Example sentences of "[noun] having [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And , of course , there is no need to learn either a new program or new skills , the latter part of the equation having proved a major stumbling block for many companies eager to improve the quality of their published work .
2 More empirically however , on the other hand , and drawing upon the work of Peter Bürger , Callinicos accepts the case for Modernism having contained a critical moment — a ‘ protest against the capitalist society to which it is in complex ways related ’ ( p. 53 ) .
3 It sought the examination of Dr. Thomas Hayes , formerly senior forensic scientist in the Forensic Explosives Laboratory of the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment , Dr. Hayes having played a leading role in that capacity in the investigation of the crash .
4 Even the perfectionists were impressed and admitted they came away with their tails between their legs having learnt a great lesson about false pride .
5 Despite the broad nature of the changes , however , the results were perceived by many as change for the sake of change , rather than as the result of the President having found a new formula to deal with the main problems of inflation , the breakdown in government services and the poor state of the economy .
6 This is due in part , I suspect , to Sir Richard having secured the unprecedented co-operation of the Chaplin family .
7 And the only record that we have in scripture of any evidence of folk having received the Holy Spirit was that they spoke with other tongues .
8 With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day .
9 Possibly one reason for the author 's attitude was his ignorance of the geography of the country ; a striking instance of this is his statement that in 1461 the earl of March , whom he had rightly described as being in Wales , arrived in England having enjoyed a prosperous voyage and favoured by the west wind ( 14 , p.532 ) .
10 South Korea formally submitted its application for UN membership on Aug. 5 , North Korea having made a similar application in July [ see p. 38341 ] .
11 But I see no evidence of Scotland having become a classless society !
12 The damage to the mast has been repaired and three Army officers , Garfield Smith , Nick Bate and Richard Nicholson , have joined the crew , Mandy Gallow and Tim Morris having made a scheduled return to duty .
13 I can not remember our Louis having had an amorous affair , except for an occasional romp in the hay with an attractive little tram-conductress called Cathie .
14 One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims .
15 He also pointed out in the report that the excavation produced a disproportionate number of cosmetic articles , although the significance of this evidence is not clear ; the case for the site having had a religious function is strengthened by a consideration of the other buildings .
16 In talks on the following day Gorbachev put to Aziz an eight-point peace plan , and Aziz left immediately afterwards for Baghdad to convey the plan to Saddam , the Soviet leadership having urged a quick response .
17 That court has , on more than one occasion , held that a decision of the English courts has violated a litigant 's rights under article 10 and this on occasion has led to Parliament having to change the substantive law .
18 After an exhausting hour having dared the open roof to dredge the lead guttering behind the parapet — I was–forced to abandon both search and hypothesis .
19 Indeed , two of the most popular reference books contain errors in their tables of regnal years , their compilers having made the grievous mistake of assuming the method is a straightforward one , when in fact it is not .
20 In a divorce case , a Dutchwoman was unable to prove actual service of process on her husband in Great Britain , so by virtue of Article 15(1) judgment could not be given in the matter ; the court , however , was prepared to give judgment in default under Article 15(2) , the Netherlands having made the necessary declaration , once the petitioner could satisfy it as to the items listed in that provision .
21 But ringing has shown that the same birds return year after year to patrol the same wintering areas , the oldest birds having done the round trip up to 30 times .
22 Q. Do you approve of a woman having to have a vaginal examination as apart of the routine medical examination to enter Britain ?
23 I 'd heard tales about some people having seen an old man down there but not for a long while , he would n't hurt anyone so your lad need n't be scared of him . ’
24 Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 .
25 Engineering was a considerable family influence , his great-grandfather Robert Stirling having built a threshing engine in 1758 and his father having invented the hot-air engine and inspired C. W. Siemens 's regenerative furnace for the melting and reheating of steel .
26 Note that if this keyword is used without the module 's manager having set a PREFERRED version , an error message will be displayed the next time an attempt is made to read the module out of LIFESPAN .
27 SOUTH East Arts become the Regional Arts Board for Kent , East Sussex , West Sussex and Surrey this week having undergone a complete re-structuring process in relation to staffing and funding procedures .
28 Though Lancashire are far below full strength , Grayson has earned his place on merit having captained the powerful North Under-21s to the ADT divisional age-group title and would have been in the side even had the Orrell contingent been available , Martin Strett being ineligible having represented the Northern Division in October .
29 Here in Stuttgart today we shall see the final of an unofficial mini-Masters , the masters having taken a lucrative detour away from the pressures of the circuit .
30 It has been clear from the beginning that there are problems here for teachers having to assess a whole range of attainment targets across the curriculum .
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