Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fines , donations of money , packets of crisps , biscuits and home-made cakes , were imposed for ludicrous offences : not having clipped the hedge , or having clipped the hedge ; leaving a gate open ; having , or not having , curtains across the windows . |
| 2 | More specifically , in allowing certain individuals the benefits of incorporation the state is viewed as having made a concession or having bestowed a privilege on them . |
| 3 | Dr Arnold lauded the Reference team as much as he did his favourite orchestra , who sat down and played his works without any rehearsals or having read the music . |
| 4 | Rather than having made a fortune in tips tonight , she had actually come up ten dollars short . |
| 5 | Paul tells the Ephesians that having heard the word of truth and having believed the good news of salvation , they are ‘ in Christ ’ and have been sealed with the Holy Spirit who was promised long ago ( 1:13 , cf. 2 Cor. 2:21 ) . |
| 6 | We have been mesmerised by Dean Acheson saying that having lost an empire , Britain has not yet found a role . |
| 7 | Er , I understand there was problem because of the computer breakdown which caused a certain record to be lost but then I discover that there is no copy of man manual copy of orders sent to the contractors for repairs kept so that having lost the computer record the council do not know what lights have been reported to contractor for repair and then find out the basic clients |
| 8 | It is significant that having conducted a review of the ‘ state of the art ’ in these areas , and drawn up a list of generalisations about the change process in education , Bolam cautions that generalisations ‘ should be regarded as working hypotheses and pointers for future study since their basis in research is weak ’ . |
| 9 | Mr McCausland said that having made a survey of the non-drinking areas implemented by other councils he was convinced that Belfast was being treated ‘ less sympathetically ’ than elsewhere in the province . |
| 10 | But if I tell her the truth and insist upon it , I shall be disobeying my husband and causing his mother unnecessary worry , she reflected , and was forced to accept that having made a cross for her back , she would have to bear it . |
| 11 | We were unaware that having crossed the Webi we were now in Bale . |
| 12 | Glasgow South hopes that having proven the professionalism of Sales and Service operation all the blocks will be treated in early 1992 . |
| 13 | Fanny Burney said to Johnson that Shakespeare ‘ could never have seen a Caliban ’ , and Johnson told her that having seen a man Shakespeare knew how to vary one ; ‘ A man who would draw a monstrous cow , must first know what a cow commonly is ; or how can he tell that to give her an ass 's head or an elephant 's tusk will make her monstrous ? ’ |
| 14 | Relaxing a little , she told herself that having discovered the identity of R , it was not so essential to grill him after all ; but on the other hand , there was still the matter of the concealed photograph to be explained . |
| 15 | Ed Wallis , of PowerGen , was the first to openly admit that having paid the piper , he would expect a choice of tune . |
| 16 | The investigator also plans to follow up a finding that having perfected the distinction between meaning and message , children may come to view reality in a new way : incoming information can be construed as offering clues about reality , whereas before it was assumed to be reality . |
| 17 | I was amused by J. Lipton 's letter in the November issue , in which he says that having driven a nail in the wood , if it splits , he knows he should have used a screw . |
| 18 | Several of the Covenanters , including some of the officers , told Morton that the order of the day had been ‘ No quarter — No prisoners ’ and threatened to kill the prisoner but the powerful blacksmith declared that having spared the man 's life he would defend it with his own . |
| 19 | Continuing our top-down approach to discourse , it is logical that having identified the sender and receiver , the discourse type and the parts within it , we should turn our attention to organization within parts of the discourse — however these may have been identified and defined . |
| 20 | The final point to make is that having weighed the relevance and reliability of information , we then judge whether the benefits of accounting and reporting outweigh the costs . |
| 21 | The Prime Minister also feels that having taken the flak for the longest recession since the war , Mr Lamont is entitled to receive the laurels when the predicted recovery begins . |
| 22 | Life 's basic needs remains fairly constant — but we juggle the formula for fulfilment of these needs , until having reached a frenzy we go ‘ over the top ’ and the formula has to be reassembled . |
| 23 | Nigel having made his views clear by letter and having gained the support of the National Association of Water Power Users , no summons was issued . |
| 24 | Curiosity got the better of Yanto however , and having vaulted the fence , he made his way over the one hundred and fifty yards of re-claimed field that separated the pub from the riverbank . |
| 25 | Having reasserted the need for a national framework and having listed a set of general educational aims , the ministers set out ‘ the approach to the curriculum which they consider should now be followed in the years ahead ’ . |
| 26 | And having asked the question it now occurred to him that with this woman 's shrewd , sharp eyes upon him , he may be unable to bear the answer . |
| 27 | Only in the republics of Central Asia and in Azerbaijan did communist parties , having changed their names to ‘ socialist ’ or ‘ national-democratic ’ parties and having supported the independence and sovereignty of their republics , retain their positions . |
| 28 | And having made a couple of Winchesters , that 's er the big bottle , which was er eighty ounces . |
| 29 | And having made the mistake a bird seldom gets a second chance , for the startled butterfly takes off , not in the direction the bird might have expected but , apparently , backwards . |
| 30 | Having come this far , and having made the effort to come first , I reflected only briefly as the Commandant in front of me , with his four gold bars on his shoulders , signed a piece of paper and said , ‘ I 'm posting you to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . ’ |