Example sentences of "[subord] it contain [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it contains much information that is very valuable for academic research on a wide variety of topics ( the family , poverty , the elderly , housing conditions and so on ) in the form in which OPCS release it , the data are not easy for university researchers to use . |
| 2 | If you do not hold such a licence you may apply for Provisional LCG/PCV entitlement to be added to your ordinary licence provided it contains full car entitlement . |
| 3 | Thus new furniture would be defective if it contained live woodworm even though the presence of the woodworm posed no threat of personal injury . |
| 4 | Rupert repeated his earlier greeting and came towards her with a glass jug that looked as if it contained some kind of cocktail . |
| 5 | The wound is then debrided if it contains devitalised tissue . |
| 6 | The direct downward view is dull unless it contains another subject at an interim level , such as a kite . |
| 7 | Provisions in the General Revenue Act of 1992 to make deductible against tax the current value of both tangible and intangible property donated to a non-profit organisation ( for example , a painting to a museum or shares to a hospital ) rather than their value at acquisition failed along with the whole bill when it was vetoed by President Bush last month because it contained forty tax increases . |
| 8 | Of all three heuristic functions , fc is almost certainly the best , because it contains most information . |
| 9 | Town water , although potable , is often unsuitable for textile processes such as package-dyeing because it contains suspended matter and soluble calcium and magnesium salts ; filtration and softening may be necessary before it can be employed with confidence in a process in which impurities can filter out upon yarn or fabric . |
| 10 | That would have been risky with ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ — also a continuo song — because it contains difficult display passages in the bass line as well as the vocal part . ) |
| 11 | East Allegheny displays the most glaring disparity as , whilst it contains one quarter of all North Side dwellings , total investment represents around one eighth of all North Side loans made . |
| 12 | Material for publication or transmission would be " reviewed before release " in the field by the military information officer in consultation with the unit commander to determine whether it contained sensitive information . |
| 13 | Issi Abdul , six , clutches tightly onto his feeding bowl as though it contained liquid gold . |
| 14 | This is not a work of criticism though it contains much criticism along the way , and of the first order — for instance , Pound 's respectful demurrer from the high valuation that Eliot had put on Johnson 's Vanity of Human Wishes . |
| 15 | It is important not to soak potatoes , as this leaches out the vitamin , and not to overcook cabbage and other green vegetables , as heat gradually destroys Vitamin C. Rosehip tea is also an excellent source of this vitamin , as is fresh lemon juice , which is permissible on this diet as it contains little sugar . |
| 16 | Sometimes it is called the laminar sub-layer , but that is less accurate as it contains large velocity fluctuations ; and are free to rise more rapidly from the wall than . |
| 17 | Young skin is less able naturally to protect itself as it contains less melanin and therefore has less tanning ability . |