Example sentences of "[conj] having been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could remember how , after moving out here and having been a city-dweller all of his life , he 'd come to realise that he 'd never known what true darkness was ; even away from houses and street lighting there had always been a faint , reflected amber cast to the sky , but here there was nothing . |
| 2 | Having devoted much of his career to the personnel function and having been an ardent advocate of participative management , he talks about such problems with an obvious depth of feeling . |
| 3 | He regards this somewhat gruelling routine as having been a vital part of his training . |
| 4 | In a very small percentage of cases someone was described as having been a Free Presbyterian . |
| 5 | In whatever way it is financed , such investment is regarded by some as having been a direct loss to the domestic economy and as such having contributed to Britain 's poor investment record [ Singh , 1977 ] . |
| 6 | legendary king of Assyria represented by ancient writers as having been an effeminate voluptuary who reigned in the ninth century BC . |
| 7 | He regarded being chief secretary , with its need to cut departmental spending throughout Government , as having been the toughest of the jobs ‘ in terms of sheer workload ’ . |
| 8 | Scott and his friend returned year after year in search of poetic treasure , and Scott is recorded as having been the first man ever to tackle the rough tracks into Liddesdale in a carriage . |
| 9 | I regard as having been the greatest achievement of the English courts in my judicial lifetime . |