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'À avoir eu' : what kind of form is this?

I have seen one form of using avoir, recently, like this: à avoir eu. I forgot the phrase itself, but, for example in this phrase I just found in Google: Les jeunes de l’OM sont 2 sur 14 à avoir ...
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Why “de” + infinitive instead of à + “-ant” in this construction?

In a French translation of The Bonfire of the Vanities, the English news headline "Please Finish Dying Before X Arrives" was translated Finissez Gentiment de Mourir Avant Que X N'arrive. I'm ...
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Preposition for “drive to”

What is the correct preposition to use with the verb conduire (to drive)? I suspect it is à but I cannot find any examples. I wanted to express this thought: I can drive to Montreal in 7 or 8 ...