Example sentences of "it had [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 and it had to appeal to a broader group .
2 The National Bank said that for 1990 it had to adhere to a strict monetary policy aimed at keeping the hard currency account deficit under $550,000,000 , that of the state budget under 10,000 million forints and inflation under 19 per cent — conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) when it approved an agreement to pave the way for additional foreign loans to maintain the country 's creditworthiness .
3 But , much to her surprise , when the bread was baked and she took it out , she found that it had turned to a beautiful large loaf of the finest wheat flour .
4 The upholstery of the seats had once been crimson : it had faded to a faint red glow , balding , springs occasionally exposed .
5 The regime was n't defeated although it had come to a dead end and the liberation movement did not conquer the situation although they made government impossible .
6 It is perhaps as well to remember at the outset that the main injury in this particular case was a hip injury which , if it had occurred to a younger man , would have produced an arthrodesis operation .
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