Example sentences of "it had [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In part it came about as a reaction to the inordinate complexity of S-R theory but , I believe , it had much more to do with S-R theory 's failure to cope with real psychological problems like the performance of radar operators , and with the availability of machines , computers , with mind-like properties that made it respectable to think in mentalistic terms again . |
| 2 | After the war , ‘ unfilled ’ vinyl was used because it had much less surface noise , and a few sets of unfilled vinyl 78s were made for early hi-fi buffs . |
| 3 | It had that brittle crinkly texture born of much hairdressing , and was ginger , of a brightness to which nature has always been too shy to aspire . |
| 4 | It had its posh end and it had its rough end and it had that strange indeterminate bit in the middle that was neither , but had the pretensions and failings of both . |
| 5 | It had that rustic look which only many years of weathering can attain . |
| 6 | And we went to the one next to it and it had all naked women in it . |
| 7 | Beyond this , it had little economic importance and did not function as a multilateral institution in any proper sense of the term . |
| 8 | The DUP was formed with the intention of increasing the non-evangelical element in the movement , but it had little initial success in broadening the recruiting base . |
| 9 | The BF on the other hand was named after the new Italian experiment in 1923 , even though it had little direct knowledge of the aims and ideas of Mussolini . |
| 10 | ‘ It had little sensible inexpensive things in it — a folding coat-hanger and something to put on one 's face … . |
| 11 | It is in domestic architecture that Ostia provides the most interesting revelations for here are astonishingly well preserved remains of insulae , the tenement blocks which must have been constructed in quantity in Rome itself and , since Ostia is so near and as it had such close association with the capital , probably of a very similar character . |
| 12 | It had such incredible dignity and power , and it was something that made these villagers , these people who were being so tiresome , give way to her as she walked through them , and it 's in the music . |
| 13 | It earned its living then , as it does now , by making things , and it had many small to medium firms . |
| 14 | The sentencer regarded the case as an exceptional one The Court considered that it had many exceptional features which would allow a sentencer to reduce the sentence which would otherwise have been imposed , but it was seldom in such a case that a sentence of less than seven years would be appropriate . |
| 15 | Though this was a less controversial aim it had less emotional kick . |
| 16 | By 1983 it had half that number on roll . |
| 17 | But John McQueen learnt it had more serious effects . |
| 18 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 19 | It had more egalitarian holdings , less interest by speculators ( because of its remoteness ) and , as the government authority tended to be weak , the settlers were more self-sufficient in setting up schools and cutting tracks and so forth ; moreover , it was less costly for central government . |
| 20 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 21 | In early studies it was called the residual — as such , it had more direct meaning , being no more nor less than a bundle of factors which can not be quantified individually . |
| 22 | It had more holy work to do this night . |
| 23 | It did n't quite reach up to Carfax , and it had another great landmark , as well as the big , rich college of Christchurch , and that was the Guildhall , built at the centre of the civic power , which was more or less , well , just where the Town Hall is now . |
| 24 | It had few civil servants and therefore few official secrets . |
| 25 | Most notably , it had several close encounters with the Earth , causing great upheavals , dividing the Red Sea , spattering the landscape with flaming petroleum , and in general making life sheer hell for our ancestors . |
| 26 | It had several gun-shot wounds . |
| 27 | It had several gun-shot wounds . |
| 28 | Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections . |
| 29 | That 's still a fair maximum for this car , and even with a lot of miles under its belt since it had any major attention ( and a tendency to hang-up slightly in second gear ) it will still pull 12.2secs to 60mph . |
| 30 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |