Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] consist of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top of the tree consists of ways in which we can sense , such as archaeology , psychometry , dowsing and aesthetic response . |
| 2 | What is perhaps more common than a share-for-share exchange is for part of the consideration to consist of debentures issued by Newco to vendor shareholders . |
| 3 | At Sheriff Hutton , as at Middleham , the core of the affinity consisted of men whose own estates lay close to the castle and it is among these that continuity is likely to have been strongest . |
| 4 | At Sheriff Hutton , as at Middleham , the core of the affinity consisted of men whose own estates lay close to the castle and it is among these that continuity is likely to have been strongest . |
| 5 | The greater part of the underclass consists of members of minority groups , blacks or people of Hispanic origin . |
| 6 | Much of the stock consists of books that might be found elsewhere — though rarely in such a comprehensive collection . |
| 7 | One factor in its favour is that almost 40% of the JKAP consists of Hindus from the Hindu-majority region of Jammu . |
| 8 | However , hotels , restaurants and other places of entertainment where the substantial proportion of the business consisted of transactions other than the sale of intoxicating liquor came within the 1954 Act . |
| 9 | The bulk of Book 1 of the Essay consists of arguments against innateness . |
| 10 | Over 80 per cent of the population consisted of peasants . |
| 11 | The steering committee which made the late changes to the report consisted of representatives from the European Commission , the lead additives companies Associated octel , Ethyl and SIAC , the International Lead and Zinc Research organisation , Agip Petrol and the United States ' Environmental Protection Agency . |