Example sentences of "[subord] it had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day that he received Palmerston 's letter , he replied that he had not intended to say that Gothic was re-established as the leading English architecture of the day , but rather its history and origin made a strong case for its revival in those countries where it had first flourished . |
| 2 | This orientation , Siemens suggests , was imposed from Teotihuacan where it had special astronomical and ritual significance . |
| 3 | The failure of the Warsaw uprising , where it had several adherents among the Russian officers of the garrison , dealt the organization a severe blow . |
| 4 | In the 1950s , the government of Colonel Oscar Osorio ( 1950–6 ) passed a law prohibiting prostitution in El Salvador , although it had little effect beyond filling the prisons for a short time . |
| 5 | More often , however , the term was reserved for Delaunay and his disciples , Bruce , Frost , Sonia Delaunay and Alice Bailly , and for painters such as Picabia , Kupka and Duchamp who had all been originally classified as Cubists but whose work was becoming more abstract , although it had little or nothing to do with that of Delaunay . |
| 6 | Once it had this raw patch on its nose and I went with Davey when he took it to the vet . |
| 7 | A man who could and would talk the hind legs back on to an injured donkey , provided it had decent proletarian credentials . |
| 8 | Someone once worked out that there were about a dozen words which appeared more often than any other in ad headlines , and concluded slightly illogically — that any ad would be better if it had one or more of them in the headline . |
| 9 | The idea of siphoning the matured learning of the Universities to the industrial and agricultural areas is as fresh and germane as if it had first been thought of last night . |
| 10 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 11 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 12 | Well that 's right , even with help from upstairs , I mean , if it had four wheels on right , alright . |
| 13 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 14 | But if it had better-information about what was likely to happen in the economy than the private sector , the government could take such measures . |
| 15 | Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections . |
| 16 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 17 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 18 | That 's if it had any sockets upstairs ! |
| 19 | All experience showed that an attack had some prospect of success only if it had numerical superiority in a ratio of at least 3 : 1 . |
| 20 | The usefulness of the Grand Plan , even if it had few subscribers , was that it provided a cover . |
| 21 | UNTAC would only be successful , Boutros-Ghali stressed , if it had adequate human and financial resources . |
| 22 | The more cross-holdings there are , the less chance of success for any outside raid on Hongkong Land , even if it had semi-official backing from the Chinese government . |
| 23 | After that , Waits retreats into his usual ho humdrum bummed-out bluesywoozy alkie drone mode mood muzak , the sort of mozzery gushy mush your dog would make if it had vocal chords and could handle its drink . |
| 24 | And I noticed that the skin was hanging loose in folds over the shoulder and behind it , as if it had fit a rounder form yesterday , before the rigours of birth . |
| 25 | We also told him that , as a matter of policy , regardless of the legal situation , we certainly would n't be prepared to offer the painting for sale unless it had first been offered to the museum to see whether it would be possible for them to re-acquire it . |
| 26 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 27 | Unless it had some other cause entirely … |
| 28 | Ever a man for taking the particular to exhibit the general , this allowed him a global crack at the Scots : he claimed that they were not interested in doing anything unless it had natural awkwardness in it : ‘ What can not be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient , will not often be done at all . |
| 29 | A local authority would be expected to offer these services before seeking an order unless it had clear evidence that the parents would be unwilling or incapable of making use of them . |
| 30 | ‘ John 's method of working would be : ‘ Okay , this is in C , ’ and unless it had abnormal changes we just went for it . |