Example sentences of "having given " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both writers and readers are affected by generally accepted ideas , without necessarily having given them independent thought . |
| 2 | The Savings and Investment Bank , said to be owned by property developer Victor Gray , closed its doors in July 1982 having given massive loan facilities . |
| 3 | Having given up racing , he kept himself in the thick of things through his Goodyear racing-tyre distributorship and by opening a racing school at Riverside . |
| 4 | Having given his news , he asked Lewis what he was writing . |
| 5 | The magazine , unfortunately with a deadline of well before Christmas , has this to say of Romania in its summary of how changes in Eastern Europe might affect the game there : ‘ No visible signs of change and with the recent party congress having given the despotic president Nicolae Ceausescu another five years in office and dissident opposition ruthlessly crushed by the secret police , Romania will remain in the Dark Ages for the foreseeable future . ’ . |
| 6 | Having given them the song , it was a hit and that 's when Tony DeFries picked up the management . |
| 7 | America , in the middle of destroying Iraq 's army , and having given Israel Patriot air-defence missiles , crews and intelligence , is uncertain whether it should still be considered in Israel 's debt . |
| 8 | By then England were 214 for 7 , only Allan Lamb , desperately needing a big score to stay in the team , having given the scorers much exercise . |
| 9 | Today , having given up smoking about twenty years ago , I find it unbelievable that I should have smoked as many as ten cigarettes a day ; but they were one of the things that helped to create a bond with Dana , something we could share . |
| 10 | We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so . |
| 11 | He got quite angry at the impossibility of Clarissa having given any such instructions . |
| 12 | Having given Moses a glimpse of that through the fingers of his hand , God commands him to cut two tablets of stone to replace those which were broken . |
| 13 | She rebuked herself , feeling deeply ashamed , for having given way earlier to despair and self-pity . |
| 14 | Having given the information , the first question that generally gets asked is , ‘ How long , doctor ? ’ |
| 15 | THE National Art Collection Fund has every reason to be pleased with itself at having given £250,000 of the £10 million needed to acquire Lord Cholmondeley 's Holbein , Lady with a Pet Squirrel , for the National Gallery . |
| 16 | But having given Labour false hopes , will the media now make sure that Labour suffers from false despair ? |
| 17 | Having given this example of structuring I perhaps need to make clear some of the terminology I have been using before looking at more examples . |
| 18 | The whole point of the consent would be violated if , having given it , one proceeded to deny the binding force of the authority 's directives . |
| 19 | The English climate , having given its clients a long series of warm sunny days , had decided that this must be paid for . |
| 20 | They said au revoir at Beirut , the first port of call , having given me a crash course in survival . |
| 21 | They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better . |
| 22 | Their adversaries approached , having given Hoomey a hand , geeing his horse up from behind with some hearty arm-waving . |
| 23 | If Whizzo had been any good Jazz could have transferred but Biddy , having given Whizzo the thumbs down , had found him a good home with a nervous lady in the suburbs and he was no longer available . |
| 24 | In Western Europe it is estimated that new cars will become , on average , 2% more fuel efficient per year to 1990 , Europe 's motor manufacturers having given the commitment to governments to improve the fuel efficiency of their 1985 models by 10% over the 1978 efficiency level . |
| 25 | The author is a health visitor and she describes her work in the community as having given her a ‘ positive and hopeful picture ’ . |
| 26 | The man , having given another quick , furtive glance round , darted to the fence along the Botanical Gardens . |
| 27 | Having given a brief overview of the social incidence , or the pattern of recorded crime , we will turn now to some of the problems involved in the use of criminal statistics . |
| 28 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 29 | The Recreation Ground was saturated but having given up hope the hot sun came out , covers were unravelled and a suspiciously soft pitch was revealed . |
| 30 | You may then marry after 21 clear days of having given notice . |