Example sentences of "it contain a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section by section it was being revised in the commissions and then approved during the general congregations — despite last-minute attempts to modify it to contain an explicit condemnation of communism . |
| 2 | This type of structure is a very inefficient way of filling space because it contains a regular network of empty spaces which run both parallel to , and at right angles to , the puckered lattice layers . |
| 3 | It contains a monetary allowance , supposedly from a rich relative in France . |
| 4 | It contains a higher percentage of fibre than cabbage , for instance , and more than twice as much as apples on a weight-for-weight basis . |
| 5 | A horse 's sweat is hypertonic ie it contains a higher concentration of salts than the plasma from which it is derived . |
| 6 | ‘ Anything — just as long as it contains a strong dose of alcohol ! ’ he told her crisply , continuing to stand with his back to her , frowning down at the irritatingly silent machine . |
| 7 | It contains a great amount of statistical evidence and pictures and models . |
| 8 | Now this is not perhaps one of the best of Spitzer 's analyses , and in any case it contains a great deal more than we have space to repeat here . |
| 9 | I 'll pass on this one and leave interested parties to contact John Watson , though I guess it 's worth adding that NME 's ‘ Dancing Master ’ cassette is now a collector 's item mainly because it contains a live U2 cut , ‘ An Cut Dubh ’ , recorded in March , 1981 and unavailable on an authorised recording . |
| 10 | The writing on a carton of orange juice may tell you that it contains a certain amount of vitamin C — but did you know that the vitamin C content starts to decrease from the moment the carton is opened ? |
| 11 | It contains a major element of truth , even if it is not precisely the truth which its originators intended . |
| 12 | It contains a verbatim account of an historic interview with Life President Dr Hastings Banda . |
| 13 | ACFA membership is biased towards patients attending larger treatment centres where there is awareness of the cystic fibrosis trust , but it contains a substantial proportion of patients who would not be included in a study based on large clinics . |
| 14 | It contains a complete map of the British road network and an inventory of all the road signs . |
| 15 | It contains a wide variety of stimulating material to be used both for intensive viewing and for extension activities that develop the language areas covered by the video . |
| 16 | It is immediately obvious to the reader that it contains a wide variety of literary material — narratives , laws , ritual instructions , sermons , genealogies , poetry — which have been drawn together from different sources . |
| 17 | It can be seen that human sweat is actually hypotonic ie it contains a lower salt concentration than the plasma . |
| 18 | It contains a general index to magazine features , a recipe index and an index to recipes in our popular , step-by-step cookery series , Secrets of Success . |
| 19 | It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface . |
| 20 | It contains a vast quantity of tabulated matter and , in the list of bailiffs for the town of Bridport , references to one man of the right name appear several times . |
| 21 | Endless Kiss gives a smooth finish and it contains a protective sunscreen . |
| 22 | Now it contains a sealed crate belonging to Werner Freight . |
| 23 | And it contains a subordinate clause of time , followed by a complicated subject nominal consisting of a quantifier head plus a relative clause with deleted ‘ that ’ . |
| 24 | It contains a braided mesh of fine copper wire , which screens the conductor from interference |
| 25 | It contains a huge amount of such data including amongst many other surveys and statistics , the 1981 National Census , 500 maps , 22,000 photographs , 1,500 items of text in the form of essays and published articles and , on side two of the disc , about an hour of video recording some of the events of 1986 . |
| 26 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 27 | It contains a striped shirt , one towelling sock , now grubby , but still recognisably white , and several decayed strips of red material , thought to have had some connection with men 's trousers . |
| 28 | It contains a sensible stimulus , a great deal more federal spending , an energy tax , a guarantee of higher income tax for people and companies and only a promise of future spending cuts . |
| 29 | It contains a rolling review precisely so that it should remain a valid basis for whatever tomorrow may bring . |
| 30 | Although it contains a considerable depth of sediment shed from the adjacent mountain ranges its floor still has a maximum elevation of just 74 m below sea level . |