Example sentences of "[adj] system consists of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the thorax and abdomen , for example , the nervous system consists of a chain of paired ‘ ganglia ’ each composed of a few thousand cells . |
| 2 | Its central nervous system consists of a few ganglia , no more than about 20,000 neurons in all . |
| 3 | A basic system consists of a monitor screen , a programmed computer , means to change the screen image , and a printer to make copies of drawing and figures . |
| 4 | One of the most interesting findings to come out of recent research is that the visual system consists of a set of circuits arranged in parallel , rather than an hierarchically organized cascade . |
| 5 | The Asiatic system consists of separate units ; local communities which hold land communally in much the same way as tribal communities or the constituent units of the classical and feudal systems were believed by Marx to do . |
| 6 | The canalicular system consists of tortuous invaginations of the platelet wall running through the platelet cytoplasm and therefore greatly increasing the total surface area of platelet/ plasma contact ( Behnke , 1970 ) . |
| 7 | The western Dinaric system consists of a series of parallel limestone ranges which run behind the Adriatic coast for 720 km ( 450 miles ) from Slovenia to the Albanian border and continue through Albania to the Pindos mountains of Greece . |
| 8 | The fully modified system consists of the following equations : |
| 9 | The autonomic system consists of two parts , the parasympathetic and the sympathetic , which have largely opposing effects . |
| 10 | The immune system consists of specialised cells and macromolecules which defend the body against infection through their ability to recognise ‘ foreign-ness ’ and to respond to the presence of micro-organisms or parasites . |
| 11 | However , the financial system consists of many types of institution , differentiated by the services that they offer to lenders and borrowers . |