Example sentences of "it contain [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A document will be ‘ contractual ’ if a reasonable person in the position of the prospective buyer would expect it to contain terms affecting his rights and liabilities .
2 It is important for us to consider whether it contains principles which are of value for us today .
3 It contains ingredients such as ivy , seaweed and amino acids and after a single one-hour session , skin feels smooth and fresh and noticeably improved .
4 A general feature of the cortex is that it contains mappings of the body , and of the world .
5 According to yet another study , this one published in the Lancet , red wine in moderation is thought to protect against coronary disease because it contains substances known as phenolic flavonoids .
6 It contains profiles of popular retirement countries such as Spain and for those who really want to get away from it all there are outlines of more exotic locations .
7 It contains pages and pages of difficult , surplus and repetitive language .
8 It contains bones , cloth , rags and filth , but there is also a collection of coins ( 17 GCs , 62 SSs , 18 BPs ) and a pair of small topaz rings ( value 7 GCs each ) .
9 It contains articles on a range of topics that were originally presented at the Research in chemical education in the tertiary sector symposium held in Nottingham in September 1990 .
10 First , it contains provisions which amend the substantive law of the CSA 1985 .
11 As for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , signed at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982 ( Cmnd. 8941 ) , of which the Community is a signatory but which has not yet entered into force , it contains provisions similar to article 5(1) of the Geneva Convention of 1958 ( see articles 91 and 94 ) .
12 A star item of a different kind was T.H. Gillespie 's Story of the Edinburgh Zoo , for it contains illustrations by Nancy Brackett , one of the first women elders at St.A 's & St.G 's .
13 It contains neurotoxins ( nerve-poisons ) and haemotoxins ( blood-poisons ) .
14 For example , to place the concept ‘ hypertext ’ in a semantic net , one might begin by saying that it contains documents , runs on computers , and serves users .
15 It contains reports of conferences , workshops and lunchtime meetings ; summarises all CEPR Discussion Papers and publicises the activities of the Centre and its Research Programmes .
16 It contains pigments which give the hair its individual colour .
17 It contains passages of terrifying vocal difficulty .
18 It contains sections on high-level problem solving , tortoise ( sic ) graphics with no reference to LOGO , and various algorithms programmed in ADA .
19 It contains sections of a report assembled by a self-employed intelligence agent from Ichael , who made a study of the planet Ardakke . ’
20 The resulting spectrum is called a Raman spectrum : it contains lines whose frequencies differ from that of the incident radiation by the frequencies of molecular vibrations .
21 Each cell is a unit : it contains genes in the form of DNA , which determine what form the cell will take ; and it contains machinery for protecting and for carrying out the ‘ instructions ’ of those genes .
22 Also , the aquifer itself is slightly elastic ; the pressure of the groundwater it contains forces apart the mineral grains and increases the volume of the pores slightly .
23 It contains introductions and explanations of the project in English and German with a clearly written account of the history of the Bodleian Library and its incunabula by Dr Kristian Jensen , head of the project ( 32pp. 6 col. ills .
24 It is n't invariable practice amongst conveyancers even to keep a third copy of a simple transfer for themselves ( but always keep one if it contains restrictions , or the grant or reservation of rights , etc , or if you will require one for your mortgagee 's solicitors ; normally one prepares top and carbon , both of which are sent to the seller 's conveyancers with a suggestion that the top copy , too , should be retained and used as the engrossment if its terms are approved .
25 But make a full copy if the transfer is n't in the simplest form — if , for example , it contains restrictions or a grant or reservation of easements .
26 His books were not widely circulated and in one of the last two which were dedicated to his son ( and unpublished ) was the assertion that it contains instances " that will make you a better interpreter of dreams than all , or at least inferior to none ; but , if published , they will show you know no more than the rest " — a sentiment which T. R. Glover rather pithily describes as suggesting science declining into profession .
27 In trying to amuse children and grown-ups , it contains scenes which will displease both .
28 It contains details of all headword and bold lemmas after the end of preprocessing .
29 " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects .
30 It contains samples of all Stoddard Templeton ranges and was custom built for the purposes of branding the name effectively from all angles .
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