Example sentences of "contains [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , what the egg contains is not a description of the adult but a set of instructions of how to make the animal and , using the same mechanisms , very different forms can be generated . |
| 2 | ‘ The basic information it contains is the duration of activities and their sequence and timing . |
| 3 | No hierarchical ranking of the paintings and objects it contains is attempted ; each is there to be contemplated on its own terms . |
| 4 | The range of creatures it contains is far wider than that found in rocks of a similar age at any other site . |
| 5 | ‘ Responsibility is accepted in the preparation of this report for the skill and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent surveyor and valuer but the information it contains is for the confidential information only of the clients for whom it is prepared and of any building society , bank or other lender to whom written application for a mortgage advance has been made or will be made within 28 days after the date of this report . |
| 6 | Answer : manufacturing a battery uses 50 times more energy than it generates and the mercury it contains is an atmospheric toxin , especially if the battery is incinerated after disposal . |
| 7 | An Information memorandum should include a form of wording emphasising that it is not a prospectus , that the information it contains is confidential and that neither we nor the directors of the company concerned accept responsibility for it . |
| 8 | Although his letter does not deny that Chlothild had a part to play in Clovis 's conversion , nor that the king decided to accept baptism during a battle against the Alamans , in some respects the information it contains is at odds with Gregory 's account and , therefore , with the traditional interpretation of events . |