Example sentences of "[conj] it contain the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His investigations are accompanied by a search for an india-rubber , about which he remembers only that it contained the two letters ‘ di ’ in the middle of its trade name ( hence ‘ Oe di pe ’ ) . |
| 2 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 3 | There is a curious contradiction here between Shedlock 's remark that the manuscript seems to have been copied up as Purcell completed the various numbers and his observation that it contains the extra music written for Act 1 in the 1693 revival — ; or , to be more precise , labelled ‘ new ’ where it appears in the 1693 word-book . |
| 4 | Baltusrol is unusual in many respects , most notably that it contains the longest hole in championship golf , the 630 yard 17th . |
| 5 | That is a complicated formula but it contains the central issue that keeps on cropping up in " the debates between the socio-cultural anthropologists and the sociobiologists . |
| 6 | The signal FX 75383 ( reproduced opposite ) sent by Gen Robertson from AFHQ on the evening of 14 May was central to the events which are the subject of this report , because it contained the two orders on which 5 Corps was to proceed in making preparations for the handovers of the two groups of surrendered personnel with whom we are concerned . |
| 7 | This was principally because it contained the old Baghdad-Tehran highway . |
| 8 | The average wage in agriculture is so low , not because it contains the odd pocket of particularly low-paid workers among an affluent majority , but because it represents virtually in toto a low-paying sector of the economy . |
| 9 | Each axle on the APT is hollow , because it contains the hydro-kinetic brake . |
| 10 | This category is much more controversial and inherently implausible , as it contains the alleged abductions of humans on board a UFO . |