Example sentences of "having [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having apparently made a good case ( to wit , the UK now spends nearly two per cent less per head on education than in 1980 ) it starts talking about education . |
| 2 | I asked quietly , my stomach having suddenly acquired a large ice cube . |
| 3 | That morning they went to a travel agent in the Unter den Linden to buy tickets , having only booked a single journey from London . |
| 4 | If the Burton Group , having already cut a substantial number of jobs in 1991 , can find a further 2,000 ( albeit balanced by the creation of 3,000 part-time jobs ) surplus to requirements , when profits are already recovering , others across British industry are sure to follow . |
| 5 | Now , having already risked a considerable outlay on refitting and storing the ship , he was faced with the possibility of having to sail from Polruan with several hands short of a full complement . |
| 6 | The Consortium would have to decide if it could afford not to fight McAlpine , having already made a major investment ( politically and financially ) in the case . |
| 7 | Rangers , having just survived a lucky escape , launched their first attack . |
| 8 | Having now accumulated a small amount of capital and a tiny corps of agents in European cities , Reuter moved to London in 1851 and set up an office in the Royal Exchange Buildings . |
| 9 | Two weeks ago , I revisited Zagreb having previously led a parliamentary delegation there a year ago . |
| 10 | The Sultanate of Oman became independent in 1951 , having previously had a special relationship with the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | He ignores the profiles these tests produce , having yet to see a meaningful correlation between personality and business success . |
| 12 | The rebuff is that , having painstakingly laid a firm foundation , I must , in all honesty , now kick part of it away by revealing that certain misguided authors and publishers ( especially the latter ) have unscrupulously omitted all the data we require , printing books without dates or any reference to previous editions . |
| 13 | My prize for the most colourful quote goes to the scientist who said that the likelihood of humans having come about as the result of evolution was the same as a tornado in a scrapyard having accidentally assembled a Jumbo jet . |
| 14 | Having recently announced a new health warnings to be placed on packets in fulfilment of the EC Labelling Directive , the Secretary of State for Health , William Waldegrave , has now reportedly agreed with the tobacco industry that the same warnings will also be used on advertising . |