Example sentences of "having [been] an [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 2 | Having devoted much of his career to the personnel function and having been an ardent advocate of participative management , he talks about such problems with an obvious depth of feeling . |
| 3 | ‘ An old family name , ’ he told his wife , though this was not true at all , his uncle 's being thus christened having been an isolated instance of the use of Hilbert . |
| 4 | Deep mining has ended in Ayrshire , after having been an important part of the economy of the county for hundreds of years . |
| 5 | The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago was declared in 1976 , the country having been an independent member of the Commonwealth since 1962 . |