Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it had [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I find that an extraordinary statement of policy , because I had always believed that , in so far as it had any justification at all , the Labour party 's commitment to unilateralism , to the closure of bases , to the withdrawal from NATO , was based on a principle — on a deeply held conviction that those things were wrong .
3 The usefulness of the Grand Plan , even if it had few subscribers , was that it provided a cover .
4 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 .
5 This suited me very well because it had large rooms and wide doors .
6 They doubt whether the Court of Appeal would reach the same conclusion today as it had last year about the reliability of the convictions , since the Guildford case had raised questions on the adequacy of reviews of possible wrongful conviction .
7 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 .
8 The BF on the other hand was named after the new Italian experiment in 1923 , even though it had little direct knowledge of the aims and ideas of Mussolini .
9 Sir Robert Cecil , then Governor of the society , was still not satisfied and he cancelled the current lease at Christmas 1597 , even though it had one and a half years to run .
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