Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] consists of " in BNC.

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1 This is because each hair consists of a sharp , hollow spine , the walls of which contain silica , making them glass-like and brittle .
2 The Lower Primary consists of the Nursery and Primaries 1 – 3 and is headed by an Assistant Headteacher who is responsible for all four years .
3 Each crypt consists of a superficial , longitudinal segment and a sonvoluted deep segment , the second usually appearing in transverse or oblique view on cut sections .
4 Each level consists of :
5 Each level consists of five cassettes , a tapescript and a student 's book .
6 Each level consists of eight themes presented in a dynamic documentary format .
7 Each level consists of 20 short teaching units divided into three parts , each of which conveniently provides you with the material for a 45–50 minute lesson .
8 Each award consists of more than 12 Higher National Unit credits .
9 It should be possible to see now that the tone-unit has a place in a range of phonological units that are in a hierarchical relationship : speech consists of a number of utterances ( the largest unit that we shall consider ) ; each utterance consists of one or more tone-units ; each tone-unit consists of one or more feet ; each foot consists of one or more syllables ; each syllable consists of one or more phonemes .
10 Each sentence consists of a very heavy subject followed by a very light verb .
11 Nucleic acids are strings of four kinds of ‘ nucleotides ’ : each nucleotide consists of a common piece ( which joins to other identical pieces to form the ‘ string ’ ) , and , sticking out sideways , one of four different ‘ bases ’ ( adenine , thymine , guanine , or cytosine ) .
12 That parcel consists of two school-books , specimens of the hand-writing etc. of George Green , a Son of the late Mr. Green of
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The total stock consists of approximately 540,000 books and some 5,000 current periodicals and newspapers ; this is augmented by borrowing some 13,000 items from other libraries each year .
16 The total stock consists of approximately 540,000 books and some 5,000 current periodicals and newspapers ; this is augmented by borrowing some 13,000 items from other libraries each year .
17 Different cells , such as blood cells , nerve cells , and muscle cells , make up the various tissues and organs of the body , but the diversity of cell types is superimposed on a common plan : each cell consists of a nucleus , which is the seat of the chromosomes , the genes , and the genetic material in general ; and which is surrounded by cytoplasm , whose constituents provide the environment in which the genetic potential is actualized .
18 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 .
19 Each entry consists of three sections :
20 Each entry consists of two fields , both of which are mandatory .
21 Each setting consists of :
22 The Tigress 's favourite trick consists of awakening her lovers with a rifle-butt and watching with delight as they hurl themselves naked from her window into a dungheap .
23 The benefit in this case consists of the enjoyment of the facilities of the school .
24 In methodology , explains Rivers ( 1964 ) , this technique consists of learning the dialogue by heart , where the teacher suggests exactly what the students should say in both questions and answers .
25 This sensor consists of an ordinary mercury tilt switch mounted at an angle so that the small mercury bead encapsulated in the switch easily rolls on and off the contacts as the switch encounters movement .
26 This course consists of three modules : 67801 Introduction to Machine Knitting , 67809 Domestic Machine Knitting , 67811 Knitted Garment Production and Hand Finishing .
27 This course consists of 6 or 8 hours daily individual one-to-one tuition .
28 For many , this preparation consists of rehearsed responses to boost pupils ' scores .
29 Support for this hypothesis consists of high pressures recorded in the basal and postprandial period , and after prostigmine , but some investigators have challenged these findings .
30 Flanders ( 1970 ) found that , on average , two-thirds of classroom time is taken up with the teacher talking , and two-thirds of this talk consists of lecturing or explaining .
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