Example sentences of "having [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussions at the end of each lecture were animated and sometimes a little heated , for Hindu students , Muslims and Buddhists were a little critical at having to attend any Christian lecture and were very emphatic that they much preferred their own religion to that of Christianity . |
| 2 | Having developed such plant-specific skills , a worker will not be in a position to find a job of equivalent pay elsewhere , and so this factor , too , ‘ integrates ’ the worker into the plant , in the sense Mallet uses the term . |
| 3 | Sheppard died in 1937 without having developed any clear idea about what could be done to prevent war , apart from renouncing it . |
| 4 | It is known as ‘ The Key of England ’ , having guarded this vulnerable coast against invasion over many centuries . |
| 5 | The castle is known as the ‘ Key of England ’ having guarded this vulnerable coastline for centuries . |
| 6 | Having consulted all available evidence and carefully examined it for reliability , the historian has to decide , judge , evaluate and interpret in a final summary or synthesis . |
| 7 | As well as coping with that , she was also having to include some thorough and painstaking work on the Palmer & Pearson file which Naylor Massingham had handed her on Tuesday evening . |
| 8 | Having lobbed this nauseating gobbet of news , her mouth opens wider and wider . |
| 9 | The man , having given another quick , furtive glance round , darted to the fence along the Botanical Gardens . |
| 10 | To see the drake in full breeding plumage is quite rare , the dark brown and white plumage and graceful , curving tail-feathers , some nine inches in length , having given this attractive bird its alternative name of ‘ sea pheasant ’ . |
| 11 | Having completed this basic indoctrination , the budding smallholder will know better the joys and frustrations , the rewards and risks , the freedom and the discipline that make up farming . |
| 12 | ( 3 ) Companies are often at their most vulnerable after having completed some major restructuring which has caused profits to dip . |
| 13 | My cataract operation has been moved forward a fortnight for the rather odd reason that the hospital is ‘ having to cancel all non-urgent operations in October ’ . |
| 14 | Having come this great distance to intercede for her father , she now seemed instead to be constantly arguing with his shade . |
| 15 | Having carried this initial point , the Woodvilles then proceeded to dig in militarily and financially . |
| 16 | Having carried this initial point , the Woodvilles then proceeded to dig in militarily and financially . |
| 17 | By 1909 then , Picasso and Braque had initiated the first phase of Cubism ; the art which both painters were producing was the result of a new freedom which arose from their having discarded all scientific systems and theories . |
| 18 | ‘ I am sorry that at some stage you will find yourself having to meet this additional burden . ’ |
| 19 | The second approach is by examining ways in which the parties pay , but without having to find such large sums at the time of the litigation . |
| 20 | The individuals concerned were all members of the University of Iowa Writers ' Workshop , a group which , as Andreasen herself points out , is the oldest and most widely recognised creative teaching programme in the United States , having spawned such eminent authors as Robert Lowell , Kurt Vonnegut and Philip Roth . |
| 21 | Secondly , that despite the fact of the doctor having made all reasonable efforts to obtain consent , consent has been unreasonably withheld . ’ |
| 22 | But the NZRFU will now , having made such strong demands of South Africa , have to undertake a similarly intense drug-screening process in New Zealand . |
| 23 | Having made these general remarks , we may now briefly review the new exact solutions that have been presented . |
| 24 | He believes it would be extremely difficult for the Irish Government , having made these special exemptions , to announce that other parts of Mayo are now to be added to the list . |
| 25 | Having made those general comments , I shall now address specific matters raised in the debate by Opposition Members . |
| 26 | Prior to the debate Clinton had appeared to be marginally ahead of his rivals , having made some effective speeches and achieved 54 per cent support in a non-binding straw poll at the Florida Democratic convention . |
| 27 | Having made some preliminary enquiries as to Celia 's well-being and references to that of her own children , Edna had put ‘ Karen , my youngest , has just got her NNEB . |
| 28 | But if one does not believe them to be symbolically ‘ true ’ but false to one 's belief in human equality , there is no point in having made this sideways move . |
| 29 | Having made this pious demonstration , he signalled to all his people to come up , and they in their turn fell on their knees , rendering thanks to God for this great favour , while the Indians stood amazed at the rejoicing and the ecstasy of the Castilians … |
| 30 | They 've been working very hard , in some cases long hours I think it 's right because this is a similar discussion we had by Public Protection Committee about a report and the main thing about the report is to find ways in which this could be avoided and that we could take such action as necessary and obviously some matters to avoid such a happening again but having said that other parts of West Sussex have always tended to be erm when you get excess rain erm you tend to get flooded in on the train many times some houses have got boats down the bottom of their garden and it 's not just now it 's been flooded , but it has been flooded in more recent times and that 's probably something we should be looking at . |