Example sentences of "[subord] it contain [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new council retained Pietro Borghini ( PSI ) as mayor and , although it contained six independent technocrats , the same five parties , headed by the PSI and the DC , continued as the governing coalition . |
| 2 | He held the book out between finger and thumb as if it contained some dangerous virus which at any moment could threaten the whole school . |
| 3 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 4 | The system was the last shadow of the original shield in space , pursued partly because it contained exciting high technology , partly because it might possibly offer some worthwhile advantages , and partly because it could be used to show that Mr Bush had not turned his back on Mr Reagan 's dream . |
| 5 | This has received little attention since its ascent in 1983 , possibly because it contains such mind-blowing attractions as a 40-feet skyhook section . |
| 6 | Space is limited and the only other tank I have is a 21″ cube and I ca n't put him in there because it contains two small G. jurupari , a pair of G. brasiliensis , a pair each of Crenicara filamentosa , Cichlasoma sajica and Butterfly Rams , and an Ancistrus . |
| 7 | In my view it is just as vital not to ignore Marxist work because it contains one inadequate generalization , as it is not to ignore pluralist work because it is based on an idealized view of liberal democracy in Japan . |
| 8 | Britain is geologically interesting because it contains many different rock formations containing a large range of metals . |
| 9 | Whether Henry Eliot 's letter is still on some Home Office file or other among the seventeen miles of paper which Toynbee ( if I remember right ) calculated to comprise the total government documentation of the war , I do not know ; but some research worker may conceivably yet come upon it , and it would be interesting to learn whether it contained any apt comments . |
| 10 | As well , the rest of the house was as near to immaculate as a house could be when it contained three teenage boys and a busy man . |
| 11 | So great and rapid is the devastation that some have feared that the entire reef might disappear — even though it contains 3000 separate coral islands , stretched 2000 km along the Queensland coast , and covering an area the size of Great Britain . |