Example sentences of "having [indef pn] [to-vb] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recruitment is based on personality or physical attributes which are seen as having nothing to do with education ; |
| 2 | If parents have managed to instil in their child a sense of his own worth as an individual , then , whatever knocks that child may encounter as an adult , he will have the inner confidence which will enable him to pull through and make a success of his life — success in this context having nothing to do with money but with achieving one 's aims as an individual , whatever they may be . |
| 3 | If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars . |
| 4 | Members of Parliament , after all , engage in a wide range of activities , from private affairs having nothing to do with Parliament , to participating in debates inside the Chamber . |
| 5 | Applied to religion , people often say things like this : " I ca n't stand all the incense , candles and ceremony , and above all the sermons , so I 'm having nothing to do with religion " ; " I go to church because I love the music " . |
| 6 | Rank 's policy of having nothing to do with television prevented Balcon from becoming involved in any of the bids to secure a commercial television franchise in 1955 , and ensured that the film industry had no stake in the new medium . |
| 7 | The only rigour in Hennigian cladistics is produced by the straitjacket of assumptions that Hennig has fastened on himself and his version of the subject , which effectively separates it from having anything to do with evolution . |