Example sentences of "having been [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was fiercely proud of Scotland , having been indoctrinated by glowing tales from my Mother , and felt that the land was mine by birthright . |
| 2 | Having been reassured on this point , he had grudgingly accepted Ellen 's explanation that she had been given leave to visit him to see how he was coping alone , and had promptly put his daughter and her companion to work . |
| 3 | That was when the islanders voted to join Canada rather than resume the status of ’ responsible government ’ after having been run for 15 years by a commission from the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | This specimen lies on a slab of mudstone , the specimen itself having been converted into coal-like material — that is , into carbon . |
| 5 | Having been printed on fibre-based paper , the images were masked out , hand-coloured and sulphide-toned before being cut out and mounted onto plywood . |
| 6 | I have used this service for selling , although more so on the buying side , having been tempted on numerous occasions ! |
| 7 | " It having been Stated to this Meeting that a regular Ferry from Skiba to Gartbreck would contribute much to the Convenience of Travellers " they agree " to Engage a proper person , who will engage to maintain a proper Ferry Boat ready at all reasonable times to Ferry passengers … " |
| 8 | Can the Minister assure the House that , if a general election goes against his wishes and people cross their ballot papers having been influenced by Labour propaganda , he will accept that result ? |
| 9 | A feature of the blades is that several showed traces of having been made from river-worn cobbles . |
| 10 | Above all , this kind of political romanticism fosters the view that future arrangements can be attained when conflict and dispute will no longer take place , having been replaced by eternal harmony . |
| 11 | The North-East Gateshead annual open junior meet at Felling on Saturday ( 9.30am , 2 and 6pm ) and Sunday ( 9.30am and 2pm ) is again over subscribed with 2,000 entries having been accepted from 21 clubs and over 600 refused . |
| 12 | Although Summers presents government and law enforcement in America as having been riddled with clandestine behaviour , from the amount of material he gathered he would seen to have demonstrated the effectiveness of the Freedom of Information Act . |
| 13 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 14 | When his devotions are over , after the Mass , having been blessed by holy relics , he then dedicates the rest of the morning to the work of government of his empire . |
| 15 | Having been trained in Institutional Management I still like to keep my hand in by catering for private functions such as weddings and christenings , and I intersperse this with occasional cookery demonstrations for women 's groups in the area . |
| 16 | In all , 61 respondents were eventually contacted and interviewed , 28 were Detoxification Unit patients and 39 were Drugs Council clients , six individuals having been selected by both samples . |
| 17 | Goodwill had been encouraged by reciprocal representation on validation visits , but there was still strong opposition when Kerr accepted an invitation to meet the NCDAD at its premises at Park Crescent — having been warned by some polytechnic directors that he was going into the lion 's den and would be devoured . |
| 18 | Ira Dilworth , Lawren Harris and I journeyed together to Victoria for the funeral and none of us were pall-bearers , such details having been arranged by local friends and neighbours . |
| 19 | The neurophysiological parameters of LTP having been mapped with exquisite precision , the question of interest became its cellular mechanism . |
| 20 | W. J. Freeland set up groups of three mice , the different mice having been injected with different quantities of parasites . |
| 21 | But Runcorn will be without two players through suspension , with midfielder Gary Brabin 's original three match ban having been extended to six games after he reached 21 disciplinary points in the recent F.A . |
| 22 | She regarded herself as having been battered by uncontrollable forces , washed up in hostile , foreign waters against jagged rocks . |
| 23 | To prove contrary evidence it was necessary to have either positive proof that the document was returned to the sender or , if sent by recorded delivery , that there was no acknowledgement of receipt , or if there was evidence of the document having been received by some person , there was proof that the person was not the intended recipient and that he had not brought the document to the notice of the person required to be served . |
| 24 | The UDA had been blamed for about one-third of the killings of civilians in Northern Ireland over the previous 23 years ( more than 2,000 civilians having been killed during this period ) . |
| 25 | The good news is , therefore , that despite having been beaten by better sides , improvements are certainly to be expected . |
| 26 | Precisely what is meant by ‘ any substantial finding of contributory negligence ’ is open to some dispute at present , the view having been expressed by one judge that any contributory negligence greater than a minimal amount , must be substantial and hence prevent any interim payment . |
| 27 | Thank you , does touch on that issue and refers to the point that I made earlier that that the proposals having been referred to that policy and how it meets with er more work . |
| 28 | 1808 " It having been Represented to this Meeting that the Fund for raising the Militia men by a Publick Box was found Inadequate to raise the men , of course the Funds were found deficient by one Hundered and eight pounds 14/- … this Meeting consider themselves bound to advance upon this Deficiency the one half … |
| 29 | By the early 80's 80 per cent of children were in comprehensive schools — the system not having been adopted by all education authorities . |
| 30 | Any EC national may now reside in any member state to seek or take up employment , accompanied by his family ( Directive 68/360/EC ) , establish firms or provide services ( 73/148 ) and remain in that territory after having been employed in that State ( 70/1251 , 72/194 ) . |