Example sentences of "it had good [noun] " 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 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 .
3 The house had not the vistas or the parkland of Auckland Castle , and its chapel could hardly compete with the chapel at Auckland , but it had good walks along the Ouse .
4 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 .
5 It had good ears .
6 Tanzania is caught in this trap : it had good rains in 1986 and its cotton crop doubled from the previous year .
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