Example sentences of "[noun] for having [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several hundred thousand Spaniards and non-Spaniards had died on the battlefields of Spain between 1936 and 1939 ; at least 200,000 more were to be executed during the next few years , 2,000,000 would suffer imprisonment or forced labour , and millions more again faced a lifetime of discrimination for having fought on behalf of the Republic . |
| 2 | The European Court of justice has been given the power to fine member states for having failed to comply with a Court judgment . |
| 3 | The Treaty on European Union has now given the European Court of Justice powers to fine member states for having failed to comply with a Court judgment . |
| 4 | Oliver Sweeney , who makes shoes for a select range of stores worldwide , believes there 's no excuse for having to break in new shoes : ‘ You are simply reshaping them to suit the shape of your feet , and weakening the construction . |
| 5 | Once , after a long negotiation , Swire invited Bevin for a drink and a sandwich at the City of London Club , and was reprimanded by the chairman for having brought ‘ a working man into the club ’ . |
| 6 | As Wilson recalled , his first experience of the courts occurred in April 1889 when he was fined five pounds and costs at Sunderland for having attempted to persuade two seamen to desert from the ss Edmonsley , an incident which Fairplay reported with glee . |
| 7 | Kirkbymoorside deserves sympathy for having lost its status as the only town in the country to have so far escaped the painter 's handiwork . |
| 8 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 9 | China , which had sharply criticized Gorbachev after his resignation for having caused " political chaos , ethnic strife and economic crisis " , nevertheless on Dec. 27 recognized as independent states the members of the CIS . |
| 10 | The situation is an exemplary one for a structuralist : a young critic is chided by a writer for having failed to identify the motive principle of his work , the ‘ figure in the carpet which governs every aspect of it . |
| 11 | At Pontefract yesterday Isobel Brown , who said her last permanent address was Moscow , was committed for three months in the second division for having delivered a speech at Castleford on Wednesday likely to cause disaffection . |
| 12 | I think that 's due to me in payment for having lost my job . |
| 13 | Since she hated cinnamon water next only to cod-liver oil it would be a suitable penance for having given Miss Beard a nasty moment . |
| 14 | Australian John Fahey , who won this year 's Pacific League and also received a special award for having competed in 100 World Cup qualifiers , went into third place in the speed warm-up with a rousing gallop of Tony Barlow Sorrento . |
| 15 | I have a great thankfulness for having known him and worked with him and learnt so much from him , and somehow I feel we 'll always have him with us in his paintings and the West Riding countryside and schools . |
| 16 | Havelock Wilson was not unwilling to accept the responsibility for having united the employers in this fashion even to the extent of acknowledging his rashness in so doing . |
| 17 | Even if the Western powers were to act now with speed , resolution and cohesion they will never escape the moral responsibility for having dithered . |
| 18 | Angelo 's judgement on Claudio , a death sentence for having got his bride with child , is severe but consistent with his principles , and he can affirm without hypocrisy , although self-righteously , Yet the confrontation with Isabella , come to appeal on her brother 's behalf , fills Angelo with desire for the first time in his life , and a soliloquy gives us this crucial information about his new state : Shakespeare there presents Angelo in a soliloquy nearer the mode of tragedy than comedy . |
| 19 | v. Chilton , the Court of Appeal held that a threat by A , a trading association , to put B , one of its members , on a ‘ stop list ’ ( which would prevent B from getting goods from the members of the association ) unless B paid a sum of money for having broken a rule of the association was not a tort . |
| 20 | Committed to an ideal of ‘ astronomy without hypotheses , ’ he nevertheless chided Copernicus for having employed the ‘ most absurd fable in order to demonstrate the true facts of nature from false causes . ’ |
| 21 | Classes are led by experienced staff , usually by staff at the drama school where the course is held , and at the end of the five weeks groups will present mini-production projects to each other , on which they will be assessed , and they will usually be given a certificate for having attended the course . |
| 22 | In an interview in The Washington Post published on May 30 , Barry admitted having smoked crack but blamed the federal authorities for having led him on and accused them of having tried to " kill " him by allowing him to consume the illegal drug . |
| 23 | I remembered a banker friend of my parents who was on trial for having raped his twelve-year-old niece ; Father had tut-tutted and said , ‘ I suppose he could not help himself . ’ |
| 24 | Yesterday , the Prime Minister had a go at my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition for having changed his position . |
| 25 | He criticized the judiciary for having lacked the " moral courage " to protect civil liberties , and on behalf of the Chilean state he asked the victims ' relatives for forgiveness . |
| 26 | To drive the archbishop into exile for having recognized a pope accepted by all Normandy would have been an act of political folly . |
| 27 | So that we can go and put our effort in the right places , I 'm awfully sorry to be erm having to push off er in a hurry , but , you know it 's partly my fault for having delayed the start , er |
| 28 | Billingsley asked with a mocking punctiliousness that was intended to humiliate me , but the humiliation was my own fault for having challenged the policeman 's lie . |
| 29 | Well , thanks for having put up with this thing . |
| 30 | I do n't see that in any combination of these Amendments , I very much hope that my Noble Friend will come back at the report stage with our grateful thanks for having found a process which will produce a body of co of o of appointed members on the police authorities of a position to influence but not to determine his policy and that should be an a position , I agree with my Noble Friend , Lord Motterstone subordinate to that of the magistrates . |