Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say this because I am anxious that having decided to reject the modernist notion that there is no Devil — and therefore no Christian dualism — we should not be tempted to fall into the opposite error of conceiving our adversary as no more than a fiend . |
| 2 | In such contexts , the main clues showing that the speaker feels someone 's having dared to perform a certain action to be hard to imagine is the nature of the act itself or the circumstances under which it was performed . |
| 3 | He soon found , though , that he had not been eligible to join , having refused to join the top civil servants ' trade union which was then attempting to block a Foreign Office shake-up . |
| 4 | It looks certain that out-of-contract Rosenthal , who moved to Anfield from Standard Liege three years ago , will leave the Reds , having refused to sign a one-year deal . |
| 5 | Fujimori accused Gen. Salinas of having attempted to organize an unpublicised coup in July 1990 to prevent him from coming to office . |
| 6 | My institute would wish for it 's concern that having striven to establish the statutory qualification , the Diploma in Trading Standards , and consequently persuading employing authorities as officers holding that qualification use the title Trading Standards Officers now sees the potential of confusion . |
| 7 | The larger Fender headstock is adorned with F-stamped Kluson enclosed machines , these having begun to replace the original Kluson fitments from 1967 . |
| 8 | The authorities said that the attack was part of an inter-tribal war among local nomadic tribes who accused each other of having failed to join an anti-government opposition group set up in Libya . |
| 9 | Having failed to secure an absolute majority in the first round on April 12 ( his share of the vote was 44.95 per cent ) , Konare was obliged to contest a run-off against Tieoule Mamadou Konate , leader of the Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally ( US-RDA ) ( who won 14.51 per cent of the vote in the first round . |
| 10 | In a separate presidential election Momir Bulatovic of the Montenegrin LC defeated Ljubisa Stankovic of the Alliance of Reform Forces in a second-round run off on Dec. 23 , having failed to win an absolute majority in a three-candidate first round contest on Dec. 9 . |
| 11 | Stipe Mesic , the Vice-President of Croatia , assumed the office of President of the Presidency on May 20 , to which he said he was legally entitled , despite having failed to win an absolute majority of five votes . |
| 12 | Bett Brothers , the property , housing and leisure group , has ceased operations at Bett Trucks having failed to find a main distributor for Leyland Daf , its franchiser . |
| 13 | The move not only split the opposition , but also eradicated Roh 's problem of having failed to achieve an overall legislative majority in the 1988 elections . |
| 14 | The Meech Lake Accord , a package of amendments to the Canadian Constitution , collapsed on June 23 , having failed to achieve the necessary ratification by the legislatures of all 10 provinces within two years of its passage by the federal House of Commons ( on June 22 , 1988 ) . |
| 15 | Having received this notice of intention to wind up their company at Coldharbour Road , Smith & Jones once more offered £500 , this time in an open letter , in full and final satisfaction of the claim for £1250 , GFT having failed to provide a satisfactory explanation as to damage and delay . |
| 16 | Newpaper Publishing , owner of the Independent , having failed to buy the rival Observer , decided to raise extra capital . |
| 17 | Having failed to lure the former coach Chalky White away from the Rugby Football Union , the Tigers are to advertise the post with a salary of around £20,000 , plus a pension and car . |
| 18 | Similarly , having chosen to use a large Chorus , John Doyle has not developed their ritual of voice and movement far enough . |