Example sentences of "of having the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To borrow a phrase from a biography of Van Gogh , the writer had had the advantage of having the artist as a coauthor . |
| 2 | The comfort of having the big glass here at last , he wrote , of living in the shadow of its coldness , its emptiness . |
| 3 | The idea of having the person attaching the cable ask if the airbrakes are closed and locked has been introduced in some clubs to try and prevent incidents where pilots take off with their airbrakes unlocked . |
| 4 | Defender also had the distinction of having the first woman finisher , Mandy Gallow . |
| 5 | Clark insists that he enjoys the responsibility of having the rest of the team looking to him to save the day . |
| 6 | They also had little experience either of designing parts together with the customer or of having the customer inspect ( and interfere with ) the suppliers ' own factories . |
| 7 | For most of the eighties this post was held by Robin Catford — of whom more later — who had the privilege of having the tenancy of the best room in Number 10 . |
| 8 | He felt a great deal of anger towards his wife and really wanted to express it to her but she had cheated him , as he saw it , by deliberately having an accident and dying and therefore depriving him of having the opportunity to say what he felt . |
| 9 | He also criticized the competition among Nonconformists ‘ of having the ‘ highest spire in the neighbourhood ’ ’ . |
| 10 | It 's not a question of having the perfect body , but finding the right garment to suit you . ’ |
| 11 | He points to the benefit of having the two major Manchester rail stations linked for the first time by the Manchester Metro , and explains how LRT systems , connecting outlying communities to the mainline service , can open up new passenger markets . |
| 12 | It would also solve the confusion of having the group 's financial controller reporting to two people , he said , and having two financial directors on the main board . |
| 13 | She said her only hope of having the boys returned was if her husband had difficulty in looking after them . |
| 14 | If so , what 's the point of having the conference at all ? |
| 15 | As the incumbent leader , Mrs Thatcher possessed the advantage of having the support of the party machine . |
| 16 | That the leadership was conducted by secret ballot was also important in counteracting the advantage to the Prime Minister of having the party machine on her side . |
| 17 | To his everlasting credit , Ritchie , instead of having the intruder thrown out , read it through carefully and promised to hand it personally to Auchinleck . |
| 18 | Although this exclusion of the junior consultant grades from private practice might well be unacceptable in this country , the Germans have recognized the usefulness of having the specialist readily available on the hospital site . |
| 19 | The underlying tissues thus become exposed giving the skin the appearance of having the upper layers destroyed as in a burn . |
| 20 | Canada also has the advantage of having the highest proportion of hydro-electric power of any major industrialised nation . |
| 21 | The Adhesives and Specialty Polymers group has seven production sites in the US , one in Canada and six in Europe , and is getting to the stage of having the same production capability in either region . |
| 22 | What is the point of having the ultra-powerful weapon if it is not armed with the correct ammunition ? |
| 23 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 24 | But what are the chances of having the financial security to make the most of retirement ? |
| 25 | The first edition , dated 1796 , apparently contained the notorious instruction , in the treatment of ‘ staggers ’ , of having the ‘ hair clipped off the pasterns as high as the fetlock , and boiling water poured on the part twice a day ’ . |
| 26 | And we also know that maintaining good health is a matter of having the right routine , getting into good habits . |
| 27 | But , even if work on the deep-disposal site gets under way this year , there is ‘ virtually no possibility of having the repository available before 1997 . ’ |
| 28 | Instead of having the machine score the various positions that could be reached after one play , it could generate and then evaluate all the positions possible after a play and a reply , or a play , a reply and a counter-reply . |
| 29 | So a cat entering your house and being welcomed there gave you the good luck of having the Devil on your side . |
| 30 | Service to shy and withdrawn youngsters may involve the art of leaving them alone , and of having the patience to wait until confidence and trust has been earned . |