Example sentences of "[subord] it contain the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 This was principally because it contained the old Baghdad-Tehran highway .
3 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 .
4 Each axle on the APT is hollow , because it contains the hydro-kinetic brake .
5 This category is much more controversial and inherently implausible , as it contains the alleged abductions of humans on board a UFO .
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