Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] having a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When Mum can relax in a deck chair and the children can enjoy making sand pipes and castles or having a donkey ride .
2 They characterise the management of secondary schools as having a number of features — many of which may be attributed to the absence of effective staff management policies .
3 There was now a need to ensure both activities were seen by parents as having a purpose
4 unc diameter drift pins , turned to close tolerances to fit snugly into the jig drilled holes and having a head at one end and the other end tapered , for driving .
5 For these reasons , Erik Wright ( 1985 ) regards the very top managers as having a class position among the capitalist ( upper ) class , while the managerial and professional middle class occupy ‘ contradictory class locations ’ combining some elements of capitalistic control with other elements of proletarian dependence .
6 This was primarily intended for young people and was planned as an opportunity for combining further education and general stimulus with making friends and having a holiday .
7 Well precisely for that reason , that not only this particular person , but lots of other people at times cause trouble , and I 'm not always there erm and Pauline , who 's next to me , who you 'll probably talk to in a minute — she 's over eighty , she 'll kill me for telling you that because she does n't look it , she only looks about forty , but — erm she stuck in there and people are frightened and erm worried about her , and the fact is that erm there 's no other way of calling the police than having a phone .
8 To be known to the police as having a history of crime is sufficient to be categorized a gouger , and people in Easton who are well known as gougers are always the first suspects .
9 Put your hand up , I ca Okay , it may be worth , in that case , having a look at past papers and having a go at writing the essays .
10 Men may , for example , both see themselves as ‘ stronger ’ than women and tend to see women as more weak and passive , but also see women as having a power over them that can seem to engulf the man in forms of emotional dependence by which he may feel threatened .
11 It was an objective of the project that such good practices as having a library and resources committee , the more informed selection of books , and the development of study skills programmes should continue and grow , and it is fair to ask whether or not this has been the case .
12 Durkheim saw relations within localities as having a function in these processes , albeit a mainly facilitating one .
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