Example sentences of "having [adv] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward recalls this attitude clearly among the Swindon-Welsh cronies of his paternal grandmother : ‘ They used to remark how well my father was doing , my grandfather who had long been dead having only been a fitter ’ . |
| 2 | The present name of Colonna del Verziere is new , the column having once been the column of the cross ' — after the statue of Christ holding an iron cross was added in the seventeenth-century — or ‘ of San Matroniano ’ . |
| 3 | Having once been the protected member of the family , it was now upon him that responsibilities began to fall . |
| 4 | This is particularly so in the field of Scottish education , where folklore about having once been the best in the world has too easily fostered the delusion that restoring the old ways is the route to excellence . |
| 5 | Both sides said that Bush was too busy with the Gulf War , but US unease about events in the Baltic was widely assessed as having also been a factor . |
| 6 | ( The Paviours Arms in Page Street , Westminster is a good example , having originally been a showpiece of restrained and elegant design . ) |
| 7 | Like Paul of Tarsus , Augustine of Hippo was a convert to Christianity , having previously been a Manichee and then a Neoplatonist like Plotinus . |
| 8 | The State of Bahrain became fully independent in 1971 , having previously been a British protected state . |
| 9 | The State of Bahrain became fully independent in 1971 , having previously been a British protected state . |
| 10 | She joins the company at Olympia Exhibition Centre , having previously been a manager with Roux Restaurants Ltd . |
| 11 | Shanahan took over the Raiders in February last year having previously been the offensive co-ordinator with the Denver Broncos . |
| 12 | Here in particular one can find an increase which merely reflects new legislation affecting causes for divorce — for example , the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1937 which introduced desertion , cruelty and incurable insanity as further grounds for divorce , adultery having previously been the only one . |
| 13 | Rees-Mogg 's predecessor as vice-chairman of the BBC , Lord Bonham-Carter , son of Lady Violet and grandson of Asquith , was another member of the Great and Good with a political background , having briefly been a Liberal MP . |