Example sentences of "of [noun pl] having a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The act created the concept of commercial contracts and of traders having a firm registered at the ‘ Firm Registry ’ and also dealt with partnerships , limited partnerships , joint-stock companies , and co-operatives ( which were considered to be business enterprises ) . |
| 2 | That joke no doubt will appeal to all who question the value of accountants having a stranglehold on top jobs in Britain 's industry and commerce . |
| 3 | He stood there in the crowded classroom , half listening to Mrs Willmot , and thought of the inexorable process going on all round him — the lives whose courses were being decided at this moment , behind the innocent-seeming chatter , the smiles , the faintly carnival atmosphere of families having a day out . |
| 4 | In the study reported by Pezim and others , 5% of patients having a pouch procedure were identified as having indeterminant colitis . |
| 5 | In these often lonely circumstances people 's desire for medical advice may be acute , and with nearly nine tenths of households having a telephone in 1990 ( up from three quarters in 1981 ) , advice is becoming more accessible . |
| 6 | The notion of students having a say in decision-making — in planning , organising , managing and evaluating their education — pervades a vast array of positions and movements in education which come under a number of umbrella terms , such as ‘ alternative ’ , ‘ radical ’ , ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ libertarian ’ education . |
| 7 | But in the final instance , I 'm in favour of women having a choice and I reckon their choice is none of my business . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's nothing more than a crowd of women having a cup of tea . |
| 9 | ‘ It was just a bunch of mates having a drink . ’ |