Example sentences of "it [vb -s] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The UMIST computer was trained by feeding it details of 70 patients , such as pulse rate , temperature , age and data on previous heart problems .
2 It consists of nine subjects ranging from Business Communications to Supervisory Skills .
3 It consists of six parts : Connection commands ; selection of a database ; constitution and use of indexes ; truncation and direct searches in inverted files ; use of Boolean operators ; online and offline prints .
4 It consists of verifiable events which took place in the past and the stories people tell each other to explain how they come to be where they are .
5 The , it consists of two strands which are made of sugar phosphates and which spiral round each other , and the strands are linked together like , like the , the rungs of a ladder by bases , and there are four bases , and and always pairs up with and er and always pairs up with so that the pattern of bases on one of these sugar phosphate strands always has a corresponding pattern on the other .
6 It consists of two storeys and is decagonal in plan .
7 It consists of two elements : ( i ) domestic rate relief , paid to enable authorities to relieve domestic ratepayers of a certain proportion of their rates ( currently 18.5p in the ) ; ( ii ) block grant , intended to supplement an authority 's own finances so that , irrespective of individual local needs and resources , it can provide a similar standard of service for a similar rate poundage to other authorities of the same class .
8 It consists of two clusters in the same binocular field .
9 Its molecular weight is about 95000 Daltons and it consists of two subunits : a larger alpha subunit with several membrane spanning domains and a smaller beta subunit .
10 It consists of two lists of numbers with clearly labelled rows and columns .
11 It consists of two parts : an optimal output strategy and an optimal sales strategy :
12 The nucleus is n't solid , it consists of other particles — what sort of particles are these ?
13 It consists of odd pages with some figures on and a load of pie charts .
14 It consists of four Sundays leading up to the great Feast of Christmas , four weeks of waiting and expectation .
15 It consists of 27 modules that automate the entire manufacturing process , including planning and costing , engineering control , project control , inventory , shop-floor control , sales management , purchasing , finance , customer service and maintenance .
16 Called Catholics and Sex , it consists of endless complaints about restrictions on sexual behaviour imposed by the Catholic church .
17 It consists of technological factors , product and labour market determinants , social influences affecting the ideology of the actors , as well as the political environment which , for Dunlop , consists of power relations in the larger society .
18 It consists of five stages : receptivity , responsiveness , appreciation , internalisation , and characterisation .
19 It consists of long chains of sulphur atoms which , at room temperature , break up and reform to produce S8 molecules crystallising in the orthorhombic lattice .
20 It consists of 2 parts : the service specification , and contract conditions , plus appendices .
21 It consists of three points : gain all you can , save all you can , give all you can .
22 The Church of S. Saviour Pantocrator ( also later a mosque ) is an unusual one in that it consists of three churches joined to one another and all of twelfth century date , but all have easy access to each other inside .
23 Keeping members in touch with all things Biggles ( the aviation hero from the pen of Captain W E Johns ) it consists of historical articles as well as news of new Biggles book releases .
24 It speaks of authoritative directives being based on or reflecting reasons which apply to their subjects in any case .
25 It smells of damp clothes .
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