Example sentences of "it contained the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was really knocked out by your article on Philip Glass and I think it contained the best description of Glass ' music I have ever read . |
| 2 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 3 | His investigations are accompanied by a search for an india-rubber , about which he remembers only that it contained the two letters ‘ di ’ in the middle of its trade name ( hence ‘ Oe di pe ’ ) . |
| 4 | The signal FX 75383 ( reproduced opposite ) sent by Gen Robertson from AFHQ on the evening of 14 May was central to the events which are the subject of this report , because it contained the two orders on which 5 Corps was to proceed in making preparations for the handovers of the two groups of surrendered personnel with whom we are concerned . |
| 5 | It contained the posthumous confessions and letters and prayers of a Robert Foulkes , vicar of Stanton Lacy in Shropshire . |
| 6 | It contained the smiling faces of the respective captains , Ireland 's Phil Danaher and New Zealand 's Sean Fitzpatrick , with the question ‘ Whose Irish eyes will be smiling after today 's test ? ’ posed in the largest of poster type . |
| 7 | It contained the massive diversity of skills , of the workers in metal , wood , textiles and ceramics without whose inherited ‘ mysteries ’ and superb ingenuity with primitive tools the inventions of the Industrial Revolution could scarcely have got further than the drawing board . |
| 8 | This was principally because it contained the old Baghdad-Tehran highway . |