Having sold off much of its historically profitable commodities businesses, and many of the new speciality businesses, which it had failed to integrate, the company consisted mainly of the Dulux paints business, which quickly found itself the subject of a takeover by Akzo Nobel.

Having completed the first leg of its extensive European tour, which saw the band play 15 sold-out dates across nine countries, the UK leg of the tour sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale and included three London dates, the first of which was The O < sub > 2 </ sub > Arena on 13 October.

Having been ravaged by Habsburg troops in 1552, Noyon was sold to France in 1559, under the conditions of the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis.

Having performed together occasionally since 1981, in October, Keaggy, John Sferra and Daniel Pecchio reunited as Glass Harp for a concert in their hometown of Youngstown, Ohio at a sold out Powers Auditorium.

Having failed in several careers, Carnegie became fascinated with success and its link to self-confidence, and his books have since sold over 50 million copies.

Having recently sold his share of the seminal personal computer stores, the Byte Shop, Paul Terrell started looking for new ventures.

Having rebuilt Elswick plc as printing and packaging business focussed on self adhesive labels and garment labels, the group sold the bicycle division to Casket Ltd., a company who controlled the import-only Townsend brand.

Having failed, however, to obtain any share in politics, he returned to France in 1739, and subsequently sold Dawley.

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

Having sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in April 1803, Napoleon began to lose interest in his failing ventures in the Western Hemisphere.

Having returned to California, in 1973 Drake sold his half of the patent to Windsurfing International for the sum of $ 36, 000.

Having sold their property, they resettled their homes and fields in the villages further east.

Having added “ de Buffon ” to his name while traveling with the Duke, he repurchased the village of Buffon, which his father had meanwhile sold off.

Having sold over one billion copies ( in pulp booklet format ) worldwide, it is the most successful science fiction book series ever written.

Having sold his personal library to Academia Mihăileană, Kogălniceanu was in Paris and other Western European cities from 1845 to 1847, joining the Romanian student association ( Societatea Studenţilor Români ) that included Ghica, Bălcescu, and Rosetti and was presided over by the French poet Alphonse de Lamartine.

Having achieved remarkable sales success, the book has sold in excess of 2. 5 million copies worldwide and remained on the CBA top ten best-sellers list for over 150 consecutive weeks after its release.

Having been sold, it now operates as a fully owned and operated New Zealand company.

Having given up shoemaking in 1613, Böhme sold woollen gloves for a while, which caused him to regularly visit Prague to sell his wares.

Having sold more than 4, 000 copies during its first week, The New Black reached No. 200 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 15 on the Top Independent Albums, and No. 8 on the Top Heatseekers charts.

Having sold out presentations and the public requesting more, Sully has toured around the United States with this musical, where she sings 14 original Lupe songs.

Having sold 5000 copies at pub gigs the band decided that there was enough potential to leave their day jobs, and make the band a full time concern.

Having struggled to keep workers and failed to make enough money, in August 1837, Wyeth sold both his forts to the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ).

Having sold 1, 000 demos, Ten Yard Fight teamed up with Big Wheel Recreation to release the Hardcore Pride 7 " in 1996.

Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk, very early Indie Pop and early post punk bands such as Buzzcocks, The Smiths and Desperate Bicycles, Travis began to manage acts and distribute bands such as Scritti Politti and began the label, which was informed by left-wing politics and structured as a co-operative.

Having ( through my unflagging effort and devotion ) achieved stardom, a fortune and a world-renowned wife at an age when most young men are casting their first vote, Letch proceeded to neglect them all.

Having an extraordinary eidetic memory, he seems to have retained most or all of it.

Having located most of the stones of the original tomb, Crossing thought that it could be rebuilt in its original form with little effort, but it was not to be.

Having a hierarchical view of society, many traditionalist conservatives, including a few Americans, defend the monarchical political structure as the most natural and beneficial social arrangement.

Having lost most of China's economic and industrial centers, Chiang withdrew into the hinterlands, stretching the Japanese supply lines and bogging down Japanese soldiers in the vast Chinese interior.

Having originated among writers, the concept of cyberspace remains most popular in literature and film.

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.

Double-strung harps often have levers either on every string or on the most commonly sharped strings, for example C and F. Having two sets of strings allows the harpist's left and right hands to occupy the same range of notes without having both hands attempt to play the same string at the same time.

Having ravaged Apulia without bringing Fabius to battle, Hannibal decided to march through Samnium to Campania, one of the richest and most fertile provinces of Italy, hoping that the devastation would draw Fabius into battle.

Having the same structure and most mechanical components, the civilian Hummers were finished in automotive gloss paint, adding passenger car enhancements such as air conditioning, sound insulation, upgraded upholstery, stereo systems, wood trim, and convenience packages.

Having discovered that most young soldiers in the city seemed to be called Demetrios, he gave up and went to the largest church in the city, to find his rescuer on the wall.

' 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 calculated the parenthetical part of the expression, we start over again beginning with the left most value and move right.

Having received a special dispensation he continued his studies from home and so spent most of his seminary years as an external student.

Having founded the graduate program in electro-acoustic music at Dartmouth College with composer David Evan Jones in 1989, Appleton devoted most of his teaching to the graduate students in this program.

Having secured his precious charter for " Providence Plantations " from Parliament, in July 1644 Williams then published his most famous book, The Bloody Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience.

Presaging the word's subsequent 1980s association with electronic music, the word " rave " was a common term used regarding the music of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelia bands ( most notably The Yardbirds, who released an album in the US called Having a Rave Up ).

Having one of the country's richest historical, natural, artistic, cultural, musical and culinary heritages, it is also one of the most visited regions of Italy, with about 60 million tourists every year ( 2007 ).

Having been for a long period in history a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today one of the greatest immigrant-receiving regions in the country, with 454, 453 foreigners ( 9. 30 % of the regional population ) in 2008, the most recent of which are Romanian and Moroccan.

Having become the second most important general in the Union army, he thus had come full circle to the city where he started his war-time service as colonel of a non-existent infantry regiment.

Having revisited some of them in passing in Glue, Welsh brought most of the Trainspotting characters back for a sequel, Porno, in 2002.

Having retired from St Bartholomew's Hospital and his various other aforementioned positions, he passed most of this time reading general literature.

Having left all they had and having struggled to adapt to a new country and build a life, most of them never came back when the war was over.

Having been fortified the town withstood several sieges, specially during the wars of freedom waged by the Dutch against Spain, the most celebrated fight under its walls being the Battle of Zutphen in September 1586 when Sir Philip Sidney was mortally wounded.