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Example sentences for "containing the"

  • This was in olden times the Westminster of Northumbria, containing the tombs of Eadwine and of Oswy, with kings and nobles grouped around them.

  • In the presbytery are six mortuary chests containing the remains of kings and bishops of the ancient Saxon kingdom of Wessex.

  • I amused myself, while we waited for the carriages, by looking over a pamphlet which lay on the table, containing the ceremonial of the veil-taking.

  • A boat full of cocked hats was now seen approaching from the city, containing the Consul in full uniform, and other authorities.

  • Agitate the washed chloroform for five minutes in a bottle with equal volume of sulphuric acid, allow the mixture to settle, and transfer the upper stratum of liquid to a flask, containing the chloride of calcium, mixed with 1/2 oz.

  • Situated on a terrace at the entrance of the grounds is the parish church, containing the tomb of Buffon.

  • Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy, containing the Hôtel de Ville, the Museums, and the Post Office.

  • Pearson published his "Inquiry," containing the testimony of numerous practitioners in different parts of the kingdom, to the efficacy of the practice.

  • In the green zone are sometimes to be seen colorless spots, sections of resin ducts, containing the resin so characteristic of the tissues of the conifers.

  • Angiosperms, covered-seeded plants, in which the carpophylls form a closed cavity (ovary) containing the ovules.

  • In a courtyard of the Ceppo of Francesco di Marco, over a well, there is a little panel by the hand of the same man, containing the portrait of the said Francesco di Marco, the creator and founder of that holy place.

  • The only data in our possession is the official census of Chatham county, Georgia, for 1838, containing the number of lunatics among the whites and the slaves.

  • The men and women travelled on foot--the small children in the wagons, containing the baggage, &c.

  • A few months ago, the Southern newspapers brought us copies of the document, containing the refusal of Governor Butler of South Carolina to pardon a man, who had been convicted of the murder of a slave.

  • And how will they submit to thy decision, since they have the law, containing the judgment of GOD?

  • It consists of a vessel placed over a fire, containing the substance to be distilled; the upper part, which receives and condenses the steam, is called the head; the beak of this is fitted to a vessel called a receiver.

  • The small one, containing the chloride of lime.

  • Tube passing to Wolfe's bottle, containing the pumice-stone or asbestos wetted with oil of vitriol.

  • The water-tight gutta-percha shell, containing the message or information.

  • In the Fifth Book, containing the Legends of Sir Artegal, the emblem of Justice, there is a perceptible falling off.

  • The Central, containing the Tuscan, Umbrian, the dialects of the Marches and of the Roman Provinces.

  • This veteran student produced at an advanced age a remarkable work entitled "Cosmos," containing the results of a long life of observation and contemplation.

  • That all the country from the Connecticut to the river Delaware, containing the whole of New York, Long Island, and the Jerseys, with some parts of two other Provinces indenting with them, shall return to Great Britain.

  • Sir, I received the letter your Excellency did me the honor of writing to me, dated June 30th, together with the papers accompanying it, containing the correspondence of Mr Adams.

  • Sir, As my English papers, containing the debates on the 6th of this month on General Conway's motion, are lost in the sea, I shall give Congress the several accounts of them from the foreign gazettes.

  • Cocoa-nibs may be infused with water and drunk, but for most people the beverage is too rich, containing the whole of the cacao-fat or cacao-butter.

  • Below is the crypt, containing the body of St. Andrew, which was brought from Constantinople with other relics about 1200.

  • He endowed the institution with his Roman library, containing the accumulations of half a century.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    and thy; asked whether; assure myself; books bound; constant stream; containing about; containing from; containing many; containing some; containing the; containing the information called; containing the information requested; containing thirty; dancing school; early society; fourth teaspoon; good opportunity; half acres; hardy annual; last journey; long stay; personal characteristics; slaves were; temperate regions; three syllables; you happen