Example sentences of "for having [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former Premier Li Gun Mo ( in 1986-88 — see p. 36937 ) and other disgraced officials were rumoured to have been detained for having opposed the planned succession of Kim Jong Il , the son of Kim Il Sung . |
| 2 | In announcing his veto to a White House gathering of Republican lawmakers and businessmen , Bush denounced the " irresponsibility " of Congress for having rejected the economic recovery measures which he had outlined in his State of the Union address in January [ see pp. 38711-13 ] . |
| 3 | James Churchill , from the Association for Residential Care , criticised ministers for having rejected the Social Security Advisory Committee 's recommendation last year that the six-day limit be extended to 14 days to cover for holidays . |
| 4 | The Centre Party campaigned mainly on economic issues , criticizing the government for having caused the current recession , the worst since 1945 , with voters affected in particular by unprecedentedly high levels of interest rates and of unemployment ( 7 per cent in 1990 ) . |
| 5 | He was sent down from Eton in 1863 for a few months for having made a forbidden visit to a Jesuit house . |
| 6 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 7 | Being recognised for having kept a glorified diary while wandering through India when he was young and naïve was n't enough for him . |
| 8 | A Le Monde report of Feb. 23 said that Amnesty had confirmed the detention without trial of a journalist , Salih al-Azzaz for having filmed a peaceful demonstration by Saudi women on Nov. 6 , 1990 . |
| 9 | The Parliamentary Accounts committee has recently given English Heritage a roasting for having produced a slash-and-dash strategy document last autumn without having consulted any of the relevant professional bodies . |
| 10 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 11 | I 0 shows , only a minority of all temporary workers said that having a training contract was their reason for having taken a temporary job . |
| 12 | Contrary to some critical comment , he believes that credit for obtaining substantial funding for the scheme should go to the Minister himself , for having taken a personal interest in the scheme . |
| 13 | British Rail is a notable example for having taken an early lead in publishing performance indicators . |