Example sentences of "it had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It had central heating , a rarity in the experience of people like us who depended on open coal fires . |
| 32 | ‘ The MCC made a profit of £568,000 last year , it had administrative expenses of £2.2 million which included Pounds 47,000 spent on ‘ hospitality ’ — now they begrudge us the paltry sum of Pounds 17,000 for a worthy cause for the good of cricket . |
| 33 | In fact Mr Hingston found a slightly unusual account in that it had instant access so long as withdrawals were made by post . |
| 34 | It had sparkling white antimacassars new footmats and a splendid technicolour Guru Nanak pasted over its glove compartment . |
| 35 | Rudd designed his monocoque car for 1963 — ‘ it had clever tricks like inboard variable race suspension , but it was a dog ’ — and also he found himself committed by Sir Alfred to building a Le Mans car powered by Rover 's gas turbine . |
| 36 | It had small beginnings when Ian Muir , formerly with Cambuslang and West of Scotland , took a team north for a game against Edinburgh at Murrayfield in November 1984 . |
| 37 | 1.15 In Gregory 's case the plaintiff , who was injured in a way that could have been avoided by wearing a seat belt , suffered a 40 per cent total reduction since he was also travelling as a passenger in a car knowing that it had defective brakes . |
| 38 | Djilas did not at this stage of his analysis refer to bureaucracy as a class , though he recognized that it had exclusive control of production and distribution and that it expropriated the economic surplus for itself at the expense of the ‘ direct producers ’ . |
| 39 | It had regular contacts with Constantinople , notwithstanding its northern position ( near the city of Leningrad ) , by means of the river Dnieper and the Black Sea . |
| 40 | He thought he heard the clatter of it in the roads , oh it it had awful stuff of that kind . |
| 41 | It had long sleeves ; a tightness above imprisoned her neck with its white linen collar . |
| 42 | It had deep eaves and little stone eyebrows above each lead-paned window . |
| 43 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 44 | Unlike most dinosaurs it had sharp teeth with which it ate smaller creatures . |
| 45 | And although the proposal for a BPS women 's section was opposed by the women on the BPS Council , it had strong support among less powerful female psychologists , and students . |
| 46 | It had various elements : detention upon arrest should only continue if the person was unwilling to identify himself or herself ; or if there was a likelihood that he or she would not turn up at court ; or if there was a need to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence ; or if the arrest was essential to protect the arrested person or other persons or property or to secure evidence by questioning or other means . |
| 47 | It was the widest ramp , it had various height sections , many of the better skaters , the convenience of the nearby shopping precinct , and just the funniest and best skate sessions . |
| 48 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 49 | It had Breton blood but , like the Breton , was heavily crossed with the Friesian and became extinct by the 1960s . |
| 50 | In military terms , it had sole possession of the A-bomb ; in economic terms , it was in infinitely better shape than the war-torn Soviet Union . |
| 51 | She did n't catch what he said — his words too soft and indistinct — but his half-grin told her it had smutty connotations . |
| 52 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 53 | So , I told them that it had new blades on but they wanted it really tight , and they wanted tightening up and that so yeah . |
| 54 | It had new orders . |
| 55 | And it had other things going for it too . |
| 56 | It had complete control of the Soviet government and of all other significant sectors of Soviet society . |
| 57 | How dirty Glasgow was , Maggie thought , and yet , despite that , it had tremendous charm . |
| 58 | If this was a genetic accident , then it had tremendous significance in regard to unintentional evolution to homeothermy and great species longevity . |
| 59 | It was the first contact between the LDP and the North Korean government , and marked a significant shift in policy by the latter communist regime , which had hitherto rejected overtures from the Japanese government on the grounds that it had diplomatic relations with South Korea . |
| 60 | 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 . |