Example sentences of "it had [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although the earlier calculation of the value of the SDR in terms of a basket of sixteen currencies had the advantage of making it more stable in value than individual currencies , it had nevertheless certain shortcomings .
2 But , bit by bit , Haringey found that in setting 1989-90 's rate , it had rather more than the year 's expenditure to cover .
3 Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield .
4 In retrospect it was courageous legislation but it had curiously little bite .
5 On October 5 , 1934 , K3560 was released by the MAEE for its service trials by which time it had already clocked-up 122-½ hours flying time plus 881 hours at moorings without any problems .
6 This should put a stop to the sort of attempt made by Hanson after it had successfully taken-over Imperial .
7 The BCG matrix was chosen because it had clearly measurable axes for hypothetical examples , which is not the case for the McKinsey-GE matrix .
8 It seems that the centre flourished and that by the early 1980s it had over 300 pupils and 31 part-time teachers .
9 It had just one redeeming feature .
10 It had just one room up and one down , big enough only for two people to live in .
11 But it was a yellow car and it had like soft toys and that in the back .
12 describe it , it was brown , it had like red in it as well and it was so curly , it must have been natural .
13 Concepts like labour organized life in much the same way as the notion of God had done in the Middle Ages , and it had as little material reference .
14 The holiday began tomorrow — in fact it had as good as started already , since Bill was staying at home — and holidays always seemed to point the problem more sharply .
15 It had too many cares
16 The emperor attended the première , and seemed to approve , despite his observation that it had too many notes ( ‘ Just as many as are necessary , your majesty , ’ Mozart is said to have replied ) .
17 In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home .
18 Ace thought of it as some sort of insect , although she knew it had too many legs .
19 It had long white skirts .
20 ( The very lowest PTR of any English LEA was in the Isles of Scilly , but it had under 300 pupils in total ) ( CIPFA , 1989 ) .
21 Therefore , it is conceivable that a higher cost drug would be worthwhile , compared to the alternative , if it had much higher effectiveness .
22 The membership of SDS grew rapidly from about 4000 in 1965 to some 100,000 three years later , and throughout this period it had much larger numbers of supporters who identified themselves in some way with ‘ the Movement ’ .
23 Erm yeah they do tend to but I have seen er a friend of mine had a really nice smart one , it was erm it was black , it was just plain black and it had really thin straps and erm it went down , it was a V or something here ?
24 It had around three times the membership of the CFDT and received about half of the votes cast in enterprise committee elections .
25 In the six northern counties of England , it had very little effect on the landscape , except in the East Riding of Yorkshire .
26 It had very little warmth but the chilly air was helping to clear my head .
27 One glance at Hannah 's meadows told me that it had very real prospects because it did not have the lush , emerald green appearance of chemically fertilized land .
28 It had very few jewels in its crown .
29 Ltd. was registered on 19 April 1899 ; it had very widespread objectives , but was not yet operative .
30 It had very considerable influence in Germany up to the First World War , and also , in somewhat diluted form , in both Britain and America ( see chapter 6 ) .
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