Example sentences of "contain [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Databank also contains matched information on bargaining influences on these settlements and how important these are perceived by management involved in the negotiating process . |
| 2 | The company 's interest in content is likely to emerge slowly , rationalised at first as a willingness to make suggestions in the event a product of its new venture , Digital Domain , contains salacious material . |
| 3 | Time and again we find him casting out unclean spirits from afflicted people : it is one of the well-known characteristics of Mark 's Gospel which on the whole contains little teaching , but a great deal of action by Jesus . |
| 4 | In Fig. 4 this region contains little gas . |
| 5 | Precedent 3 is intentionally a minimalist document , which contains little boilerplate , and little by way of exclusion clauses . |
| 6 | Recent work on the silver coinage has revealed a complex system of which even Domesday contains little trace . |
| 7 | The bulge , by contrast , contains little dust . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Critics of the government alleged , however , that the measure aimed merely to contain political opposition in the event of the current round of Middle East peace talks leading to a compromise unacceptable to Palestinian and Jordanian nationalists . |
| 10 | Given that it may be possible to contain agricultural expenditure in the future , the structure of the budget some years hence should differ from that of today . |
| 11 | The listing which contains specific variable parts is not stored in the main data base , but is recorded on a secondary storage medium . |
| 12 | Discourse , or text , deixis concerns the use of expressions within some utterance to refer to some portion of the discourse that contains that utterance ( including the utterance itself ) . |
| 13 | I need not cite the passage that contains that finding because Sir Stephen Brown P. has already cited it . |
| 14 | Not unexpectedly , perhaps , it contains that spot on the world 's surface that is most distant from land — where the longitude 118° 30'W intersects 47° 30 'S is an equal 1,560 miles from the nearest coasts of Chile , peter Island in Antarctica and an uninhabited British colonial possession , a member of the Pitcairn group called Ducie Island . |
| 15 | To keep up with the rapid advanced in computer technology , English for Computer Science — although only published in 1984 — has been completely revised and updated to contain up-to-the-minute information . |
| 16 | Need to cost all possible settlement options for negotiating year and financial year in order to contain total cost within ability of company to pay . |
| 17 | Thus some affected beams which are riddled with holes and appear to be useless , may be found , on investigation , to contain solid heartwood quite adequate to perform their structural roles . |
| 18 | Mr Jack said strains which met EC requirements — those bred to contain low narcotic levels — had been grown on the Continent for more than 20 years without any problems . |
| 19 | The core of the Institute 's research is described by its title but it also contains strong research groups working on plant and fungal physiology , biochemistry and taxonomy . |
| 20 | The separate ‘ CVS building ’ is also a two storey building of around 12,500 square feet and contains extensive autocatalyst evaluation facilities . |
| 21 | It has far less to do with strategy than with financial bargains struck in the market-place of Whitehall , and with efforts to contain galloping inflation in weapons procurement . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that the rhetoric is Type II , whilst the proposals are Type I. This may be considered an oversimplistic observation , but it would appear to contain some element of the truth . |
| 23 | If the actions can not be independently observed at all though , this might force the optimal contract to contain some element based on general risk , in order to provide incentives to efficiency . |
| 24 | Anything in writing is a guarantee if it " contains or purports to contain some promise or assurance " ( s5(2) ( b ) ) . |
| 25 | Health information was broadcast by a much-loved Radio Doctor , whose down-to-earth advice always seemed to contain some reference to bowels . |
| 26 | In recent years it has become the practice in leases granted for more than five years or so to contain some machinery for enabling the rent to be reviewed , either continuously or at periodic intervals . |
| 27 | It contains further reading , writing and listening exercises . |
| 28 | Chapter Eight contains further mention of its application in dealing with high-status people and conflict . |
| 29 | It contains clear illustration but no photographs ( which is a shame ) . |
| 30 | Hence , although the Council can claim that their guidance documents have contained some reference to equal opportunities and that guidelines from the Secretary of State have included reference to issues of gender and the needs of ethnic minority children there does appear , however , in the words of Shah ( 1990:315 ) to be no consensus . |