Example sentences of "because it contain [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He explained to me that it must be stronger because it contained stronger bonds and more of them than any previous material . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This is a complex table , because it contains four variables ; work through the effect of each explanatory variable systematically , looking at the relevant marginal relationships as well . |
| 4 | Zeolite-softened water may be quite alkaline because it contains substantial quantities of sodium carbonate and bicarbonate . |
| 5 | Of all three heuristic functions , fc is almost certainly the best , because it contains most information . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ) |