Example sentences of "it contain [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 . )
3 A few days later she discovered that although the can was CFC-free , it contained other greenhouse gases .
4 The osmolality of the diet used was high ( 400 mmol/kg ) because , as well as peptides , it contained medium chain triglycerides ( 60% of the fat content ) .
5 It contained eighty-seven woodcut illustrations after Edward Burr e-Jones and woodcut borders and initials by Morris himself .
6 It contained several birthday cards , but Dana 's was late , as usual .
7 A top critic , Jeffrey Taylor of The Mail on Sunday , saw rehearsals of the ballet , and said it contained erotic love scenes .
8 The show came under attack before it even opened because one critic said it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic and a simulated sex act .
9 Tory Darlington councillor Peter Jones hit out at the show after hearing it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic , and a simulated sex act .
10 It contained some routine passages but the central message was a sustained attack upon the two press lords :
11 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 .
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