Example sentences of "it had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had blunt little claws on its stubby hands . |
| 2 | Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused . |
| 3 | But Washington said that while it had prior knowledge of the plot hatched by three disaffected officers , it did not actively back it . |
| 4 | As well as a sideswipe at the DTI 's failure to spend all the money it had available for industrial-academic arrangements such as the Link scheme , the spokesmen promised various schemes to improve public understanding of science . |
| 5 | Because this had been stated in the debate , Mr Sproat explained , it had legal standing and could not be overturned at a later date . |
| 6 | In 1900 it had nine ! |
| 7 | In addition , it had nine nursing homes , representing 737 beds , under construction . |
| 8 | It had nine tins of cream in it . |
| 9 | It had tall dark trees on each side , with rhododendron bushes behind , then at the end of the drive some great big steps and a massive oak front door . |
| 10 | ‘ It had sixteen teeth in the top jaw , ’ Albert said , ‘ which means its wisdom teeth too . |
| 11 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 12 | And three great big bins from from the they called them and I had three bins in my shed that I stored the barley in and I put the moisture extractor into them and it blew It had wee in it and it blew all the moisture out . |
| 13 | It was nothing really radical in terms of modern design — even apart from Malcolm having adapted it from a picture — but it had great presence . |
| 14 | It was adjacent to Saint Cloud , but it was of manageable proportions and it had great romantic charm . |
| 15 | But it had great difficulty in finding the necessary funds for this purpose , and , partly for this reason and partly because of sheer bureaucratic inefficiency , the payment of the subsidies was always much delayed . |
| 16 | The LMSR Company was the biggest operator of commercial road vehicles in the country , and because of this , and the fact that it built all its own stock of horse-drawn vehicles and designed and built all the bodies to its own designs on various motor chassis , it had great influence on the development of commercial vehicles in Great Britain from the early 1920s until around 1940 . |
| 17 | The result edged Liverpool into ninth place , 11 points behind leaders Norwich , but it had great personal significance for Souness . |
| 18 | Under the auspices of Scottish/Canadian editor Andy Gray , the paper was faced with a dilemma and one that it had great difficulty resolving , namely how a paper still steeped in show business traditions could come to terms with a new music that was deliberately and defiantly anti-commerciality and the supposed ‘ circus ’ of the pop world . |
| 19 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 20 | It was bloated and heavy , and the men gathered on the deck of the boat to receive it had great difficulty lifting it out of the water . |
| 21 | But it had great sentimental value . ’ |
| 22 | It had Elder Seth 's voice . |
| 23 | Oil Mill was particularly well placed for transport , for it had easy access to the road , canal and railway , a special branch line running from the latter across a substantial iron bridge to the rear of the mill , allowing direct loading and unloading . |
| 24 | I like the , there was , there was a , er big bill board in town , I du n no if you saw it and it says , I think it had Labour right , in really big letters , and they said who 's really behind me , it was a Conservative one , they said who 's really behind them and in it every one there 's like a T U C leader one of the union leaders |
| 25 | It had seventeen degree courses in operation , and was setting itself a target of 6–8000 full-time student equivalents by the early 1980s . |
| 26 | The Ribera exhibition now at the Prado until 25 August was a popular success in Naples ' Castel Sant'Elmo , whose romantic fastnesses suited the shadows of the artist 's style ; in the two and a half months until 17 May it had 80,000 visitors , which in Italy , for a serious exhibition , is a large number . |
| 27 | It had black sheets on it , and George was not sure if that was their original colour or just the result of years of use . |
| 28 | A warning , or a threat … it had sinister overtones . |
| 29 | It had tiny windows like a prison , and a high brick wall all round it . |
| 30 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |