Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] contain a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This property enjoys a most attractive position in Swanshurst Lane , Moseley , a popular lane containing a variety of character properties enjoying lovely open aspects to the front . |
| 2 | English law contains a number of offences which penalize the driving of a car on a road in a manner which may cause harm . |
| 3 | Happily , this time , the late news on the back page contained a report from Dutch Railways in London to the effect that no passengers aboard the Rhine Express had been hurt . |
| 4 | Some workmen digging for stone in the ruins of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in 1773 came across a wooden coffin containing a lead anthropoid shell . |
| 5 | The back garden contains a variety of half-hardy plants for colour . |
| 6 | This consisted of a carefully buried wooden box containing a collection of bronzes which appear to have been associated with a religious site . |
| 7 | THE OXFORD BOOK OF APHORISMS ed by John Gross Oxford , £6.99 APHORISMS in the post-Johnsonian sense of ‘ a short pithy statement containing a truth of general import ’ are verbal successes that everyone strives for and few achieve , as Thoreau said , and John Gross here quotes , ‘ A perfectly healthy sentence is extremely rare . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So tell me now , ’ he suggested , smiling briefly at the owner , who had returned with a steaming dish of tiny new potatoes sprinkled with chopped mint , and a shallow wooden bowl containing a salad of crisp endive , sliced cucumber , radicchio , olives , and chopped tomatoes . |
| 9 | For instance , the semantic net contained a source node called ‘ Microtext ’ and another called ‘ Macrotext ’ . |
| 10 | The outer building contains a plant room which supplies and keeps constant the air supply , its humidity and temperature . |
| 11 | Yes , bran , wholewheat pasta , chapattis , and large amounts of wholemeal bread contain a substance called phytic acid which blocks the absorption of calcium , magnesium , iron , zinc , copper , and vitamins B. It is best not to eat too much of these sorts of fibre in your diet . |
| 12 | Registered trade marks are often printed with a tiny circle containing a letter " R " to signify their status as registered trade marks and to warn would-be imitators . |
| 13 | The most significant difference is that every unit of the poly-HEMA chain contains a hydroxyl group . |
| 14 | ‘ If you give me your gown , my lady , I will have it brushed for tomorrow , ’ the kind woman offered , ushering Isabel into a tiny chamber containing a bed and a low stool . |
| 15 | As a result of the decisions in these cases and the growing influence of subcontractors within the JCT , the 1980 standard form contains a procedure for nomination second to none in its complexity . |
| 16 | Barred galaxies have been recognized as a separate class of galaxies since the 1920s , and in 1964 de Vaucouleurs suggested that the Milky Way contains a bar to explain the observed noncircular motions of the atomic gas at the centre . |
| 17 | The lack of security of employment makes flexible working a kind of half-way house , and this half-way house contains a number of workers struggling to keep themselves from dropping into the abyss of the underclass . |
| 18 | It was the first National Forest park , created over 50 years ago , the 28,000 acres of verdant forest contain a history as colourful and as remarkable as its setting . |
| 19 | The functional description contained a statement of the purpose and main characteristics of the index system , referring to the need to record , in a central index , all categories of files and documents generated , processed and received by the departments . |
| 20 | The surrounding area contains a number of superior properties and the demand for properties of this type is extremely high . |
| 21 | A white paper containing a plan for single-tier local authorities is to be published in June or July according to the present timetable for council reform . |
| 22 | The society always received and still receives from the same surveyor a basic valuation containing a summary of some but not all the matters contained in the report to the borrower . |
| 23 | The other little drawer contained a jumble of trinkets and keepsakes ; some , like the pearl drop on a gold chain , were valuable ; others , like a battered old Mickey Mouse pencil-sharpener , must have had sentimental value . |
| 24 | That a bead of perspiration above Mr Yarrow 's left eyebrow contained a microcosm of the visible universe . |
| 25 | But the overall Australian performance contained a number of false notes , and Messrs Sawle , Benaud ( J. ) , Higgs and Simpson extended themselves by dropping two from the squad , the doughty vice-captain Marsh and the toast of cricket a year ago , Mark Waugh . |
| 26 | When he goes inside , he sees the local grocer with a rather oily expression on his face bustling up to offer him one shiny little book containing a liturgy which neither of them understands , and one shabby little book containing corrupt texts of a number of religious lyrics , mostly bad , and in very small print . |
| 27 | The human brain contains a record of every event experienced . |
| 28 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |
| 29 | It is made up of coeval ignimbrites ( K/Ar date 4.65–6.7 Myr , from five dates over a 50-km section ) and a large batholith containing a variety of rock types but dominated by granite ( SiO 2 70% ) with an 40 Ar/ 36 Ar age of 5.180.05Myr . |
| 30 | A large envelope contained a photograph , evidently the original of a press photograph , of two men on a platform , one investing the other with a chain of office . |