Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] it had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the United Kingdom were geographically more compact , or if it had a much smaller electorate and far fewer MPs to be elected , that might not prove very difficult . |
| 2 | It worked in a similar fashion to Papin 's toy except that it had a separate boiler , thus not boiling the water in the cylinder . |
| 3 | The house we were in was solid Victorian in style , both inside and out , except that it had a tin roof . |
| 4 | It has also been claimed recently that Proconsul lacked a tail , as do extant hominoids , and that it had a relatively larger brain than comparably sized monkeys ( Box 2 ) , and there is now little doubt that Proconsul is phylogenetically linked with the Hominoidea . |
| 5 | ‘ We realised that the whole psychology of collecting is a fascinating area and that it had a lot more potential … hence the reason for the Festival . |
| 6 | Now , the issue here is not whether this was ‘ good ’ or ‘ bad ’ , the motive humanitarian or base , but that it had a tremendous impact upon the agriculture of the Third World at least in Latin America , South and South-east Asia . |
| 7 | Their rugby was essentially unlovable , not because it was dull ( it was n't ) but because it had a rock-hard edge which caused opponents to feel intimidated before they went on the field — and sometimes with good cause since there were plenty of occasions when the ‘ manliness ’ of which Neath made so much was actually foul play , plain and simple . |
| 8 | The mine had its tunnel driven into the side of a steep bank , making the hill look as though it had a toothless mouth . |
| 9 | However , this is the party that goes on about unemployment as though it had a good record on unemployment . |
| 10 | Jane valued their presence , and their sounds , even the discordant ones , like the donkey 's mournful honking — as though it had an amplifier — and the desperate strangled cry of the vixen . |