Example sentences of "[prep] having [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible after having seen the finest lady in the world not to wish to see her again . |
| 2 | It was pleasing to see one of the most desperate of human calamities capable of so much help : whatever enlarges hope , will exalt courage ; after having seen the deaf taught arithmetick , who would be afraid to cultivate the Hebrides . |
| 3 | Sheep bought by the Scottish Office for testing will be slaughtered in two weeks after having eaten the contaminated vegetation for around eight weeks , to give a clearer picture of the likelihood of contamination passing further through the food chain . |
| 4 | Party Politics looked to be a back number after having won the National last year but he was then tubed for his wind and ran a storming race to take the Greenall Chase at Haydock at the end of February . |
| 5 | The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys . |
| 6 | The horse has had a disappointing season after having won the Racing Post Stakes as a two-year-old and looking like a ‘ good thing ’ for even one of the Derbys . |
| 7 | In a meeting at the beginning of April , the City Council of Amsterdam , after having ordered the forensic laboratory in Rijswijk to conduct its second investigation , severely criticised the councillor responsible for the Arts , Mrs M. Baak , for her inept handling of the problem and her lack of initiative at crucial moments during the affair . |
| 8 | As for context effects , we will consider these after having discussed the auditory word-recognition system . |
| 9 | After having introduced the outdated 1973 valuations , at some stage it would have a nationwide revaluation . |
| 10 | I offer my congratulations to the workers and management of Yarrow , who have picked themselves up after the bitter disappointment of losing the last order , despite having built the first of class and many of the subsequent ships . |
| 11 | It certainly was a meeting with a difference and despite having to negotiate the national car park [ M25 ] , all enjoyed it . |
| 12 | He felt afraid , for Bruce , despite having passed the biblical age of three score years and ten , had a reputation as a ferocious warrior . |
| 13 | It is , of course , rendered suspect simply because the writers connected with the tradition appear to be guilty of having ignored the best evidence concerning Abdulkerim and Molla Arab and because , in order to remain consistent , they must therefore necessarily extend the Muftilik of Molla Husrev to cover the period in the reign of Mehmed II from which the Muftilik of Abdulkerim appears to have been removed . |
| 14 | On the other hand , the idea of having to use the same ball that went into touch if you want to take a quick throw-in is a red herring . |
| 15 | New friendships tend to be formed with people who are also on their own , and this tends to reinforce the feeling of having lost the desirable married status . |
| 16 | Partners , particularly in the smaller of the merging firms , often fear that they will lose out in the merger — even to the extent of having to leave the merged firm . |
| 17 | so so you 're proud of having stopped the oldest hunt in , in Scotland ? |
| 18 | ‘ If Britain now decides to meet the legally binding percentage reductions by importing low sulphur coal , or by burning gas , it will be accused of having twisted the other member states . |
| 19 | It gave her a marvellous feeling of having escaped the cold clutches of the north and all her unhappiness there . |
| 20 | Due to jamming , however , the tether could initially only be wound out to some 230 metres and , although it was subsequently freed , another attempt was cancelled to avoid the risk of having to jettison the Italian Space Agency satellite which had been safely recovered . |
| 21 | Mr De Haan said the original reason for going public was his father 's concern that as a private company , with no market in its shares , the family might one day be faced with the prospect of having to sell the entire business to meet death duties . |
| 22 | We have to think ourselves back into a social system and culture very different from our own if we are to respond , in the way P. C. Wren required , to the improbable events and exalted sentiments of the three Geste brothers who , to serve their adored aunt and their fraternal obligations , vanished into the Foreign Legion , taking upon themselves the imputation of having stolen the blue diamond which she had long ago sold and replaced by a fake for the sake of her extravagant husband . |
| 23 | We were able to boast of having set the lowest rates in west London and of providing sufficiently good services to attract the Leader of the Opposition to Conservative-controlled Ealing from Liberal-controlled Richmond . |
| 24 | On Oct. 1 it was reported that the Chadian authorities suspected Chadian refugees in Niger of having triggered the recent disturbances in the northern Tibesti region [ see p. 38427 ] . |
| 25 | In a statement issued shortly after Patten 's departure on Oct. 23 , Lu Ping , head of the Chinese State Council 's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office , accused Patten of having violated the Basic Law and also of having reneged on a series of secret Sino-British agreements on " convergence " between Hong Kong 's current political system and its post-1997 status as a special administrative region . |
| 26 | Harris demonstrates that " some HE speakers show evidence of having acquired the standard perfect form but less than complete control over its function . " |
| 27 | Some EDI users tackle the problem of having to satisfy the disparate requirements of a variety of trading partners by adding a software element which allows them to generate and read in messages in a variety of formats . |
| 28 | Labour notes that the introduction of CDT into schools has been adversely affected by the shortage of teachers and the influence of having to balance the three elements of the subject . |
| 29 | For England , another barren draw would end the year with a groan and put them in the position of having to begin the final run-in to the World Cup after nine months without a goal . |
| 30 | These Regulations , which came into force on 31 December 1992 , allow dormant companies that do not want to appoint auditors to use the written resolution procedure instead of having to pass the necessary special resolution in general meeting . |