Example sentences of "[noun sg] having [verb] a [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 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 .
4 With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Q. Do you approve of a woman having to have a vaginal examination as apart of the routine medical examination to enter Britain ?
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Now he is trying to recapture his old swing having attempted a Faldo-type swing refit which has n't worked .
11 We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night .
12 With its cameras , extending arms and weapons , it is a versatile machine , capable of disrupting a bomb without the Operator having to make a manual approach .
13 where both parties emerge from the negotiation having obtained a mutual benefit .
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