Having purchased the film rights to Journey's End, British producers Michael Balcon and Thomas Welsh agreed that Whale's experience directing the London and Broadway productions of the play made him the best choice to direct the film.

Having purchased the Achilleion in 1907 after Sissi's death, he appointed Carl Ludwig Sprenger as the botanical architect of the Palace, and also built a bridge to be named by the locals after him: " Kaiser's bridge " ( Greek: η γέφυρα του Κάιζερ transliterated as: i yefyra tou Kaizer ), to access the beach without traversing the road forming the island's main artery to the south.

Having acquired the centerpiece of the room, Whistler's painting of The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, American industrialist and aesthete Charles Lang Freer purchased the entire room in 1904 from Leyland's heirs, including Leyland's daughter and her husband, the British artist Val Prinsep.

Having saved some money, about 1830 Jeanerette purchased Pine Grove Plantation, formerly known as Beau Pré ( meaning Lovely Meadow / pasture ).

Having purchased the property for £ 8, 000 he finally sold it to the Highlands and Islands Development Board in 1979 for £ 135, 000.

Having struggled to compete with more modern family attractions, Flevohof went bankrupt in 1993, and was subsequently purchased by the Walibi Group that autumn, who redeveloped the site as an amusement park.

Having passed by inheritance through two further families it was purchased by Sir John Brockley in 1433 who was Lord Mayor of London at the time.

Having grown too large for its tent, the church purchased its first plot of land, at Seodaemun ( 서대문 ).

Having purchased the seat of Tregony he " was resolved to go the whole hog ", and became one of the strongest and most visible supporters of Pitt.

Having purchased the Sandy Lane site, the club developed and played at the Manor Ground between 1925 and 2001.

Having purchased the deed to the island from whence he obtained his treasure, Edmond is able to place himself in the upper strata of Parisian society and assume the role of one of the most influential men in all of France.

Having purchased Thorn EMI's Screen Entertainment division in 1986, Cannon Films was severely stretched, and faced bankruptcy.

Having previously purchased the Pelham interest, he unsuccessfully contested the constituency against Charles Rose Ellis and Ellis's cousin, George Ellis, at the general election in May 1796.

Having purchased the office of secretary of state he was knighted and entered upon its duties towards the end of 1668, just after he had helped to arrange an important treaty between England and France.

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Having purchased the theater, Haliday, together with Harvey, converted the Brattle into a popular movie house for the showing of art films.

Having explored numerous sites in Anatolia and Ionian Islands, they continued to Athens, where they purchased fragments of sculpture from the Parthenon: " We purchased two fine fragments of the frieze which we found inserted over the doorways in the town, and were presented with a beautiful trunk which had fallen from the metopes, and lay neglected in the garden of a Turk ".

Having begun operations in 1853, the company was purchased in August 1882 by the Grand Trunk Railway system and fully merged by 1884.

Having purchased a large lot in Palm Springs, the Edris ' commissioned Williams as both the architect and the contractor for the job.

Having seen his resignation rejected he oversaw a sixth place finish in the Conference and, when chairman Peter Hill resigned, he purchased the majority shareholding in the club in partnership with Joan Fennessy — thus saving it from going under.

Having heard of some giant's bones at a neighbouring farmhouse on the Sarandis, a small stream entering the Rio Negro, I rode there accompanied by my host, and purchased for the value of eighteen pence the head of an animal equalling in size that of the hippopotamus.

Having some wealth, Thomas purchased land for lumber in Midwestern Ontario and Horatio was raised in relative comfort.

Having recently purchased an Apple II computer, Porter had the idea that a personal computer could be used to buy and sell stock.

Having captured Louisbourg in 1758, the British sailed up to Quebec the following year thanks to charts drawn up by James Cook.

Having amassed an army of over 7, 000 troops in Quebec, Burgoyne was also led to believe by reports that he could rely on the support of large numbers of Native Americans and American Loyalists who would rally to the flag once the British came south.

Having first elected a Catholic to the office of Prime Minister in 1896, many outside Quebec were proud to claim a relative lack of religious bigotry in Canadian politics.

Having to deal with a rough budget, and because of the election promise, the Quebec government changed the Grants and Loans program by transforming $ 103 million of grants into loans, nearly doubling the debt of the poorest students.

Having left this region for Quebec, the descendants made their way over generations to the St. John river valley.

Having also played amateur hockey in Verdun, Quebec, Crawford moved to Saskatchewan, settling in Prince Albert, and played in Saskatoon for a couple seasons before he joined the Quebec Bulldogs in 1912 and became a top scorer in the NHA during his time there.

Having suffered in the past from numerous health problems including a hip replacement, 73-year-old salesman George Zeliotis became an advocate for reducing waiting times for patients in Quebec hospitals.

Having played baseball throughout his youth, Spalding first played competitively with the Rockford Pioneers, a youth team, which he joined in 1865.

“ We never could stand each other, and instead of taking pressure off me, they put on even more by bringing Carlos Reutemann into the team .” Having announced his decision to quit Ferrari at season's end, Lauda left early due to the team's decision to run the then unknown Gilles Villeneuve in a third car at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Having already been linked to his sister Adele on stage, Astaire was initially very reluctant to become part of another dance team.

Having " nine elite players ", " the most talented top six forwards on one team since the days of the Edmonton Oilers " was not good enough as the franchise failed to win the Northwest Division title, ending the NHL record streak.

Having the second-worst team record in the 2010 – 11 season as well as the Clippers ' first round pick that they received in the Mo Williams / Baron Davis trade, the Cavaliers had high odds of winning an early draft pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, with a 22. 7 % chance of their pick becoming # 1 overall.

Having missed the playoffs for the second time in three years, the team underwent numerous personnel changes in the off-season.

Having scored the first win of his Test captaincy, Taylor led his team to a 295-run win in the Second Test.

Having managed themselves since their reformation, the band signed a deal with Khalid Schröder's Kool Management in mid-2008, and started work on their fifth studio album Welcome to the Dance, involving a smaller team of North American musicians such as The Writing Camp, Adam Messinger, Nasri Atweh, Bill Blast, and Aaron Pearce.

Having first attracted the attention of national team selectors in the Coupe Gambardella tournament, Platini was selected for the French junior team, but injuries prevented him from playing.

Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l ' Automobile ( FIA ) after a performance delivery promise by his team boss, Peter Sauber.

Having finished the NHL season in Detroit, he was returned to Adirondack for the AHL playoffs which the team won to take the Calder Cup championship.

Having considered using an outside design team, Ford turned inside to their own Special Products Division.

Having long been established as the most successful non-league team in the FA Cup – having defeated major Football League teams, most famously Sunderland in the 4th Round in 1949, going on to play in front of more than 81, 000 against Manchester United at Maine Road.

Having found the heroin, IAD is capable of arresting Lem, but Kavanaugh wants him to incriminate the whole team and has him wear a wire.

Having gone deep once while with the Marlins, Beckett has thus hit more home runs playing for an American League team than a National League team.

Having entered Parliament, May became a member of William Hague's front-bench Opposition team, as Shadow Spokesman for Schools, Disabled People and Women ( 1998 – June 1999 ).

Having seen the rest of his team watching a hologram of an attractive lady the day before, in a dream Andy is inspired to eliminate the monitor in favor of the cheaper holographic projector.

Having appointed a team of anthropologists and forensic investigators, and having ordered the military to cooperate and indicate possible sites for the unmarked graves, his government succeeded in unearthing remains of leftists disappeared during the 1970s and 1980s military rule.

Having played 50 straight games for the Canadiens, leading them in goal scoring, power play points and second on the team in overall points, Lang suffered an achilles tendon injury, sidelining him for the remainder of the regular season.

Having lost star players such as Schifcofske, Smith, Croker and Woolford in key positions, the Raiders found themselves with a new captain in Alan Tongue relying on young, inexperienced players such as Todd Carney, William Zillman and Michael Dobson to step up and take on more prominent roles within the team.

Having established their co-work in Hep Stars Andersson and Ulvaeus continued both as songwriting team to Polar-record company as well as duo Björn & Benny which eventually led to ABBA.

Having reached the limits on team scholarships, Bliss surreptitiously paid Dennehy's tuition and that of teammate Corey Herring.