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01. This box [contains] over 2 kilograms of the finest chocolates.
02. We need a larger [container] to keep our rice in.
03. Kirsten lost her knapsack [containing] her passport and all her money.
04. Gasoline which [contains] lead is no longer allowed in this country.
05. Many CDs now have warnings when the songs [contain] lyrics with sexual or violent content.
06. It is important to keep food in an airtight [container] so that it will stay fresh.
07. Pearl Buck once said that the secret of joy in work is [contained] in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
08. Stanley Arnold once observed that every problem [contains] the seeds of its own solution.
09. Composer Gustav Mahler once said that a symphony must be like the world. It must [contain] everything.
10. There is a Zulu proverb which observes that the most beautiful fig may [contain] a worm.
11. A giant redwood tree [contains] more water than wood.
12. Victor Hugo's Les Miserables [contains] one of the longest sentences in the French language - 823 words without a period.
13. Because its blood [contains] copper, the octopus' blood is blue in color.
14. Our Western diet [contains] too much fat and sugar.
15. The fertile valleys and irrigated plains of Uzbekistan [contain] good soil, and are intensively farmed.
16. Although much of our garbage [contains] valuable raw materials, most of it is simply burned or buried.
17. Thomas Jefferson once suggested that advertisements [contain] the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
18. A lemon [contains] more sugar than a strawberry.
19. Buddhism teaches that the potential to become a Buddha is already [contained] within each and every one of us.
20. The floor of the ocean is not flat and featureless, but [contains] many fascinating landforms.
21. Gases assume the shape and volume of the [containers] in which they are found.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • contain — contain, hold, accommodate denote to have or be capable of having within. To contain is to have within or to have as an element, fraction, or part; to hold is to have the capacity to contain or to retain; thus, a bookcase that holds (is capable… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Contain — Con*tain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Containing}.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, tentum; con + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Contain — Con*tain , v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. [1913 Webster] But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contain — [v1] include, hold accommodate, be composed of, comprehend, comprise, consist of, embody, embrace, enclose, encompass, have, have capacity for, hold, incorporate, involve, seat, subsume, take in; concepts 112,736,742 Ant. exclude contain [v2]… …   New thesaurus

  • contain — [kən tān′] vt. [ME conteinen < OFr contenir < L continere, to hold < com , together + tenere, to hold: see THIN] 1. to have in it; hold, enclose, or include [the can contains tea, the list contains 50 items] 2. to have the capacity for… …   English World dictionary

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  • contain — late 13c., from O.Fr. contein , stem of contenir, from L. continere (transitive) to hold together, enclose, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + tenere to hold (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). Related: Containable …   Etymology dictionary

  • contain — ► VERB 1) have or hold within. 2) control or restrain. 3) prevent (a problem) from becoming worse. DERIVATIVES containable adjective. ORIGIN Latin continere, from tenere to hold …   English terms dictionary

  • contain — containable, adj. /keuhn tayn /, v.t. 1. to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses. 2. to be capable of holding; have capacity for: The room will contain 75 persons safely. 3.… …   Universalium

  • contain — [[t]kənte͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ contains, containing, contained 1) VERB: no cont If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it. [V n] The bag contained a Christmas card... [V n] Factory shops contain a wide… …   English dictionary

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