The phrase "a group that contained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific group that includes certain members or elements.
Example: "The research focused on a group that contained individuals from various backgrounds and experiences."
Alternatives: "a group that included" or "a group comprising".
To come through a group that contained Barcelona, Benfica and Moscow Spartak is no performance of an underdog.
Spool forward to the finals and did anybody have them down to emerge from a group that contained Germany and Mexico?
If anything, the latter was more impressive, since winning a group that contained Croatia, Ukraine and Turkey was no mean feat.
The original draft included 47 institutions, but the regulator exempted non-British banks unless they were part of a group that contained a British bank whose capital exceeded £1 billion, or $1.6 billion.
Japan's presence at the World Cup is now almost a given: by winning a group that contained Australia and Saudi Arabia, the team secured a place at its sixth successive finals.
They will be no great loss on this evidence, even if neutrals will mourn Messi's absence from the last four, and no condescension should be aimed at Roma given that Eusebio Di Francesco's fearless team finished top of a group that contained Atlético Madrid and Chelsea and beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16.
It is no small task, then, to assemble a group that contains the classic stories – sometimes the least typical – and that also includes a few surprises.
To reach the last four they must finish first or second in a group that contains the Netherlands, the gold medal favourites, as well as an improving China team.
It's a group that contains the usual suspects (the Clintons), "the Democrats" in general, as he tweeted Thursday morning, and some surprises (Snoop Dogg?).
So far as is known, the elaborate home construction is unique among lizards, a group that contains at least 5,000 species.
They were admitted by Uefa on 3 May and Fifa on 13 May, and they will contest qualification to the 2018 World Cup in Russia; they have been placed in a group that contains Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey and Finland.
