Example sentences of "but it had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was nothing really radical in terms of modern design — even apart from Malcolm having adapted it from a picture — but it had great presence . |
| 2 | But it had great difficulty in finding the necessary funds for this purpose , and , partly for this reason and partly because of sheer bureaucratic inefficiency , the payment of the subsidies was always much delayed . |
| 3 | The result edged Liverpool into ninth place , 11 points behind leaders Norwich , but it had great personal significance for Souness . |
| 4 | By 1880 this was more and more a matter of Great Russian chauvinism within the boundaries of the Russian Empire , and tsarist imperialism abroad , but it had great sentimental appeal among Slavs living under non-Slav rulers who were encouraged by it to look to this ‘ big brother ’ . |
| 5 | But it had great sentimental value . ’ |
| 6 | The view that the East Ropery Banks site might be considered for ‘ high value ’ housing in order to provide potential consumers for the shopping centre had first been expressed in the Poulson Report of 1965 , but it had greater saliency by 1971 because the authority was already dealing with its second property company ( Town and City ) and it was clear that market conditions made the redevelopment of North Shields centre a highly marginal project . |
| 7 | But it had one thing missing — a proper paper . |
| 8 | This policy may have seemed ‘ reasonable ’ to the civil service , but it had two major flaws . |
| 9 | It was only a monosyllable , but it had all of ninety kilos behind it . |
| 10 | But it had all the signs of a sectarian killing . |
| 11 | Shady Marcus at last exposed the soap 's Mr Big but it had all the dramatic impact of one of those dated Ealing comedies where George Cole plays a gangster as threatening as a game show host . |
| 12 | But it had all it 's side |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 15 | She screamed , but it had little effect , just added to the confusion that reigned in the room . |
| 16 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Oh it was genuinely gone quite genuine , he said you now , he had a , that we know about but it had genuine |
| 19 | It was a straw bonnet , biscuit-coloured and it was worked round the edges with red ; I suppose it was thin cord ; but it had red round it and red on the top . |
| 20 | The famous Marx Brothers ' contract scene in A Night at the Opera ( " The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part " ) exaggerated the worst excesses of legal drafting , but it had some basis in fact . |
| 21 | Designed for office dictation use , this machine followed Edison 's preferred method of using electricity for the motor , but it had acoustic recording and reproduction . |
| 22 | that no other government was fitted to the war effort , but it had significant undertones : coalition was especially useful in providing the party with allies more able to secure the cooperation of the working class . |
| 23 | But it had another trick up its sleeves . |
| 24 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |
| 25 | The romance lasted for only two months but it had amusing , melodramatic aspects . |
| 26 | It was never greatly used in food , even in mediaeval times , but it had considerable medicinal application , and still has , for certain ailments . |
| 27 | Toledo was of no military value to the Nationalist advance , but it had considerable religious , historic and emotional significance , for it was the seat of the head of the Catholic Church in Spain and had once been the hub of the Spanish empire . |
| 28 | But it had 22 frets , big frets , and really loud humbuckers and that was why I liked it . |