Example sentences of "consisted of [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1930s accommodation consisted of a thousand beds in twelve hotels . |
| 2 | Virginia like most of the mainland colonies consisted of a few ports with an extensive hinterland that was left untouched until the coastal sections had been fairly fully settled . |
| 3 | My celebration consisted of a few beers with my caddie friends at Edinburgh station and on the night train . |
| 4 | The same source claims that the 51 women in question consisted of the best workers in that department " ( presumably this means the most senior ) . |
| 5 | The Northern Territories ( known in the Soviet Union as the Kuriles ) consisted of the four islands of Shikotan , Etorofu , Kunashiri and the Habomai group , seized by Soviet forces in the final days of the Pacific War in 1945 . |
| 6 | He decided to tell the story of William Black to the Down Presbytery which met monthly and consisted of the Presbyterian ministers of a substantial section of County Down together with one lay elder from each congregation . |
| 7 | The first stage of the inspection consisted of the shadowing pupils by advisers . |
| 8 | It consisted of the previous achievements of Taylorism in the application of empirical methods to the study , design and ‘ de-skilling/re-skilling ’ of work ( see Clegg and Dunkerly , 1980 : chs 3 , 11 ) . |
| 9 | Sharma , backed by the Congress ( I ) , gained 64.78 per cent of the total votes of the electoral college ( which consisted of the elected members of both houses of parliament and the state legislatures ) , defeating his nearest rival , G. G. Swell , the BJP-National Front candidate who polled 33.21 per cent . |