Example sentences of "[subord] having [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index . |
| 2 | In a paper in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy I defended the view he rejected by saying that the ‘ nature ’ of the ‘ sensations as they are in their own nature ’ is the nature we apprehend them as having when a certain way of describing them comes to us naturally , and that the reason why a certain way of describing them comes to us naturally need not be a reason of which we are conscious . |
| 3 | Sisters were categorised by Orton ( 1980 ) as having either a high or a low student orientation . |
| 4 | This kind of group can be thought of as having only a minor role within counselling . |
| 5 | Schoolboys reveal themselves as having only a thin veneer of ‘ civilization ’ which , once the constraints of authority are removed , disappears , laying bare their ‘ true nature ’ which is violent , domineering , and competitive , resulting in the survival of the fittest in a most literal sense . |