Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [to-vb] the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The larger Fender headstock is adorned with F-stamped Kluson enclosed machines , these having begun to replace the original Kluson fitments from 1967 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Newpaper Publishing , owner of the Independent , having failed to buy the rival Observer , decided to raise extra capital . |
| 7 | 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 . |