Example sentences of "having [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The independent republic of Honduras had been created a year previously , in 1838 , having once been part of Spanish America ; its fertile coastal plains surround a mountainous interior , rich in forests , and it just manages to have a 40-mile strip of southern coastline on the Pacific to complement its much longer Caribbean seaboard . |
| 2 | Gaidar had served as joint First Deputy Prime Minister since May , having formerly been Finance Minister . |
| 3 | He is Chairman of Inchcape having previously been Chairman and Chief Executive of Vickers . |
| 4 | Joined Guinness in March 1987 as Managing Director , Finance and Administration , having previously been Deputy Chief Executive of Eurotunnel , and Finance Director of Midland Bank and of BICC . |
| 5 | He had won the republic 's first direct presidential elections on Oct. 27 , 1990 [ see p. 37788 ] , having previously been Chair of the Supreme Soviet since January 1990 [ see p. 37195 ] . |