Example sentences of "[adv] having the " in BNC.

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1 — I could n't do it properly , though , what with only having the one can on me . ’
2 They were both speaking in the slightly lowered tone that meant they did not want to be overheard , and were only having the discussion at all because they believed Belinda to be safely out of earshot .
3 There 's all sorts of accidents not only having the computer switched off , you might accidentally mess the file up or erase it or whatever , er , you 've still got the original copy on the disk so if you keep saving it every ten minutes or so , then you always lose more than ten minutes ' work .
4 In Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1931 ) 15 TC 693 , it was held that if the foreign law governing the non-resident trust vested the property in the trustees with the beneficiary taking no interest in the trust property as such but only having the right to enforce the performance of the trust in equity then , contrary to the decision in Archer-Shee v Baker , the taxpayer would not receive income from the actual assets held by the trust but would receive income from a foreign possession .
5 But then we 've always had a spare bedroom have n't we , only having the one child .
6 She 'd been amazed to see Nelson working for her — and even more amazed to see how good he was at it , laughing and chatting with the customers , apparently having the time of his life .
7 We have proved that it can be done without necessarily having the best players — Haguellar
8 We have proved that it can be done without necessarily having the best players in the world . ’
9 There are several related techniques , all having the common feature that some combination of the inputs ( resources consumed ) by health care programmes are compared with some combination of the outputs ( improvements in health obtained ) .
10 It should also be noticed that the surfaces v = constant , considered as embedded in the three-space , consist of nested two-surfaces all having the line in common .
11 As [ an ] example of such measures , all having the same effect — of keeping subjects perpetually at work and in poverty — we may mention the pyramids of Egypt …
12 Mostly short bushes , seldom over 3–4ft ( 1–1.2m ) , they are notable for crimson and purple single and semi-double blooms , all having the typically ‘ French ’ perfume .
13 Here and there one may find a row of houses all having the same supply , but very often two adjacent houses are supplied differently .
14 4 The same piece of string , 36cm long , can be pulled in to a lot of different rectangles all having the same perimeter , but different areas .
15 This set of words is called the word-initial cohort , since it is a set of words all having the same initial sound .
16 We may , therefore , take a beam of neutrons or electrons , all having the same , known velocity , and pass it through or reflect it from a sample .
17 It is bad enough having the sufferer saying one thing but really meaning another without the counsellor getting caught up in the same macabre " game " .
18 This was just as well , because I must have looked pea green , and it did n't make me feel any better to watch Olive sitting up front chatting to the pilot and navigator , obviously having the time of her life .
19 You can maintain ‘ official ownership ’ of your case by summarising for the minutes ( 'Following my proposal the meeting agreed … ' ) and by literally having the last word on the item : ‘ So we 're agreed on that .
20 Lambie had committed some form of cricketing treason instead of merely having the guts to reveal the Pakistanis ’ ball-tampering trickery in an unauthorised Daily Mirror newspaper article . ’
21 Maybe just having the space to say all the things they want to say , including the difficult and confusing things , as often and for as long as they want to say them , is what they seek help and support with .
22 Ace threw open a door and she collapsed behind it , just having the nerve to click the bolt before events overtook her .
23 That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time …
24 What are the difficulties about amalgamating these two management agencies and just having the one .
25 It 's just having the money is n't it ?
26 oh we 've put in a making the interview forms , just having the Welsh translation on the top .
27 just having the discipline to sit down and make sure that we e , do actually work this out and then do cover all the areas .
28 If people go to bed and are in bed for a week or more and we do all of that , all that stroking and loving , then when they actually go there 's a relief at them no longer having the pain and the shock . ’
29 The remaining three aircraft , seeing the intense opposition put up by the Harbour defences and no longer having the advantage of surprise , realised that they had no chance of entering the Harbour without being hit .
30 This was due to no longer having the flexibility and autonomy most secondees had enjoyed , and the involvement in the wider world which had particularly pleased them .
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