Example sentences of "having [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , in November 1918 , all internal and foreign trade was nationalised , the latter having little practical significance at that time , since foreign trade had by then all but ceased in those parts of the country in the control of the Soviets . |
| 2 | Fourthly , in some cases elders may be assessed as having little practical consciousness . |
| 3 | The Bakufu 's position was fatally flawed by its having little economic or political status as a national government : it wielded political power as proxy for the emperor using only the income from its own lands . |
| 4 | ‘ I loved the garden the minute I saw it , ’ says Argentinian- born Patricia , who confesses to having little technical knowledge and relies on advice from friends . |
| 5 | Until 1918 it was a " movement " in the sense of having little central discipline and being bound together by an agreement to accept all ideological positions critical of existing society and postulated on social change through political action . |
| 6 | Of course , this is usually so , but I am having little niggling doubts about such a sweeping statement . |
| 7 | But at street level the business slowdown and slump in share prices are having little observable effect . |
| 8 | Until very recently , it was usually the case that the ownership of a house in which a married couple lived was held by the husband , the woman having little direct legal claim to it . |
| 9 | Design is perceived as having little cultural or social significance . |
| 10 | And holding their little green hands and having little green drinks with them and having little green chats about their little green planet ’ … |
| 11 | And holding their little green hands and having little green drinks with them and having little green chats about their little green planet ’ … |
| 12 | He was a perceptive developer of the promising research of others , having that rare combination of commercial acumen and technical expertise , making him one of the great engineers . |
| 13 | All these cases are ones in which the addressee of the words ‘ I ask you to be content ’ has already benefited under another disposition , and is now suffering the indignity of having that testamentary largesse curtailed . |
| 14 | So it really was , it , it was quite nice having that six months . |
| 15 | The maple neck is matt lacquered , the profile having that modern sort of ‘ shallow dish ’ feel to it . |
| 16 | If their stay however turns out to be a longer one console yourself that the Gyroflo oven is easy to manage and having that extra 25% cooking space per shelf , will give you all the room you 'll need for that larger roast and all those extra fairy cakes . |
| 17 | But erm it 's just having that one room with a kitchen I think for if someone calls probably you see . |
| 18 | Are you having that one Tim ? |
| 19 | To be able to actually present effectively whilst still having those butterflies whilst still having that that slightly anxious feeling . |
| 20 | Only having that quaint old thing , a joke . |
| 21 | Hey Jon I hope you , I hope you realize that I 'm having that twenty five quid . |
| 22 | He was perhaps a little too intelligent for the daily grind of professional golf , without having that last cutting edge of brilliance which would have brought him an Open Championship . |
| 23 | ‘ I was worried about him … having that bad ankle and all . ’ |
| 24 | Cos I 'm having that french bread . |
| 25 | And having that mathematical description allows us to change that from summing all the N tuple to doing a product of all N tuple . |
| 26 | cos I 'd hate to think she was n't having that little flutter |
| 27 | But she terrified him , because he wanted her and he liked having that grave face near him , and she was willing to have him even with the ghosts crowding at his shoulder . |
| 28 | Tonight we are having another ritual debate on the common agricultural policy . |
| 29 | ‘ Her mother 's having another Wayne-hating week . ’ |
| 30 | Getting home from the office , she found Violet and Perdita having another screaming match . |