Example sentences of "it had considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stony Stratford was the town nearest to Wolverton , and by comparison it had considerable charm . |
| 2 | No doubt it had considerable influence upon the book but Peter Green , author of the definitive ‘ Kenneth Grahame — a Biography ’ , believes the Fowey River to be the true setting of the tale . |
| 3 | It had considerable domestic use , and its alternative common name gives the clue to its culinary use . |
| 4 | It was never greatly used in food , even in mediaeval times , but it had considerable medicinal application , and still has , for certain ailments . |
| 5 | It had considerable influence in negotiating the Catholic Relief Acts of 1778 and 1791 and in preparing a new oath of allegiance . |
| 6 | The new machinery , though it had considerable defects , proved more efficient and much more flexible than the old . |
| 7 | Although South Dakota carried little electoral weight , either nationally or in terms of its proportion of delegates sent to the nominating convention , it had considerable significance for the Democratic contest in that it was adjacent to the native states of both Harkin and Kerrey , each of whom needed a good showing after their disappointing results in New Hampshire . |
| 8 | Toledo was of no military value to the Nationalist advance , but it had considerable religious , historic and emotional significance , for it was the seat of the head of the Catholic Church in Spain and had once been the hub of the Spanish empire . |