Example sentences of "[conj] it had [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure of the Warsaw uprising , where it had several adherents among the Russian officers of the garrison , dealt the organization a severe blow . |
| 2 | It was the first contact between the LDP and the North Korean government , and marked a significant shift in policy by the latter communist regime , which had hitherto rejected overtures from the Japanese government on the grounds that it had diplomatic relations with South Korea . |
| 3 | Stirling Moss remarked that it had six gears but needed 16 , from which you can gather that it was a bit on the peaky side . |
| 4 | The company called it the most significant announcement in its personal computer history , adding that it had two aims : firstly , to become the number one in personal systems in Europe ; second , to be the number one supplier and implementor of choice for client-server technology . |
| 5 | When built 1622 was equipped with continuous stepboards , which means that it had two stepboards per side to allow for entry from ground level . |
| 6 | A solitary predator it resembled the grey wolf , except that it had two horns — one long ivory one in the centre of its forehead , and the other a squat and curved tusk at the tip of its nose . |
| 7 | So , I told them that it had new blades on but they wanted it really tight , and they wanted tightening up and that so yeah . |
| 8 | To those who argued that the policy was deluded , its sponsors could answer that it had good aims in view ; indeed , the more glaring the disappointment , the more glowing the colours in which those aims were painted . |
| 9 | 1.15 In Gregory 's case the plaintiff , who was injured in a way that could have been avoided by wearing a seat belt , suffered a 40 per cent total reduction since he was also travelling as a passenger in a car knowing that it had defective brakes . |
| 10 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 11 | By asking for the supplier 's commitment at this early stage , Pearl wanted a quality assurance check and formal assurance that it had realistic expectations . |
| 12 | It will also handle both little and big endian byte ordering so as to be able to run personal computer operating systems such as Windows NT as well as Unix , although the company denied that it had any plans to support NT on it — the capability is simply there if anyone wants it in the future , the company said . |
| 13 | The most telling comment on the wealth of the metropolis is that it had more men worth upwards of £100 than most other towns had taxpayers of all grades ; indeed , the number of four-figure assessments equalled the total taxpayers of some tiny market towns . |
| 14 | That it had paradisal origins is a simplistic assumption . |
| 15 | D'Hazeville 's was described in The Saturday Review as ‘ tame and commonplace ’ , although the assessors and Burn thought that it had sufficient merits to be placed fourth on their War Department lists . |
| 16 | The RHA felt that it had sufficient grounds for proceeding with the initiative , and it was proposed to make ‘ one or more senior appointments … with specific responsibility for coordinating plans and ensuring implementation ’ . |
| 17 | They listened to the Black story and admitted that it had important implications . |
| 18 | It has leg-like fins with fleshy bases like the coelacanth ; it seems very likely that it had air-breathing pouches from its gut like a lungfish . |
| 19 | She could tell by the feel of it that it had some papers inside , but she did not look at them . |
| 20 | FCA of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 1.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to carry out a review of its compliance procedures in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to warn clients of the extent to which they may be exposed to risk in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 , when the firm gave advice to clients such that , if acted upon , it would result in commission being received , it failed to inform those clients of that position in writing in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to issue engagement letters in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Camberley between 6 October 1989 and 22 August 1991 the firm failed to ensure that it had adequate records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 21 | Scotland was still , by contemporary standards , an unusually localized country , in which the government impinged less ; and it had two centuries of experience of long periods of royal minorities in which government and political life had to be kept going without the guiding hand of a monarch . |
| 22 | The combination of bishopric and monastery was one of the main results of the tenth-century monastic revival , and it had tenuous threads going back to the seventh century . |
| 23 | You were asked to phone in , so , erm , so our phone was out of order , so I had a phone card and it had four units on it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And it had other things going for it too . |
| 26 | This is the view cogently expressed by David Holbrook and it had many supporters among numbers in the National Association of Teachers of English . |
| 27 | Well that 's right , even with help from upstairs , I mean , if it had four wheels on right , alright . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | That 's if it had any sockets upstairs ! |
| 30 | The usefulness of the Grand Plan , even if it had few subscribers , was that it provided a cover . |