Example sentences of "it had [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 2 | The LMSR Company was the biggest operator of commercial road vehicles in the country , and because of this , and the fact that it built all its own stock of horse-drawn vehicles and designed and built all the bodies to its own designs on various motor chassis , it had great influence on the development of commercial vehicles in Great Britain from the early 1920s until around 1940 . |
| 3 | It had black sheets on it , and George was not sure if that was their original colour or just the result of years of use . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it had serious repercussions on one of the housing stresses of London . |
| 5 | Well that 's right , even with help from upstairs , I mean , if it had four wheels on right , alright . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It had all trees on it and looked as if it had been made for picnics . |
| 8 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 9 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 10 | We had continuous news from the front , but unless it involved someone we knew , it had little effect on us . |
| 11 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 12 | It had little impact on the LSE students who , if they were in anything at all were likely to be inclined towards the Trotskyism of the International Socialists and the varieties of new leftism rather than this unknown creed . |
| 13 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 14 | ‘ It had two teddies on the front and the printed words : ‘ You are never far apart from someone you love ’ . ’ |
| 15 | The data was submitted on a confidential basis , because of the possibility of future publication , and so it is not possible to ascertain whether or not it had any influence on the deliberations of the Review body , but their conclusions on the quality of post-graduate geological research undertaken in Dundee and Strathclyde Universities were exactly in line with the quantitative findings described later . |
| 16 | Maybe it had some bearing on Uncle Fred 's last words to me as I went off to do my National Service in the army . |