Example sentences of "having a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , only about I 'd say late twenties Ed , you know , do know what it was though , he never had a drink he just sat there talking to himself , having a good chat to somebody , aye |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not easy to change from having a regular wage to the uncertainty of the co-op , ’ says Santos . |
| 3 | It is owing to the fact that Christianity is a historical religion , having a necessary reference to a past period of human history , that such a discussion needs to proceed . |
| 4 | These moulds on a smaller scale , filled with earth and grain , and having a similar function to corn dollies , are also found in tombs . |
| 5 | Jeffrey : For many people involvement in campaigns around AIDS is having a similar effect to involvement in gay liberation campaigns , in that you get a tremendous sense of common feeling , almost a sort of euphoric sense of working together . |
| 6 | She suggests that this was perhaps because women have traditionally been seen as having a passive relation to language which is similar to that of a simultaneous interpreter who translates the ideas of others but does not produce any of her own ( 32 ) . |
| 7 | Section 268(1) provides that associated operations means any two or more operations of any kind , being : ( 1 ) operations which affect the same property , or one of which affects some property and the other or others of which affect property which represents , whether directly or indirectly , that property , or income arising from that property , or any property representing accumulations of any such income ; or ( 2 ) any two operations of which one is effected with reference to the other , or with a view to enabling the other to be effected , or facilitating it being effected , and any further operations having a like relation to any of those two , and so on whether those operations are effected by the same person or different persons , and whether or not they are simultaneous . |
| 8 | This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense . |
| 9 | The brokers then accepted instructions from the insurers ( i.e. a person having a contrary interest to that of the insured ) to obtain a report from assessors . |
| 10 | THE Flintstones are having a rocky transition to the big screen . |
| 11 | The unexpected feature of the quantum world is that the state resulting from this combination does not correspond to the electron being somewhere in the middle between " here " and " there " but rather to its having a certain probability to be found " here " and a certain probability to be found " there " . |
| 12 | For Warr , however , the issue is historical as well as moral , the reflection of an age-long struggle for rational laws rooted in ‘ a spirit of understanding big with freedom and having a single respect to people 's rights ’ . |
| 13 | As well as having a structured approach to content , there is also a need for a structured approach to concepts . |
| 14 | We do this by having a structured programme to our day which , hopefully introduces leaning to each individual 's life and encourages their participation in the daily tasks within the home . |
| 15 | This model sees local authorities as having a subordinate relationship to central government with little or no discretion in the task of implementing national policies . |
| 16 | For the health visitors , being professional meant having a particular orientation to the job and displaying oneself as a particular kind of person . |
| 17 | Rightly or wrongly , I could not accept that certain occupations having a particular duty to society could withdraw their essential services for financial considerations . |
| 18 | At a rally they heard the Labour leader John Smith repeat his criticism of the government having a fatal addiction to V A T. Several Conservative MPs have stepped up the pressure on senior ministers to reverse the plans . |
| 19 | I think if we go down not having a responsible position to our debts , repaying our debts in the long term , erm , we are going to be restricted on what we can borrow with the capital , because no government is going to , you know , my party or your party , is going to let us go on building debts , and more debts by giving us permission to borrow money and more money and more money . |
| 20 | Nigel said , ‘ We have also put enormous effort into improving availability , by investing in new machines , and by having a bank-wide commitment to providing the highest quality of service . |
| 21 | ( Perhaps this is why it is claimed that boys ' academic performance is higher in ‘ mixed ’ schools than in ‘ boys only ’ schools : they benefit from having a whole group to be better than ! |
| 22 | In terms of having a relaxed attitude to food the answer is yes . |