Example sentences of "having the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political culture of Britain may then be characterized , in broad terms , as having the four orientations identified : empirical in terms of problem-solving and change , allegiant in terms of the political system , cooperative in making decisions , and trusting with relation to fellow countrymen and allies . |
| 2 | But this was opposed by the USA who , having the strictest standards in the world for the disposal of waste , would consequently have been unable to export waste anywhere else . |
| 3 | How far such practitioners attempt to facilitate a process in which these less consciously available feelings are related to present attitudes and behaviour must depend , firstly , on their confidence about the validity of such linkages , secondly on their conviction that this is useful , and thirdly on their having the necessary skills . |
| 4 | Here , experience of a particular sector is less important as a previous record of achievement in searching for such individuals than having the necessary weight and calibre to be able to attract those people . |
| 5 | Information having the necessary quality of confidence which is supplied by one party of a contract to another for the purpose of enabling that other to perform a contract will usually be subject to an obligation of confidence so that the recipient may only use it for the purpose of that contract . |
| 6 | Votes are successively transferred from candidates who have a surplus of votes over and above the quota and from candidates excluded as having the smallest number of votes in the relevant count . |
| 7 | Some stations stood in the heart of thriving capital cities and teemed with life day and night ; others in desolate fastnesses , where as Dickens remarked of the remote New England depots , ‘ the wild impossibility of anybody having the smallest reason to get out is only equalled by the apparently desperate hopelessness of there being anybody to get in ’ . |
| 8 | But having the perfect place is not enough . |
| 9 | Rather than risk not having the perfect shade she started buying those little sample containers and trying them out on a wall . |
| 10 | It 's not a question of having the perfect body , but finding the right garment to suit you . ’ |
| 11 | While Jamie is regarded in Hollywood as having the perfect body , Emma adopts a no-nonsense approach to acting that keeps the work flooding in . |
| 12 | Conversely , in Haringey , despite being capped and having the highest poll tax in the country , there was a 1.4% swing to Labour . |
| 13 | The average size of herds was in the 63–70 cow range with Leicestershire having the highest cow numbers and North Wales the lowest . |
| 14 | Among the countries of South East Asia , a recent World Bank report regards the Philippines as having the highest level of poverty and the lowest calory supply per head . |
| 15 | Per capita distribution of wealth roughly followed this division , the industrial countries having the highest standard of living and the agricultural nations of the south and east the lowest , but the figures do not exist for precise comparisons . |
| 16 | Canada also has the advantage of having the highest proportion of hydro-electric power of any major industrialised nation . |
| 17 | In particular , we need to explain the contrast between the high Scandinavian figures ( with Sweden having the highest rate of trade union membership in the western world ) , and the low levels of unionisation found in the United States and France . |
| 18 | NORTHERN Ireland stands out as having the highest number of long-term unemployed . |
| 19 | Each one of the following would in itself be almost an insuperable barrier to having the real issues of the case examined . |
| 20 | The two speeches which I have just analysed are probably the two greatest ones in the play as they both change the storyline dramatically , but Marc Antony 's speech having the better effect on the plebeians which seems unfair , as he was dishonest and Brutus was n't , yet he won the ‘ word ’ battle and lead on from there to become greater and greater in power . |
| 21 | The obligatory formation air-to-air session was completed without difficulty as the Aircoupe , whilst not having the fastest set of control and throttle responses in the world , is nonetheless quite easy to place accurately . |
| 22 | ‘ He taught me that you could win without having the fastest car , by tactics and organisation . |
| 23 | We may know these things on an intellectual level , but there 's nothing like having the emotional truth of them brought home on a gut level-none of us are free from some degree of the self-blame that makes so many women feel responsible for their own rape . |
| 24 | Having the right work environment or tools of work ; |
| 25 | Having the right attitude : unselfishness and compassion . |
| 26 | ‘ Then we attach the new care assistant to a member of staff , not necessarily the most experienced , but someone whom we see as having the right attitude to the residents . |
| 27 | She began to look into alternative methods of treatment — natural remedies , hypnotherapy , etc — and resented me for not participating and not having the right attitude . |
| 28 | But it but it 's often misinterpreted , as being of the right mind and having the right attitude , about understanding |
| 29 | Having the right livelihood : doing the kind of job where right action can be practised without compromise . |
| 30 | It differs from most kouroi in having the right foot forward and the arms raised from the elbow , something ( probably a bow ) grasped in the left fist and something lying on the open right palm . |