Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having propped up the Ottoman empire for the latter part of the nineteenth century , Britain and France now set about dismantling it . |
| 2 | In the case of each plaintiff , the application form for a further advance requires the borrower to state whether he wishes a basic valuation , a house buyers ' report or a structural survey ; the brochure having pointed out the limited scope of the first two . |
| 3 | Guppy allegedly boasted of having carried out the perfect crime , the court heard . |
| 4 | If you feel drained ( despite having carried out the previous visualisations ) , take a shower , if possible , or a bath containing essence of juniper . |
| 5 | Below the sober exterior , though , one suspects that there 's a bit of an animal lurking — and switching in the graphic equaliser and voice filter ( after having connected up the sub-woofer extension cabinet ) opens the cage door fairly wide . |
| 6 | Having felt carefully the whole length of the injured leg , Sophie looked up . |
| 7 | He pointed out that the American Physical Society had invited him to give the talk , that he had completed a three — year research programme , having done all the necessary cross checks and controls , and had definitive results to present . |
| 8 | I went to drama school having done all the correct things that drama students are supposed to ignore — like going to public school ( Wellington ) and dressing in conventional clothes . |
| 9 | HAVING done all the hard work in bowling out for 158 a Bellville XI bolstered by four Western Province players , Scotland failed to score quickly enough in going down to a second defeat , by 13 runs , on their South African tour yesterday . |
| 10 | It is perfectly possible to go through a University career , satisfy the examiners , graduate in the splendour of the Great Hall , and leave as a Bristol graduate without ever once having thought how the whole thing has been organised . |
| 11 | Neanderthals possessed bigger brains than we do ; the Cro-Magnons , generally regarded as having wiped out the Neanderthal precursors , were similarly large-brained . |
| 12 | Having recovered only the partial use of one hand , he set to work and wrote Beneath the Visiting Moon . |
| 13 | Sadly , however , the return tip was marred by the death of two members of the Rhodesian patrol , killed in an attack by two Blenheims , in spite of their having spread out the correct air recognition signals . |
| 14 | Although the Nigeria debate was a relative success after a year of criticism , its significance was not lost on Law : it was held on the subject central to Unionist economic attitudes ; Law and Steel-Maitland were singled out for censure , a pointer to the level of party discontent Party feeling had built up much as Law 's own had done ; having fought off the direct attack , he took the party along with him in the effort to reconstruct the government on more businesslike lines . |
| 15 | Having worked out the general layout , the main outlines of the plants and substrates and so on were drawn in with the washes of the appropriate colours . |
| 16 | Having worked out the desirable size of interest categories , the McClellan system then evolves a way of monitoring the stock within them . |
| 17 | The Steward 's party , having cleared out the domestic quarters , arrived at that side of the keep , driving before them a crowd of servitors and general retainers , women amongst them , many only partially clad . |
| 18 | Chairman having read again the relevant paragraphs P P G twelve to which er the senior inspector referred , I I think it 's entirely consistent with that that the county should seek to erm include a policy now in the plan which in effect seeks to clarify the basic intentions of the structure plan in in regard to the attitude to development in in open countryside . |