Example sentences of "by having " in BNC.
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| 1 | A journalist politician , Meredith Herbert , is made a minister — perhaps in order that he should be damaged by having to deal with the people on the streets ; he is , perhaps , physically beaten up . |
| 2 | But the remaining 43 were to be elected by local and national politicians on a vocational basis : that is , they had to be elected to five panels for which they would qualify by having the requisite vocational expertise — administrative , cultural — educational , labour , industrial and commercial , and agricultural . |
| 3 | But the church 's clerics still took offence , particularly at the point that local people should be encouraged to take an interest in the schools by having some financial responsibility for them through local government . |
| 4 | It is likely that this is caused not by having less religious education , but by the fact that they tend to be peopled by children of classes who have traditionally fewer links with the church , and include parents making active decisions to keep their children out of the clergy 's grasp . |
| 5 | It is now time to put the twin concepts of line and centre-line into practice by having your partner launch attacks . |
| 6 | All were outshopped in standard InterCity ‘ raspberry ripple ’ coach livery but distinguished from ordinary service stock by having white-painted roofs . |
| 7 | We are so encumbered by having British literature in our foreground that … one must speak of it in disproportion . |
| 8 | One needs Ford Madox Ford 's emphasis on ‘ the Mediterranean basin , to understand that ‘ tovarisch ’ is being dignified by having his exploits measured against the myths of ancient Greece — for instance , that of Cadmus , founder of Thebes , who sowed dragon 's teeth from which sprang warriors which fought among themselves until only five remained . |
| 9 | The don in him could be satisfied and its conscience allayed by having intellectually broken into the truth . |
| 10 | Boomer was a handsome man with a great deal of charm and became the favourite professional of the rich who visited Paris , playing with such luminaries as Sir Philip Sassoon , who rewarded Boomer by having suits made up for him from Savile Row . |
| 11 | The problem , Mr Vickerman said , was to ensure that while all students were able to use technology appropriate to their subjects , some examination candidates should not be disadvantaged by having less advanced calculators than others . |
| 12 | However , the more popular recipe is empathy , achieved by having the patience to allow the complainant sufficient time to air the problem ( reinforcing the importance of allowing neighbourhood police autonomy to manage their own time ) , coupled with displays of sympathy , understanding , and even agreement . |
| 13 | The school at Repton achieved a record by having as its headmasters two future Archbishops of Canterbury in succession . |
| 14 | For example , if you had n't spent so much on a ‘ super duper ’ multi-flange guitar pedal , you could have made a profit by having more band T-shirts on sale at your gigs . |
| 15 | Even when Samuel is facing death by having his throat cut in the Gents the exchange goes like this , ‘ Mother of Mary , that reminds me of my poor Joseph going . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , whatever success was achieved within these programmes it was not enough to change the general picture of an agricultural system which could only expand production by having access to more land . |
| 17 | Again , by having imagined wrongly that primitive societies were classless , Engels denied Marxists the use of the general sociological tools which had been developed in Marx 's work . |
| 18 | Reproduction of the slender frames of the original wrought-iron casements was effected by having the new fixed and opening lights fabricated from standard steel sections , colour-coated to match the finish of the original metalwork . |
| 19 | Her memory of the room had been of a dingy , barrack-like hall with fine plaster swags , marred by the fact that chunks of them had been missing , and they , and the room , not improved by having been painted in a weird mixture of colour : purple , pink , green , ochre , rather like the bike belonging to the old man on the S-Bahn . |
| 20 | While some of the same satirical zest is evident in The Bed Sitting Room ( 1969 ) , Lester 's chronicle of a post-holocaust world where a stunned Ralph Richardson imagines he is turning into a bedsitter and a doctor tries to keep the old traditions alive by having someone read the BBC News , and the film shows evidence of a superabundant imagination , the narrative is too unfocused for the satirical barbs to hit home , and the result is often tedious to watch . |
| 21 | And Mr Ataie 's thesis that the British have a deep-seated reverence for war is too easily symbolised by having Penny make Remembrance Day poppies or court Sya in front of a military monument . |
| 22 | By having to concede free elections at the round-table talks on Thursday night , the Communists have , in effect , accepted they will in future be only one partner in a pluralist political system . |
| 23 | More than three in five complained about noisy and drunk passengers and just over half were upset by having to travel with smokers . |
| 24 | Woven carpets , such as Axminster and Wilton , are still second to none in design and quality , and these are still produced by having the backing and the pile both woven at the same time . |
| 25 | After eighteen years of respected service in the parish he caused a scandal by having an affair with a young woman who was placed under his roof . |
| 26 | The 1000 or so members of the meek class who presented themselves at the conference , were , suitably enough , unruffled by having been shunted from the Sorbonne to the techno-chic sidings at Porte de la Villette . |
| 27 | Thors was a small price to pay for the risks that Britain would be running by having American missiles deployed in her crowded islands . |
| 28 | The conflict reached heights of black farce when the editor told a parliamentary meeting that his staff was betraying him , and ended his speech by having a heart attack . |
| 29 | Clearly they were helped by having hardly any matches affected by the weather , but it was still a wonderfully sustained performance . |
| 30 | His captaincy suffered by having to succeed Brearley , for the Middlesex man 's wonderful understanding of the psychological needs of each of his players was something that Botham could never hope to emulate . |