Example sentences of "[noun sg] because it contain " in BNC.
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| 1 | A curious mixture of shade , energy and colour , it transcended most of the other material on the album because it contained one of the group 's main strengths — a great chorus . |
| 2 | In my view it is just as vital not to ignore Marxist work because it contains one inadequate generalization , as it is not to ignore pluralist work because it is based on an idealized view of liberal democracy in Japan . |
| 3 | The red blood cell can carry oxygen because it contains the protein haemoglobin , muscles can contract because of the proteins , actin and myosin . |
| 4 | He submitted that the order itself had made a compromise because it contained the words ‘ counterclaim withdrawn ’ and because it dealt with the rent so that the plaintiffs had no further claim in respect of it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They chose to work on diamond because it contains only one species of atom , and because highly perfect crystals were easily available . |
| 8 | This miracle is remembered by the early Church because it contains the title ‘ Holy One of God ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Don claims that his material runs with less friction than normal matting because it contains a silicone additive . |
| 11 | If , rather differently , serving the interests of the enterprise is taken as a proxy for maximising the joint welfare of the relevant groups the formulation is unsatisfactory for this purpose because it contains an inherent bias towards the shareholders . |
| 12 | It is important to realize , however , that the introduction of the Aristotelian corpus into medieval Christendom had occasioned alarm because it contained doctrines that clashed with Christian belief . |
| 13 | The third chapel on the right is called the Crucifixion chapel because it contains a wooden crucifix carried in procession by San Carlo Borromeo during the time of the plague of 1576 . |
| 14 | According to yet another study , this one published in the Lancet , red wine in moderation is thought to protect against coronary disease because it contains substances known as phenolic flavonoids . |