Example sentences of "a [noun sg] contain a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world . |
| 2 | Hawk had sent him a parcel containing a bisected apple : red outside , white inside . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most telling sentence in the book is ‘ Remember , your own doctor or chemist may not always be able to tell you whether a drug contains a banned substance . ’ |
| 4 | A MAN who tried to grab a briefcase containing a substantial sum of cash from a man in North Ormesby market-place , Middlesbrough , is being hunted by police . |
| 5 | Now , ten years later , the discovery of a body among the pinnacles and much lower on the ridge , the battered remains of a tent contain a handwritten notebook , promise to throw new light on the deaths of two of Britain 's most talented post-war mountaineers . |
| 6 | The program could then corporate a rule which prevented a move into a cell containing a non-zero code . |
| 7 | He made the most fundamental error possible in tournament golf , signing a card containing a wrong score . |
| 8 | A purse containing a substantial sum of money found in the William Street area on 13 March , a purse containing a small sum in punts found in the Carlisle Road area on March 17 . |
| 9 | A purse containing a small sum of money and a house key found at Guildhall Square on March 20 , a large denomination bank note found in the Carlisle Road area on March 13 . |
| 10 | A purse containing a substantial sum of money found in the William Street area on 13 March , a purse containing a small sum in punts found in the Carlisle Road area on March 17 . |
| 11 | Interspersed with these are anecdotes from his own personal experience travelling around the remains of the country as a journalist , which makes harrowing reading , if only to note how indiscriminately trigger-happy so many people over there seem to be ( joking , for instance , about ‘ target practice ’ on a car containing a TV-film crew ) . |
| 12 | A system might be a beaker containing a known amount of water or it might be a heat exchanger used in a chemical plant . |
| 13 | A portion of the homogenate was then transferred to a beaker containing a magnetic stirrer ( to ensure continuous mixing ) and 10 ml aliquots were transferred to 20 ml glass vials , freeze dried ( Edwards Modulyo freeze drier with three shelf closing accessory ) for four days ( with heating after 24 hours ) and sealed under vacuum . |
| 14 | Figure 3b presents iron-bleomycin digestion of a fragment containing a dimeric insert of ( CA ) 5 CG(TG) 5 ; the data from this , together with ( AC ) 5 GC(GT) 5 are presented as histograms in Figures 4a and 4b . |
| 15 | Even where food is plentiful , societies accustomed to a diet containing a high percentage of cereal foods , fruit and vegetables , all rich in natural fibre , do not become overweight . |
| 16 | For example , if a package contains a particular module , regardless of version , then its manager is informed of all SPRs and SSRs which are submitted and which reference the module . |
| 17 | Although there wo n't be the saturation advertising that usually attends popular capitalism , there will be a prospectus containing a supportive letter from the Prince of Wales , and offers of preferential access to the centre 's facilities . |
| 18 | Below was a boot containing a folding camp bed of polished steel ‘ of commodious size with a tester-top and on castors ’ and so constructed that it ‘ could be folded up in a minute . ’ |
| 19 | The QAO log for a module contains a complete listing of all entries made to the log as defined within the process model definition for the module 's subtype . |
| 20 | He removed a birdcage containing a mechanical singing canary from his chair and sat down , gesturing for his guests to do the same . |
| 21 | We aimed to test this system on a YAC containing a known coding sequence as a test case . |
| 22 | At Sanaigmore a cist contained a crouched skeleton of a mature adult with knees well drawn up ; and this cist was unusual in that the northern end was shaped into a point . |
| 23 | Wolfgang also began his first string quintet , K.174 , and completed a serenade containing a mini-violin concerto , in the traditional Salzburg fashion . |
| 24 | After a wash and shave , then breakfast — a roll containing a fried egg washed down with one more mug of cocoa — I wondered what had happened to his tea rations . |
| 25 | In a liquid-junction cell a liquid containing a dissolved compound ( to conduct electricity ) replaces the metal . |
| 26 | The leads from the stop-watch would go to a box containing a small battery which in its turn would be connected to a flash bulb at the base of the bomb . |
| 27 | Only after the completion of the transaction and the removal of the works valued according to one report at FFr 193 million did Matisse 's family stumble upon the rolled-up ‘ Danse I ’ and a box containing a dozen bronze sculptures by Matisse . |
| 28 | ‘ Was that you callin' , ducky ? ’ asked Mrs Beavis , her apron doing its best to fit itself around her plumpness , and a plate containing a large segment of sausage and onion pie in her hand . |
| 29 | Since then every Q.T. has received in their notes a red paper outlining the Grant Aid meeting also a letter containing a revised timetable in which you were asked to think about specific items . |
| 30 | Galahad reappeared , with a glass containing a small amount of brandy . |