The phrase "approve of having" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing agreement or support for a particular action or situation that involves possession or experience.
Example: "I approve of having more flexible working hours to improve employee satisfaction."
Alternatives: "support having" or "endorse having".
"Most of us can't afford — nor approve of — having an entire factory of workers".
Many in the city obviously approve of having the chance to vote for Mr. Bloomberg once more in November.
Robert Burns, a liberal thinker and poet who was had his disagreements with the conservative Scottish church of his day, "might not approve of having his birthday celebrated in church," said Richard Donohue, music director at South Congregational Church, 277 Main Street, Hartford, where Robert Burns Night is held annually.
In contrast, it is appropriate for the wrong kind of reason when an ideal subject would only approve of having the attitude but not manifesting it.
But his lack of sympathy for those who cling to psychological certainties he does not approve of has no kindness in it, no compassion.
S.E.C.: And he approves of having you here?
The CARA report says that the number of parents who approved of having a son or daughter pursue a church vocation declined by 25percentt from 1964 to 1974, but Ms. Gautier was unable to supply further details about that decline.
Of those who approved of having performers in the subway system at all (and a majority of the respondents did), 55 percent give money to performers on trains, and 45 percent never do, believing them to be a pox upon the commute.
Ms. Cavanagh of the Central Islip Coalition approves of having the developer fix up the foreclosed homes, but remains "very leery" of the work as a quid pro quo for allowing rental units.
A 2006 PIPA poll asking about restrictions placed on the U.S. by the treaties it had signed found 75percentt approved of having a rule against torture, while 21percentt said such a rule was too restrictive.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has been overseeing Mueller's investigation because Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself, approved of having a team other than Mueller's carry out the action, Bloomberg reports.
