Example sentences of "[noun sg] consists [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxwell concluded that ‘ we can scarcely ; avoid the inference that light consists of the transverse undulations of the same medium which is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena . ’ |
| 2 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 3 | Each entry consists of a brief history of the building , followed by accounts of its conservation and that of individual works of art , such as the cleaning of Donatello 's ‘ St John the Baptist ’ in the Frari or the great stained glass window in SS . |
| 4 | The main headband consists of a lightweight moulded arc and a broad artificial leather strap is set within this on sliding brackets for adjusting to make the most comfortable support . |
| 5 | The migrating motor complex consists of a cyclical period of activity with a length of about 120 minutes in man . |
| 6 | While provision for his guests is more than adequate , his bedroom consists of a single bed with a small television at its foot , remotely controlled . |
| 7 | It has to be recognised that the construction industry consists of a large number of businesses which are mainly small . |
| 8 | The modern instrument consists of a fixed frame with adjustable rods . |
| 9 | The main body of that guidance consists of a detailed description of each room listed in the schedule , and dealt with under the headings of functions , fittings , furniture and equipment , services , finishes , area/shape , and relationship to other rooms . |
| 10 | The heart of the legal notion of partnership consists in the mutual trust and confidence of the participants . |
| 11 | According to their scheme each SMLA consists of an urban core together with a metropolitan ring comprising the local authority areas from which at least 15 per cent of the workers commute to the urban core , while beyond the SMLA is an outer commuting ring from which at least 1 per cent of workers travel daily to the core . |
| 12 | Stock consists of a Percula Clown and a Regal Tang . |
| 13 | Each village consists of a single house of a patrilineal extended family with 15–46 members . |
| 14 | The measure of expected returns used in the empirical work consists of a weighted average of the relative returns on equities and bonds in the UK and overseas . |
| 15 | The ‘ affective fallacy ’ , they maintain , is the fallacy of arguing , as Richards does , that poetry consists in the emotive use of language , and that the primary consideration of the critic must therefore be the effect that the poem has on the reader . |
| 16 | The range consists of an Overnight Replenishing Treatment , a Soothing Skin Tonic and an oil-free pH balanced Effective Eye Make-Up Remover . |
| 17 | Today , the mill consists of a fascinating maze of timbers , corridors , cellars , lift-shafts and assorted rooms . |
| 18 | The receptor consists of a single transmembrane protein containing a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase which is separated into two ( boxes ) . |
| 19 | The check consists of a basic examination and includes any necessary adjustments , and materials up to a cost of £2.50 plus VAT . |
| 20 | The equipment consists of a portable computer linked to a sensor which travels along the pipe and examines it for defects . |
| 21 | Effectively the spreadsheet consists of a large , anywhere from 65,000 cells to 2 million or more , sheet of squared paper . |
| 22 | The polishing machine consists of a simple rotary polishing lap running at up to 30 rpm , on which is placed a precision lapping chuck ( Fig. 4.7a ) with several slides held by vacuum suction ( Fig. 4.7b ) . |
| 23 | The legislature consists of a nine-member Senate and a 15-member House of Representatives ; its members are elected for two-year terms . |
| 24 | What we call a battle consists of a vast , heterogeneous array of individual actions in the field — fighting , firing , charging , wounding — none of which constitutes ‘ the battle ’ as such . |
| 25 | A fourth kind of two-part question consists of a book-work question followed by a problem . |
| 26 | The new bar consists of a triple layer of chocolate ice cream inside a real milk chocolate coating . |
| 27 | The attractiveness of a group consists of the interpersonal attractiveness of members of the group for one another . |
| 28 | The second group consists of the even-toed ungulates such as the hippopotamuses , giraffes , antelopes , and camels , goats and sheep , wild and domestic . |
| 29 | Briefly , the diet consists of an initial one or two day fruit ‘ fast ’ , followed by two weeks on raw fruits and vegetables , nuts , seeds , springwater , juices and herb teas . |
| 30 | RNA consists of a single strand |