Example sentences of "[that] it had [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1930s and 1940s research on one large mollusc , the squid , revealed that it had truly giant nerve axons , which could be dissected out individually and were big enough to insert electrodes into . |
| 2 | Here was a country so backward that it had only one landing strip , a mile of tarmacadam road , six schools and two hospitals that were really little more than clinics . |
| 3 | One glance at Hannah 's meadows told me that it had very real prospects because it did not have the lush , emerald green appearance of chemically fertilized land . |
| 4 | Disappointed , though , that it had so little capacity , that the machine 's power was squandered so liberally on the user interface rather than running the applications . |
| 5 | The emperor attended the première , and seemed to approve , despite his observation that it had too many notes ( ‘ Just as many as are necessary , your majesty , ’ Mozart is said to have replied ) . |