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 The maple neck is matt lacquered , the profile having that modern sort of ‘ shallow dish ’ feel to it .
15 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 .
16 Only having that quaint old thing , a joke .
17 ‘ I was worried about him … having that bad ankle and all . ’
18 Cos I 'm having that french bread .
19 And having that mathematical description allows us to change that from summing all the N tuple to doing a product of all N tuple .
20 cos I 'd hate to think she was n't having that little flutter
21 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 .
22 Tonight we are having another ritual debate on the common agricultural policy .
23 ‘ Her mother 's having another Wayne-hating week . ’
24 Getting home from the office , she found Violet and Perdita having another screaming match .
25 He 's been here several times before , and er , we do look forward to having another interesting morning with you , and I understand that er , you 're going to give us a musical morning , this morning , and er ,
26 First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion .
27 Very anxious to promote the Wales in Europe scheme because it 's been very important to us , including the links that er we have been able to build up with other regions of Europe in Catalonia , , Lombardy and Battenberkaburg above all er which our our sort of strong erm er neighbours which can teach us a lot about industry and these are the areas that we will want to link up with by having this extra seat in the European parliament , er and obviously I mean there are sorts of areas where we have some sympathy with the occasional point that is made by the anti-Europe speakers on the other side .
28 So that means this the effect of having this extra gravity means that the extra gravity is n't equally dispersed in the whole system the extra gravity is located in one particular spot where the moon is .
29 And perhaps lots of people were wondering why they were n't having this good time .
30 There 's no point having this fancy scheme if people do n't know it and also trust it .
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