Example sentences of "[conj] it contain [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Town water , although potable , is often unsuitable for textile processes such as package-dyeing because it contains suspended matter and soluble calcium and magnesium salts ; filtration and softening may be necessary before it can be employed with confidence in a process in which impurities can filter out upon yarn or fabric . |
| 32 | That would have been risky with ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ — also a continuo song — because it contains difficult display passages in the bass line as well as the vocal part . ) |
| 33 | East Allegheny displays the most glaring disparity as , whilst it contains one quarter of all North Side dwellings , total investment represents around one eighth of all North Side loans made . |
| 34 | Material for publication or transmission would be " reviewed before release " in the field by the military information officer in consultation with the unit commander to determine whether it contained sensitive information . |
| 35 | Issi Abdul , six , clutches tightly onto his feeding bowl as though it contained liquid gold . |
| 36 | This is not a work of criticism though it contains much criticism along the way , and of the first order — for instance , Pound 's respectful demurrer from the high valuation that Eliot had put on Johnson 's Vanity of Human Wishes . |
| 37 | Although written many years ago , Lady Chatterley 's Lover has just been reissued by the Grove Press , and this pictorial account of the day by day life of an English game-keeper is full of considerable interest to outdoor-minded readers as it contains many passages on pheasant raising , the apprehending of poachers , ways to control vermin and other chores and duties of the professional game-keeper . |
| 38 | It is important not to soak potatoes , as this leaches out the vitamin , and not to overcook cabbage and other green vegetables , as heat gradually destroys Vitamin C. Rosehip tea is also an excellent source of this vitamin , as is fresh lemon juice , which is permissible on this diet as it contains little sugar . |
| 39 | Babies have very immature immune systems and rely upon breast milk to make up for this deficiency as it contains protective factors . |
| 40 | Sometimes it is called the laminar sub-layer , but that is less accurate as it contains large velocity fluctuations ; and are free to rise more rapidly from the wall than . |
| 41 | Young skin is less able naturally to protect itself as it contains less melanin and therefore has less tanning ability . |
| 42 | The future of Abe 's faction was unclear , for it contained many members who were thought to have joined in the belief that Abe was next in line for the office of Prime Minister . |
| 43 | The sheep wisely leave it alone and most bugs do , too , for it contains two chemicals which , when mixed together in a creature 's stomach , make cyanide . |
| 44 | But , as Godwin comments , the room he describes is not an example of the direst stage of London poverty , for it contains various objects that could be sold . |