Example sentences of "to having [art] " in BNC.

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1 Many admitted to having a doze through a meaningless movie presentation that talked more of light and energy , love and space than the car .
2 To have to submit to having a part of one 's body removed while one slept was going to be bad .
3 But plenty of people thought it the height of irresponsibility to allocate £11 million to having a fling .
4 They were both in banking , and were therefore used to making quick decisions and to having a lot of responsibility .
5 WP How do you think Hungary will adapt to having a real parliamentary democracy ?
6 The initial interview indicated that they knew little about their drugs and 20% admitted to having a problem , some relying on others to sort them out ; some evolving a system which helped them ; and others omitting to take the drugs altogether .
7 They are used to having a lot of rain , mist and cloud .
8 Anxiety is commonly intermingled with fear and takes the form of restlessness ; it is a mental anxiety and uneasiness that makes the patient toss and turn , get up and walk about , move from place to place , one position to another but they become so weak that eventually , in very serious diseases , he is prostrate even to having a deathly aspect .
9 This is preferable to having a ‘ shopping list ’ of skills where the items on the list will inevitably vary in importance depending upon the situation .
10 Conflicts spread over thousands of years have still not resolved the problems arising from that claim , and justification of it from the scriptures , has proved completely ineffective , and surely this is bound to happen , for the human race , whether in part or as a whole will never meekly submit to having a religion or political system simply thrust upon it .
11 I also asked him to look at the Twyford Down plan with a view to having a tunnel under the Down rather than a cutting .
12 Now that Kilwinning has mushroomed from being a small village to having a population of almost 16,500 , it is to be hoped that some of the new residents will take an interest in the town 's historic past and will ensure the continued existence of the Ancient Society of Kilwinning Archers and the papingo shoot .
13 The nearest Britain came to having a deaf monarch was in the case of Prince Albert Victor , eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales , later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra .
14 Among humans , social bonding includes everything from nodding , winking and shaking hands , to having a good cuddle .
15 Three in 10 workers admit to having a ‘ spouse ’ in the office while remaining faithful to husbands or wives at home .
16 As we do this , we can encourage consistently those in whom this gift is developing , and perhaps see some move from prophesying to having a mature ministry as a prophet .
17 By the time she was ten years old the nearest she came to having a bath was to stand on the bathmat and sponge herself down .
18 They are quite happy to question you , though , and are not averse to having a look through your personal items when your back is turned .
19 For many charities it would mean moving from having your own portfolio to having a unit in a managed portfolio .
20 They require a missionary team , which , in addition to having a gifted leader , comprises a task force with an allocation of funds .
21 Although there are certain pills which might help you at present , from what you have told me I suspect your own very real aversion to having a child is fairly deep-seated .
22 ‘ But I still do n't see how this affects your attitude to having a child of your own . ’
23 If you are eating healthily , taking regular exercise and fighting stress with relaxation techniques , you should be well on the way to having a good-looking skin .
24 It 's when people are opinionated , as opposed to having a properly argued opinion that I lose patience with them .
25 She had a pile of laundry but was unused to having a machine at her disposal .
26 BRITISH shoppers can look forward to having a bigger say in their deaths when funeral supermarkets hit the streets .
27 A duo-pitch roof must have ventilation openings at eaves level on opposite sides of the roof providing ventilation equivalent to having a continuous strip , 10mm wide , running the full length of the eaves .
28 He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten .
29 Birtwell acknowledges that there are advantages to having a settle side , but he also pinpoints what he sees as great drawbacks to this approach .
30 But so often there are tears behind the smiles , and Pam came close to having a breakdown a couple of years or so back .
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