Example sentences of "it had [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 The prevalence of the idea of the Second World War as a ‘ good war ’ in Anglo-American culture makes it very hard to appreciate that those who tried to prevent it had good reasons for doing so .
2 It had different results for various sections in the community , but all were affected by it in some way , either directly or indirectly .
3 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 ’ .
4 But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study .
5 It had large sales for a time in England and America , but it had neither the originality nor the power of his first book .
6 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 .
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