Example sentences of "had the [noun] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " uncommon " road from Salisbury to Romsey had the advan-tage of running through flint-laden chalk . |
| 2 | Miguel had provided a carriage and pair for the newly-weds , and they had the privilege of riding up to Casa Madrid , where they rested and freshened up while the rest of the guests walked up the hill . |
| 3 | She had hardly been in the country a month when she had the privilege of speaking on TV during a midnight service from George Square , Glasgow , on Christmas Eve . |
| 4 | ‘ They will allow me to have a taste of what Ryan had the privilege of enjoying — albeit , ’ he added , smiling , ‘ with certain restrictions . |
| 5 | I had the privilege of making three recordings with her : the Mozart Requiem for Virgin and Britten 's Spring Symphony and Elgar 's Apostles for Chandos . |
| 6 | I had the privilege of leading two teams of Council of Europe observers to elections in east Germany and , recently , Poland , and I have spoken to Bulgarians , Hungarians , and Czechs — the last two are now full members of the Council of Europe . |
| 7 | The subscription was 5/- a year if paid in one sum or 1/6 a quarter but all persons under 20 years of age one shilling quarterly , for which they received a signed ticket of admission and also had the privilege of introducing a lady to the free lectures , the members themselves were admitted ( at half price ) to lectures where a charge was made . |
| 8 | At 0900 promptly the youngest and newest recruit had the privilege of pressing the button . |
| 9 | By long history the Bishop of Durham had the privilege of standing at the right hand of the sovereign throughout the coronation as her chief supporter . |
| 10 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
| 11 | A few months ago I had the privilege of visiting the brand new Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York City . |
| 12 | For example , I had the privilege of visiting Australia last week , when I met a good friend of the hon. Member for Newham , North-East . |
| 13 | She also had the privilege of visiting the Williams home . |
| 14 | I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with Morrissey shortly before the release of ‘ Kill Uncle ’ . |
| 15 | For most of the eighties this post was held by Robin Catford — of whom more later — who had the privilege of having the tenancy of the best room in Number 10 . |
| 16 | I recently had the privilege of opening the display on biotechnology in George street . |
| 17 | A minority with professional qualifications e.g. doctors , nurses , accountants , had the privilege of working outside the more difficult and depressing areas . |
| 18 | ‘ He had a commanding presence in meetings and was held in great esteem by all who had the privilege of working with him . ’ |
| 19 | Much of the past , indeed , survived in the special traditions and interests of soldiers and although the outstanding example was Germany , as the Zabern incident was to show ( below , p. 212 ) , it was recognized even in Great Britain that the Guards had the privilege of avoiding the duller overseas stations . |
| 20 | She had the ordeal of telling her story to both the Star and the Sun . |
| 21 | He was still at Berkhamsted at the end of June , but at least then he had the relief of writing to his council with somewhat more reassuring news from Northumberland . |
| 22 | However the day turns out , she will already have enjoyed the prospect and had the excitement of looking forward to a pleasurable outing . |
| 23 | The main method of alkali manufacture at the time was that of Nicolas Leblanc , which had the defect of pouring into the air large quantities of hydrogen chloride gas , a pollutant of extreme severity . |
| 24 | The obvious introductions were made , and what ensued was to bring more pleasure to Repton than any job he had ever done — ‘ such a specimen of my art , ’ he wrote of his work at Sheringham , ‘ as I never before had the opportunity of displaying ’ . |
| 25 | We recently had the opportunity of trying out the latest handheld transceiver in the ICOM range , the IC-A20 MkII . |
| 26 | The whole world had the opportunity of hearing on television what President Yeltsin thought . |
| 27 | This surely , whatever else it means , this , for this scripture here surely means that those people who had the opportunity of accepting Christ , of responding to him , but who have rejected him , they are in exactly the same position as Pontius Pilate . |
| 28 | At that time we also ran a children 's hospital , so that I had the opportunity of seeing the effects of treatment on acute surgical cases , both pre- and post-operatively , as well as dealing with some fairly ill children and a good mix of diagnostic and management problems in the adult unit . |
| 29 | Mrs Prentiss , the American consul 's wife , in her last letter to America , said that she had the opportunity of leaving St Pierre with her husband on an American schooner , but decided that the situation did not warrant it . |
| 30 | Pilate had the opportunity of coming to him , but instead he delivered Jesus to be crucified . |