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The phrase "a motion having been" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in formal contexts, such as legal or parliamentary language, to indicate that a motion has been proposed or discussed.
Example: "A motion having been put forward, the committee proceeded to vote on the proposal."
Alternatives: "a motion that has been" or "a motion which was".
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A motion has been made in the Consulative Assembly to set up a Ministry of Victims of the War.
A motion has been filed with the residual special court for Sierra Leone (RSCSL) who are responsible for determining where he serves his sentence.
A motion has been tabled in the House of Lords to regret that the treaty is contrary to UK human rights commitments.
A motion has been made and seconded that the resignation of Mr. J. Folkart be accepted, he having ['regressed' crossed out] ['broken' crossed out] violated the most important law, having transgressed Yom Kippur Day.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that such a motion has been brought against a minister of the crown, and it is clearly not an undertaking we enter into lightly.
Significantly, a motion has been tabled at the Lib Dem conference that supports the target and criticises the apparent retreat from climate change policy being undertaken by Osborne and others in the Conservative Party.
Lady Ottolin e Morrell, D. H. Lawrence's privileged but republican patron, found the whole thing a "hateful" display, and even its enthusiasts had to have felt modernity creeping in around the edges: a motion had been introduced in Parliament to ban anyone from flying an airplane over the central city during the ceremony.
A motion has been passed through the New South Wales parliament which formally acknowledges that the Gweagal people are the "rightful owners" of the shield and spears and that the hostilities enacted upon the aboriginal warriors on that day in 1770 were "the first act of a genocide of the indigenous population known as the Frontier Wars".
A motion has been passed calling for the resignation of a Wigan councillor who spent £2,500 on sex chat lines while using a council-issued phone.
But a few weeks ago, we heard on the programme how a motion had been introduced into the Scottish Parliament, which sought to question the presumption that mainstream education was always the best option for disabled pupils.
"There are a number of reasons why we are already profoundly unhappy with Fifa's behaviour and conduct and this adds to that list". A motion has been lodged at the Scottish Parliament calling for Fifa's poppy ban to be scrapped.
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