Example sentences of "[pron] contained [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst departmental reports could have been discussed and a broad evaluation of curriculum strategy discussed by staff as a whole , it seems reasonable that reports which contained confidential matters were not circulating round the school . |
| 2 | He also issued a little book called Directions for Prayer in the Diocese of Bath and Wells which contained simple prayers to be taught by parents to their children . |
| 3 | She had to pay for the lavish colour brochure ( the details of which contained many mistakes ) , she provided the historical background and ran her feet off showing people over : all they did was make appointments ( underpaid girls did that ) and yet she had to pay them thousands . |
| 4 | On Oct. 1 , the report had been released of a US Senate investigation of the affair chaired by Democratic Senator John Kerry , which contained wide criticisms of both US and UK practices and actions . |
| 5 | During the course of discussion , the chairman of the relevant committee publicly undertook that the number of licensed taxis would not be increased until a private Bill which contained relevant provisions had been enacted and come into force . |
| 6 | Firemen spent 24 hours keeping under control a fire in a barn which contained 80 tonnes of straw . |
| 7 | A second committee , headed by the Williamite Whig , John Somers , and which contained sixteen Whigs to only six Tories , deliberately removed the radical proposals found in the Heads of Grievances , reducing it to the much more conservative document which became known as the Declaration of Rights . |
| 8 | In January 1945 ‘ he was welding a tank which contained two gallons of paraffin . |
| 9 | Bransford and Franks found that only sentences which contained one piece of information , or information from different sets , could be reliably identified as not having been heard before . |
| 10 | A Loya Jirga ( a nationwide traditional gathering of tribal leaders ) was held in Kabul on May 28-29 , attended by 722 prominent Afghans and presided over by Najibullah , who delivered an opening speech which contained new proposals to end the country 's civil war . |
| 11 | In 1977 the Council arranged the conference on Planning for Academic Diversification in Higher Education , a meeting to discuss the need for and design of undergraduate courses in transport studies , a seminar to discuss the problems of including art and design in courses which contained other subjects , and a conference on mathematical education — including particularly mathematics and computer studies at the postgraduate level . |
| 12 | In boxes which contained such papers he always left a note saying , ‘ These would burn nicely . ’ |
| 13 | In preparation , he had opened several bottles of Guinness , and one of the cans , which contained Long Life — the lady 's drink — in compliment to Mrs Woodie . |
| 14 | California , which was exempt from the federal ruling that no state could adopt emission standards for new vehicles more stringent than the federal ones , passed the Pure Air Act of 1968 , which contained explicit emission standards for hydrocarbons , carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen for post-1970 new vehicles . |
| 15 | It quickly became apparent that the BMC Management Committee was antagonistic towards training initiatives and dismissive of the training committee , instead preferring to talk to the external advisory board SACOMT , which contained real climbers and not the self-interested educationalists infesting the training committee . |
| 16 | One is the second-century establishment at Godmanchester , manufacturing both iron and copper goods in a timber-framed workshop with an open front which contained four shaft furnaces and a bowl shaped smithing furnace . |
| 17 | When the meal was eaten Tom unwrapped a small brown package which contained four pieces of dark , home-made ginger cake . |
| 18 | The packages contained a magazine and a book called Boy Foto which contained male nudes , some under 16 . |
| 19 | During this 1976 tour , West Indies played twenty-six first-class matches and won eighteen of them , losing only to Middlesex , the champions , and T.N. Pearce 's XI ( which contained eight Middlesex players ) at the |
| 20 | On March 4 the English-language Tehran Times , which reflected the views of the Iranian government , published an editorial which contained strong backing for the Iraqi rebels . |
| 21 | The majority of German castles had their own private armouries , handed down over generations , which contained sporting weapons for the use of the family , their retainers and their guests . |
| 22 | The Julian calendar established a year of 365 days with an extra one ( 24 February was repeated ) every fourth year to rectify the difference between calendar and solar years , which contained 365¼ days . |
| 23 | He stoked the fire so that it flared , then reached behind him for a pouch of thin leather which contained charred bones . |
| 24 | In early May Pascal-Trouillot reconstituted the nine-member Provisional Electoral Council ( Conseil Electoral Provisoire — CEP ) , which contained three members of the old CEP which had overseen the aborted 1987 elections , including its chairman Jean-Robert Sabalat . |
| 25 | The experience gained in the use of this code ( which contained three elements respectively describing overall condition , type of binding , and type of damage ) suggested that it was largely satisfactory , and could , with only minor modifications , be used in subsequent surveys of book condition both within the National Library of Scotland and elsewhere . |
| 26 | Eventually , a new system was introduced , for 1981–2 only , which contained three components : a unit limit cost on claims , ‘ rolling readjustment ’ and ‘ mitigation ’ . |
| 27 | At least 300 people living on storeys closer to the ground were hurt in the nine-floor blocks , which contained 480 flats . |
| 28 | This was obtained by removing the forward and aft cockpits , leaving only the centre cockpit which contained enough room for pilot and navigator . |
| 29 | William Swainson 's Zoological Illustrations , which contained 182 plates , 70 of them of birds , was published between 1820 and 1823 . |
| 30 | It is important to note that it was only the statements of this man and his wife which contained any evidence of Paisley 's knowledge of the crimes , and the juries determined that they were not trustworthy witnesses . |