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

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1 Again , in a later paper , ‘ Social Structure and the Development of Personality : Freud 's Contribution to the Integration of Psychology and Sociology ’ ( 1958 ) Parsons seeks to establish that the ego , which consists of abandoned object-cathexes , must be cultural .
2 It is sufficient to stress that during the first hours and days of life the child 's whole interaction with other things consists of reflex adaptation to the circumstances of the moment in so far as these affect biological need — the need , at this stage , of continued existence only .
3 The second element consists of certain ways of relating to other people .
4 The world , the reductivist might argue , consists of certain entities and there properties and relations , and all facts , including 'negative' facts , are literally facts about such entities .
5 New York-based RAM Mobile Data Inc and Mobile Data Turnkey Solutions have teamed up to offer Dispatcher , a Windows-based fleet despatch application for use on RAM 's mobile data network : the system consists of personal computer software and Millidyne STX 4000 mobile data terminals which are mounted in each driver 's vehicle ; drivers can use the system to report position and status , while controllers can see status reports ; all message transactions are recorded , and there is also a message store capability .
6 A suitable medium for culturing white worm consists of equal parts of loam and peat which is just moist .
7 The AWB consists of equal numbers of employer and employee representatives , together with ‘ neutral ’ members appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture who almost invariably determine the awards .
8 The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ .
9 At present BIRON consists of descriptive information about studies held , not the datasets themselves , which have to be ordered from the Archive in a separate process .
10 A good deal of Middle Eastern and Asian music ( for example , music based on the raga or maqam principle ) and of African music consists of pre-existing ideas , schemes , rhythmic and melodic formulae , which are ‘ filled ’ out in performance .
11 It has been pointed out that the insignia assigned to the vicarius of the British diocese , alone of such officers , consists of castellated enclosures instead of maidens , indicating that he commanded troops .
12 For many , this preparation consists of rehearsed responses to boost pupils ' scores .
13 Precipitation on the surrounding mountains may give rise to streams which quickly disappear where they reach the basin , as in the Taklamakan desert of the Tarim basin ( Stein , I933 ) The basin often consists of gentle slopes of graded sediments derived from the surrounding mountains leading to a central saline lake or swamp .
14 The bulk of the chicks ' diet consists of leaf-eating caterpillars from oak trees , particularly those of the green oak tortrix , and these are at their best in the few weeks after the leaf buds come out .
15 A map of plant distribution based on palaeobotanical data suggests that the Late Permian ’ Glossopteris biome' was comparable to the modern ‘ cool temperate ’ Biome , which consists of deciduous angiosperm forests in temperate high latitudes where average daily temperatures are 10 °C for at least one-third of the year .
16 Tertiary prevention consists of paediatric surgery .
17 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 .
18 We will instead provide reasons for believing that the mental lexicon consists of separate sub-systems : one containing semantic information , another containing phonological information , and a third orthographic information .
19 A good structure consists of key words or phrases , not sentences , shaped into a coherent framework on which to hang your answer .
20 For instance when amplifying Y-chromosome derived sequences in humans , the control normally consists of simultaneous amplification of a locus on the X-chromosome ( 1 ) or on an autosome ( 2 ) .
21 Paul Valéry wrote that ‘ a lion consists of digested lambs ’ — but there are no lions roaming this CD .
22 The common law offence of sedition , which consists of stirring hatred amongst different classes of Her Majesty 's subjects had fallen into disuse , and an unsuccessful attempt to use it to prosecute for the making of anti-semitic remarks appears to have discouraged prosecuting authorities from seeking to persuade the courts to mould the common law to deal with new problems posed by those who promote ill-will in an increasingly multi-racial society .
23 This is a common type of lump , especially in woman under 30 , and consists of swollen tissue loosely attached within the breast .
24 One type consists of event-related potentials , the other is ongoing EEG activity ( Hillyard and Woods , 1979 ) .
25 This consists of primary assessment and simultaneous resuscitation , where all life-threatening conditions are identified and treated in the ABC sequence : Airway , Breathing , Circulation .
26 The bulk of the USSR 's purchases in Latin America consists of primary agricultural produce , for example , tropical crops such as coffee and cocoa , and , most notably , grain and meat .
27 the income consists of annual payments made under a partnership agreement to or for the benefit of a former partner , or the widow or dependants of a deceased former partner , of the partnership , being payments made under a liability incurred for full consideration ; 2. the income is payable in connection with the acquisition of a partnership ; 3. the income arises under a settlement made by one party to a marriage by way of provision for the other after the dissolution or annulment of the marriage , or while they are separated under an Order of the Court or under a separation agreement or in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent , being income payable to or applicable for the benefit of the other party ; 4. the income is from property of which the settlor has divested himself absolutely by the settlement ; 5. the income is income which under other provisions of the tax legislation is treated for the purposes of the Taxes Acts as that of the settlor .
28 The greater part of Somerset House consists of small rooms off corridors , with few interiors of spectacular interest .
29 Cala Mesquida Village consists of small , chalet-style rooms set amidst pine trees .
30 Much of this land consists of small hilly grass fields divided by strips of woodland called shaws , intermixed with larger areas of woodland .
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