sharing e.g. having exactly the same views as your partner or parents about things |
| 25 | Words having exactly the same sound , but different spellings and meanings : To be completely accurate , these are homophones : but homonym is the term in more general use . |
| 26 | There is the same distinction between ‘ consumer deals ’ and others — the distinction having exactly the same effect . |
| 27 | It seems Cheltenham 's artistic attempt to engender friendship is having exactly the opposite effect , for the time being at least . |
| 28 | It is in the professions where the use of microcomputers is having probably the greatest impact . |
| 29 | I was very lucky in having both the time to spare , and all the storage space I needed , courtesy of an understanding neighbour . |
| 30 | The thought of Beth having both the man she loved and an easy life was too disturbing . |