Example sentences of "having [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 2 | You can then eliminate all but the genuinely suitable applicants without having to interview an enormous number of people in person . |
| 3 | That is information I am passing on having received no illuminated address from manufacturers for helping peppermint sales to rise dramatically . |
| 4 | ( 9 ) When this party has selected the prospective parliamentary candidate , section ( 3 ) of this clause shall be applicable only when section ( 8 ) applies or , having received a written request from the General Committee of this party for permission to reconsider the selection of the prospective parliamentary candidate , the National Executive Committee has decided that in its opinion there are changed circumstances relating to the prospective parliamentary candidate since his or her selection , and has given authority to this party to convene a special meeting of the General Committee in accordance with regulations sanctioned by the National Executive Committee to consider a resolution that the prospective candidate selected previously shall not be the candidate at the next general election . |
| 5 | In early 1981 , Reagan and his aides spoke confidently of his having received an impressive mandate at the recent elections , and many in Congress and the media seemed to find the argument convincing . |
| 6 | Having received an honorary degree from St Andrews University , and through his friendship with Principal Robertson of Edinburgh University , had managed the business of a Divinity Degree for his friend Sam Cooper . |
| 7 | EVERYONE must be wondering what is happening on the Mid-Hants Railway , the ‘ Watercress Line ’ , having received the startling news from the pages of a contemporary magazine that volunteers have been resigning from the work force in substantial numbers . |
| 8 | Having examined the parliamentary history of sections 61 and 63 of the Finance Act 1976 , it was held that the parliamentary intention was that in-house benefits should be assessed for income tax on the basis of marginal costs to the employer and not as a proportion of the total costs incurred in providing the service both for the public and the employee ; that this effect applied to the education of the children of teachers who were employees ; and that section 63 of the 1976 Act should be construed accordingly . |
| 9 | Having examined the indirect approaches to selling , we shall now look at the more direct methods . |
| 10 | This is also the reason why , having examined the main dimensions of employment change in the next two chapters , we return to the topic of population in Chapter 7 . |
| 11 | He arrived a week later , having developed a profound respect for the eloquent Joseph and his kinsmen . |
| 12 | Having travelled a reasonable distance into wind ( you did wait three years for a day with a light breeze did n't you ? ) , apply some sideways cyclic to bank the model and start a turn . |
| 13 | They can not win , for the aim of the stressed work-force is to avoid having to embrace the discomfiting uncertainty by construing itself as victimized and manipulated . |
| 14 | I expect her to shout at me , having heard an alternative story from Teddy . |
| 15 | Having recalled the federal parliament in early September in order to authorize the referendum , Mulroney joined federal Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien and New Democratic Party ( NDP ) leader Audrey McLaughlin in an unofficial truce whereby issues of partisan politics were put aside in order to maximize the impact of the campaign in favour of the new constitutional package . |
| 16 | ‘ I read The Can Book , ’ says Neil , uneasy with having to conduct the entire interview without the help of fellow band-members John and guitarist Nigel . |
| 17 | The rear seat occupant , a large man weighing 202 lb , came to rest in the cabin right doorway , having sustained a severe blow to the chin . |
| 18 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 19 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 20 | Having given a sketchy account of his early career , he notes that he became kazasker in 863/1458–9 and was then removed from that post in 871/1466–7 . |
| 21 | Having given a brief overview of the social incidence , or the pattern of recorded crime , we will turn now to some of the problems involved in the use of criminal statistics . |
| 22 | Having sellotaped the coloured strips onto the floor the sellotape reels were left sandwiched behind each Dalek 's waistband as a further rehearsal aid — a red reel in Dalek Two 's waistband for instance . |
| 23 | As well as having undertaken the nominated activity within 1990 and being members of the BAPC , entrants for the award had to assemble a small report giving the ‘ whys ’ and the ‘ hows ’ of their particular project . |
| 24 | When a purpose-designed cap was brought in to replace the humble condom , it was reported that the mine-laying frogmen were less than happy , having regarded the prior item as something of a ‘ perk ’ of the job . |
| 25 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 26 | The most intellectually satisfying explanation is that embodied in the doctrine of karma , in accordance with which the dead child may be regarded as having completed the final stage of a soul-life that , in previous incarnations , had almost earned its passage and , after one more brief sojourn , was able to escape from the cycle of death and rebirth . |
| 27 | Having completed the definitional stage of the theoretical investigation of natural monopoly , we turn now to two intertwined issues of control . |
| 28 | Nature was never especially kind to Leith in regard to the formation of the harbour , having placed a large stretch of sand across the mouth of the stream and with no sheltered bay or inlet , the approaches were often hazardous . |
| 29 | As usual , they are lost and confused , having floated a long way from home . |
| 30 | ( Soviet Moldavians were ethnically Romanian , most of their republic having formed the Romanian region of Bessarabia prior to its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940 . ) |