Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] having " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firms that have particular local difficulties , through perhaps having a plant that is environmentally unfriendly , may offer generous school industry links to boost the firm 's image in the community . |
| 2 | The great thing about only having a licence fee is that you do retain complete editorial control and all the rights . |
| 3 | The good thing about only having one option is it cuts out a lot of rubbish you do n't have to think . |
| 4 | Irate with frustration through constantly having to pick up my pencils after bending over , I really thought I 'd cracked it when I bought a ‘ posh ’ mechanical pencil , with a clip . |
| 5 | Unless the man is a total stranger — and sometimes even then , too — a woman may blame herself for somehow having failed to prevent the attack . |
| 6 | One man who spoke about already having made the decision to only have safer sex was ridiculed by some of the others . |
| 7 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | The same applies to fulfilling the goal , worthwhile in itself to many , of merely having men in space . |
| 10 | Sefton , however , had their reward , winning the over 45 team race despite only having 10th placed John Dobie amongst the top 30 finishers . |
| 11 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 12 | She was a large woman , flushed with the exertion of constantly having to answer the door , and she still showed in her black hair , grey eyes and lovely skin , traces of her Irish forebears . |
| 13 | ADVANTAGES OF ONLY HAVING TWO IN THE GROUP |
| 14 | On the one hand she was filled with total elation at the prospect of soon having Kirsty with her . |
| 15 | And there 's also the cheap ego massage of just having people come up and recognizing you , which is very nice when you 're young but gets progressively more boring . |
| 16 | Sort of just having someone being there cos otherwise I 'd , I 'd spend a you know |
| 17 | The reason for this is straightforward , since if the established firm is in the position of already having sunk its fixed costs then it is naturally in a better position than the potential entrant , because the cost of the equipment is irrelevant to the decision as to whether to produce . |
| 18 | The other consequence was that , if Stewart kings did not live and reign until a ripe old age , they had the immeasurable advantage of always having been kings ; most were barely aware , some not at all , of any time in their lives when they had not worn the crown . |
| 19 | Make a point of always having more than one project on the go . |
| 20 | Thus monotony and fragmentation are intimately connected , and through the need to accomplish a long series of jobs each day , a feeling of always having too much to do may be added . |
| 21 | Northside , y'see , are professionals and follow the policy of always having the crap support band — in this case it 's been themselves . |
| 22 | Using something tangible like photographs keeps the memory load down to a minimum and eases the stress of always having to think of something to say . |
| 23 | A solution is suggested which combines the requirements of always having someone , with next to no power vacuum , at the helm , together with what today may be taken as being the common preference in the political parties for the Leader ( and hence Prime Minister ) to be elected . |
| 24 | Northside , y'see , are professionals and follow the policy of always having the crap support band — in this case it 's been themselves . |
| 25 | You fitted more snugly into society , especially , the tight little society around the Consul-General , if you were married and could take your wife along to dinner-parties with you , instead of forever having to be fixed up with a stray aunt or somebody . |
| 26 | Dublin can not bring itself publicly to renounce its territorial claim to the North , while privately living in dread of ever having to acknowledge a direct responsibility for Northern Ireland 's Protestants . |
| 27 | We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’ |
| 28 | And of course there was no question of her having escaped from a mental hospital or of ever having been in one . |
| 29 | Members of congress , by contrast , enjoy great power without responsibility ; it is possible for them to wallow in carping criticism and to engage in other negative tactics free from the anxiety of ever having to shoulder the responsibility for government — a burden that the president can not escape . |
| 30 | In any event , I have no recollection of ever having had any differences with her except on one occasion when she telephoned me to make a request with which I was unable to comply . |