Example sentences of "[subord] having [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such cases , some adjustment should be made for the individual wishing to complete a set , rather than having wholly to duplicate it . |
| 2 | To the extent that talking and trying hard to talk for less time and have more tasks to do which are to a certain extent self-explanatory , rather than having long involved tasks which two or three get on with and the rest opt out . |
| 3 | There is , of course , an enormous difference between the private/public demands of the two examples : writing my own private notes protects me rather more than having publicly to make suggestions on how the teacher as ‘ patient ’ should , say , knock on a door . |
| 4 | He was still shuffling videos on the shelves as if having suddenly noticed that someone — herself , probably — had replaced them in the wrong order . |
| 5 | Rugby 's poacher turned gamekeeper , while having twice declined England bench selection , has never lightly turned his back . |
| 6 | So , if your company changes its mind about a plan to demote you , but , feeling disgruntled , you still decide to leave , it is likely that you will be regarded as having voluntarily resigned . |
| 7 | In both cases the success of the university sub-disciplinary segments can be seen as having partly resulted from their having found allies outside of their own organizations . |
| 8 | The Regent desired him , as proposer of the scheme , and as having already served with the Earl of Dunbar , to accompany Sir Simon Fraser down to the Earl 's camp near Berwick , there to help that man inform Dunbar of the decisions made and to assist in convincing him to take over the keepership of Berwick Castle . |
| 9 | Equipment and Mines Minister Joseph Yao Amefia , a close associate of Koffigoh , was reported on Sept. 8 as having narrowly escaped an assassination attempt . |
| 10 | Where suffering has occurred there must be " one or more identifiable incidents which can be described as having adversely affected the child " and these may result from acts of commission or omission ( para 6.39(i) ) . |
| 11 | Thus , they are viewed as having in mind an analytical model which they believe explains how the economy works . |
| 12 | Nancy is described as having recently moved from this ‘ remote but genteel suburb ’ to Field Lane , OT 13 . |
| 13 | ‘ From the age of sixteen onwards , I had one single ambition , from which I never wavered , in the prosecution of which I spent every ounce I could , on which I really and deliberately staked my whole contentment ; and I recognise myself as having unmistakeably failed in it . ’ |
| 14 | In addition , Iraq viewed Kuwait as having gradually eaten away patches of Iraqi territory in the border area between them over the years and also as draining reserves from part of Iraq 's South Rumailah oilfield which straddled the frontier . |
| 15 | The mistake is to say that a ‘ directing mind ’ accused is to be treated as having validly consented on behalf of the company to his own dishonest taking of the company 's property . |
| 16 | If the accused , by reason of being the controlling shareholder or otherwise , is ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ he is to be treated as having validly consented on behalf of the company to his own appropriation of the company 's property . |
| 17 | Ozawa 's concessions in the negotiations with Komeito were seen by many commentators as having severely undermined his position . |
| 18 | Initiatives such as Sematech helped US industry to catch up , but Grove sees this as having only held the advance of Japanese manufacturers . |
| 19 | He was sure that the Houses of Parliament were ‘ at the bottom of the whole thing ’ , as having once burnt its fingers , the country was unwilling to embark on another building in the Gothic style . |
| 20 | It was like being a champion at tennis , and condemned to play with rabbits , as well as having always to get their wretched balls out of the net for them . |