posLabels = ['abc', 'def', 'ab3','ab4', 'ab5']
senPosList = [('abc','def','ghi'),('jkl','mno','pqr','123'),('stu','vwx')]
senVecList= []
senVec = []
posLabels[0] in senPosList[0]
for x in senPosList:
for i in posLabels:
if i in x:
senVec.append(1)
else:
senVec.append(0)
senVecList.append(senVec)
senVec = [] #add this line to clear the list
print(senVecList)