# Having been drawn and enabled, but prior to regeneration, one is able to believe … able also to resist.

Having been informed that Solon was employed to draw up a code of laws for the Athenians, Anacharsis described his occupation, saying:

Having been told what the plant produced, Whorf wrote a chemical formula on a piece of paper, saying to the director: " I think this is what you're doing ".

Having been transformed into the consensus candidate, he secured the Democratic Party nomination, finishing with a victory in Jerry Brown's home state of California.

Having presided over relatively serene political, economic and social conditions, the feeling of prosperity in the UK had been maintained into the new millennium, and Labour would have a free hand to assert its ideals in the subsequent parliament.

Having been defeated by his brother's armies, Cem sought protection from the Knights of St. John in Rhodes.

Having been almost entirely rebuilt twice, once due to Japanese air raids during World War II, and again after being devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974, the city is one of Australia's most modern capitals.

Having spent the greater part of his early life in the twilight of Nero's reign, his formative years would have been strongly influenced by the political turmoil of the 60s, culminating with the civil war of 69, which brought his family to power.

Having been denied admission to the Polytechnique, Galois took the Baccalaureate examinations in order to enter the École Normale.

Having been charged with murder, Anjirō had fled Japan.

Having been defeated by a seven nation army at the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, he was forced to abdicate after the Six Days Campaign and the occupation of Paris.

Having said that, the literary sources of Priscus and Jordanes preserve only a few names, and three words, of the language of the Huns, which have been studied for more than a century and a half.

Having finished his political career, Genscher has been active as a lawyer and in international relations organizations.

Having been designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism since January 1984 ; Iran was in the midst of the Iran – Iraq War and could find few Western nations willing to supply it with weapons.

Having already been defeated by the Giants in the regular season, Baltimore was not favored to win, yet proceeded to take the title in sudden death overtime.

Having shown an early interest in art, Reynolds was apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable London portrait painter Thomas Hudson, who had also been born in Devon.

Having thus secured his eastern frontier, Justinian turned his attention to the West, where Arian Germanic kingdoms had been established in the territories of the former Western Roman Empire.

Having been raised in a large family, including 43 children, Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a hurdler on the short distance.

Having been detected, Kearny decided to attack, and organized his troops to advance on San Pasqual.

:::: Having been created of one essence.

Having been diagnosed with terminal cancer, Megrahi dropped the appeal and on 20 August 2009, was granted compassionate release from jail and repatriated to Libya.

Having been a prime mover in establishing a tradition of palaeoanthropological inquiry, he was able to motivate the next generation to continue it, notably within his own family, many of whom also became prominent.

' Having said this, he and most of the members who had a right to sit in Parliament, withdrew from the House ; so that there was not the fourth part of a quorum of lawful members present in the House when the Secluded Members, who had been voted out of the Parliament by those that had an undisputed authority over their own members, undertook to dissolve the Parliament, which was not to be done, unless by their own consent ; and whether that consent was ever given, is submitted to the judgment of all impartial men.

Having multiple artisans working on the Libro de juegos would have been a typical practice for medieval chanceries and scriptoria, where the labor of producing a manuscript was divided amongst individuals of varying capacities, for example the positions of scribe, draftsman, and apprentice cutting pages.

Having been sent to the prison planet after his Injustice League was defeated, Lex quickly assumes control of the amassed villains, receiving competition only from Joker and Gorilla Grodd, who convince half of the villains to join them.

Having refused to collaborate with Bonner Fellers in " Operation Blacklist " to exonerate Hirohito and the imperial family of criminal responsibility, he came under suspicion of war crimes.

Having very stern ideas of the dignity of a priest, Bossuet refused to descend to the usual devices for arousing popular interest.

Having been fired from his job as an astronomer for the Army Map service for homosexual behavior, Kameny refused to go quietly.

Having recovered freedom, La Rochelle refused entry to Du Guesclin, until Charles V recognized the privileges of the city in November 1372.

Having closer ties to the pasha than most, France refused to be a party to coercive measures against Ali despite having signed the note in the previous year.

Having no idea how to solve their problems, they pilfer some wine from the house, the taste of which inspires them to an even bolder theft-a set of oracles that Cleon has always refused to let anyone else see.

Having taken holy orders, Hall was offered the mastership of Blundell's School, Tiverton, but he refused it in favour of the living of Hawstead, Suffolk, to which he was presented ( 1601 ) by Sir Robert Drury.

Having refused an invitation to take part in the editorship of the Preussische Jahrbücher, in the same year ( 1866 ) he published his celebrated Zur Kritik und Geschichte des Goetheschen Textes.

Having refused several offers from Hollywood, she escaped from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1942 " because of the regime, because everything was bombed, and because all the good directors had left ".

Having dissolved the Arab Union with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Qasim refused entry into the federation, although his government recognized the republic and considered joining it later.

Having lent his support to Rab Butler, and strongly opposed the successful candidacy of the Earl of Home ( later Sir Alec Douglas-Home ), Macleod ( along with Enoch Powell ) refused to serve under the latter as Prime Minister ( though he did return to the shadow cabinet under Home after the 1964 election ).

Having always declined to do anything that smacked of lèse majesté, Egmont refused to heed Orange's warning, thus he and Horn decided to stay in the city.

Having only his own representations to guide them, and there being no question that Gregory's translation was uncanonical, while the election of Nectarius was open to grave censure as that of an unbaptized layman, Maximus also exhibiting letters from Peter the late venerable patriarch, to confirm his asserted communion with the church of Alexandria, the Italian bishops pronounced in favour of Maximus and refused to recognize either Gregory or Nectarius.

Having fallen from his cloak, the crown was found while Blood refused to give up, struggling with his captors and declaring, " It was a gallant attempt, however unsuccessful!

Having supported Austria in the Diet of the German Confederation in June 1866, he refused, contrary to the wishes of his parliament, to assent to the Prussian demand that Hanover should observe an unarmed neutrality during the Austro-Prussian War.

Having become a Christian when she was 10, Whelchel refused because of her Christian convictions.

Having been refused a prize owing to the prejudice against African provincials, he left Rome in disgust, and after travelling for some time set up at Tarraco as a teacher of rhetoric.

Having the last word on the matter, Joseph refused to walk his daughter down the aisle.

Having secured the land that he wanted, Raynald demanded his subsidies from the Emperor who refused them, pointing out that the main task had yet to be done.

Having refused to become a candidate for the imperial throne in 1619, Maximilian was faced with the complications arising from the outbreak of war in Bohemia.

Having refused to join the Baath Party, he has been faced many problems and tortured during his life until he left Iraq and spent 10 years in diaspora, living in Iran, Turkey and the Gulf countries.

Having heard this, he refused to live in Germany again.

Having promoted his niece Elizabeth as a favourite mistress of Peter III, he naturally greatly disliked his wife Catherine, and at first refused to serve under her, though she reinstated him in the dignity of chancellor.

Having refused Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing's offer to direct the 1996 comedy blockbuster The First Wives Club, Meyers eventually agreed on making her directional debut with The Parent Trap ( 1998 ) following the signing of a development deal with Walt Disney Pictures in 1997.