Example sentences of "having some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This may be taken to imply that the electronic band , within whose absorption profile the excitation occurred , involves a transition between states having different Ru-O bond lengths , and probably involves excitation of electrons having some Ru -O bonding character .
2 After having some Alexander lessons , you will begin to understand the principles of ‘ inhibition ’ and ‘ direction ’ .
3 Only one more raid was mounted in 1940 and that in July , when Lieutenant-General Alan Bourne of the Royal Marines was temporarily running Combined Operations Headquarters ( the name used throughout this book for the directorate , although in fact having some variations of title ) before Keyes 's appointment .
4 That will give back EC governments some autonomy over interest and exchange rates , while enjoying the advantage of having some framework to resist the vagaries of international financial flows .
5 These fundamental axioms were refined , clarified and applied through a long series of debates and conflicts with the Liberal Theology in which he had been trained , and which he had earlier enthusiastically followed , with the claims of the Führer to be the chosen instrument of divine providence , and with colleagues , notably Emil Brunner ( 1889–1966 ) , Rudolf Bultmann ( 1884–1976 ) and Friedrich Gogarten ( 1887 — 1967 ) , whose approaches , though having some affinities with his own , he felt in the end to be in varying degrees unsatisfactory .
6 Well it 's not impossible that er that that developments er can take place erm without erm without having some effects , but what what I 'm basically saying is that erm it it er it would n't be a serious effect acceptable in normal planning terms .
7 We talked about having some fun with cars at a time when I was beginning to think the two were no longer synonymous .
8 After all , having some fun , earning some money and getting better at what one does have got to be three of the key elements in business and , potentially , a career in executive search ( in the right environment ) offers all three .
9 ‘ I do n't envy you your job , Mr Milton , but I hope you 're having some fun out of ffeatherstonehaugh 's .
10 But all games are dependent on the players having some degree of understanding of the concepts involved .
11 It is not possible to speak without one 's speech having some degree or type of pitch range , loudness , speed and voice quality ( with the possible exception that pitch factors are largely lost in whispered speech ) .
12 You do n't get from where he came to where he is now without having some degree of substance .
13 Just having some breakfast .
14 The exact title though is only important in one respect , namely in convincing staff of the desirability of having some way of judging and commenting upon performance and gaining their acceptance and co-operation .
15 From where will recovery in housing come , with interest rates at their present level , with house prices still having some way to fall and with a huge overhang of unsold houses ?
16 She was a great roper-inner , and Jane , having some land , became a prime target .
17 Well there was erm during the eighties , for instance , there was a lot of talk going on about having some changes within the constitution .
18 And I felt I could n't design rational experiments without having some type of criteria to judge the results against ; otherwise I would n't be able to see where I was going .
19 It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly .
20 Erm mine 's good but Martin 's been having some back trouble .
21 I managed to avoid a lot of it by having some tasks of my own .
22 His room overlooked our house , and he could watch the comings and goings — we were having some turf laid at the time in which he was taking a great interest — and I used to drive round there every evening at half past five and bring him home for a meal , after which we would chat or watch television .
23 Could n't Mr Hall just be having some kind of bad day ?
24 When this behaviour is seen for the first time , the owners may become seriously concerned , imagining that the cat is having some kind of fit or seizure .
25 ‘ It does indeed sound as if your father is having some kind of identity crisis .
26 The aim is to make something people can instantly get excited about but which also stands up to close analysis in terms of being musically interesting and having some kind of content and meaning … ’
27 He seemed to be having some kind of fit .
28 The possibility of any of us having some kind of real experience is seen as having all but vanished , to be replaced by endless opportunity for witnessing things .
29 of sort of having some kind
30 ‘ My work , ’ he says , ‘ depends upon my having some kind of … depth .
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