Example sentences of "it had [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 2 | In the 1460s , that was an outrage to accepted norms , and it had much to do with their downfall two years later . |
| 3 | Lucy also saw the plan Doreen had in mind , but she doubted that it had much to do with married couples in search of outdoor adventure . |
| 4 | The eighth-century chronicler Bede adopted the year-numbering system in his historical works and its use spread , for in a Christian country it had much to commend it . |
| 5 | The flip-flop , outlined in the first of a series of three press conferences last Wednesday ( with more to come today , Monday ) , turned far messier than it needed to be due largely to DEC 's inability to admit that it had flip-flopped to begin with . |
| 6 | Since there were few Third World states in the 1960s willing to offer the USSR the military facilities it desired it had little to lose from supporting the principled opposition of the non-aligned group to foreign military bases . |
| 7 | It had little to do with the real Queen Anne architecture of the early eighteenth century , but merely borrowed some of its features , such as , here at Linkenholt : the thick glazing bars on the dormer windows , the shell-shaped pediment over the central dormer , and the gently hipped roof lines . |
| 8 | It had little to do with The Smiths . |
| 9 | It had little to do with science in society , and writers Lawrence Moore and Robert Young seemed slightly self-conscious about this , using the words ‘ science ’ and ‘ technology ’ as much as possible in relation to management , roller coasters et al to compensate . |
| 10 | Though it had little to differentiate itself from its colleagues , apart from double ring-grips at both head and foot , its construction was more elaborate than the standard framed and panelled model — thus it was more expensive and carried a certain snob value . |
| 11 | The Court had a discretion on a reference by the Attorney-General ; it had first to decide whether the sentence was too lenient , and then whether it was unduly lenient . |
| 12 | ‘ It did n't have to stop there for re-fuelling — it had enough to land elsewhere . ’ |