Example sentences of "having [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wall Street is notorious for having scant regard for the future and even less for the past . |
| 2 | Rachel crawled into the confined space beside him , and with a little jolt she saw it was Len Seager , the man who had been having alcohol-related problems . |
| 3 | He denies the university 's claim that he cheated in two papers through having advance knowledge of the questions . |
| 4 | No , I 'm not saying they should be forbidden from having political opinions or from making political statements . |
| 5 | Her rapid rise to the top is well deserved and she does not suffer from having political labels stuck on her . |
| 6 | It was a fairly important village , the church having possible connections with Meaux Abbey . |
| 7 | Institutions established outside the normal administrative structures having broad responsibilities for regional or area development provide at least a theoretical framework able to ensure a degree of coordination between sectoral government agencies . |
| 8 | The western Mediterranean , however , is quite different , having alpine folds to the south as well as to the north . |
| 9 | A confident distinction between ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's colitis is not possible in all patients despite adequate clinical and pathological evaluation and many are classified as having indeterminate colitis . |
| 10 | He is familiar with the property market , having extensive property interests in Dublin with Larry Goodman . |
| 11 | Three ( 25% ) of the 12 patients randomised to no chemotherapy were classified as having stable disease and nine ( 75% ) as having progressive disease . |
| 12 | And fancy your having complete charge of the Vicarage kids during the Easter hols , while their mother is in Hungary ! |
| 13 | Mark showed no signs of being really inspired with religious enthusiasm , or , for that matter , of having matrimonial intentions where Clare was concerned . |
| 14 | As antimalarial drugs were desperately needed during the war , it is startling to realize that chloroquine was first synthesized several years before the war and recognized at that time as having antimalarial activity . |
| 15 | Bateleur Eagles are unusual in having dimorphic plumage , the female displays grey secondary feathers whilst males have entirely black wings . |
| 16 | ‘ neutral ’ umpiring could be achieved by having Pakistani umpires in Tests worldwide . |
| 17 | Originally used by Suess ( 1886 ) , who visualised a sharp tectonic front marked by northward thrusting over a relatively undeformed foreland , the term ‘ Variscan Front ’ is ambiguous , having conflicting meanings for different authors in various areas . |
| 18 | At Magdalen College , Oxford , there is a splendid example of a couple having oral sex . |
| 19 | Not getting semen or menstrual blood in the mouth is an obvious way of reducing this risk even more ( by stopping before ejaculation , or not having oral sex during the woman 's period ) . |
| 20 | When it comes to sex , they are the only group noticeably opposed to having oral sex with women in future , and they 're not at all tempted by hard porn films or videos . |
| 21 | Chairman , I think this classically reinforces the argument for having regional government does it not ? |
| 22 | For example , various studies have shown that the effectiveness of certain clinical interventions is increased by specialisation and this is one reason for having regional centres of expertise for more complex operations or rarer conditions to ensure clinicians see enough patients to " keep their hand in " and efficiently ration resources . |
| 23 | The view also implies that the teacher is seen by pupils as having total responsibility for leading and controlling the work that is going on in the classroom . |
| 24 | Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamed Mahathir criticized industrialized countries for using trade restrictions to " foist their democratic norms on others " ; he and other delegates emphasised the problem of high Third-World debt ( the G-15 countries having total debts of some US$600,000 million ) . |
| 25 | In one recent study 60% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis having total hip or knee replacements had radiographic evidence of instability of their cervical spine , and nearly half of these had no symptoms referrable to their necks . |
| 26 | He asked why the council would not accept orange badge drivers having total access during the scheme 's six month trial period . |
| 27 | Granted that there is always an advantage in having liquid funds available , if the spread is low enough customers may choose to hold large volumes of funds on deposit rather than repay outstanding borrowing . |
| 28 | Public sector organizations can generally be distinguished as having hierarchical structures composed of responsibility centres : units , sections , departments and divisions . |
| 29 | That he hated the cold and his chilblains and the earth privy and the spiders and not being allowed to eat biscuits and only having roast beef for dinner because she had come . |
| 30 | To dinner guests one evening : ‘ We 're having roast cock tonight . ’ |