Example sentences of "was composed of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this body , which was composed of an independent chairman and two representatives from both sides , eventually reported it suggested that there should be no change in conditions and wages in the industry . |
| 2 | In November of the following year , 1892 , the first ‘ Free Church Congress ’ met in Manchester and was composed of personal delegates . |
| 3 | In the District , and in contrast to the national trend , Tutorial Classes virtually doubled between 1925 and 1931 — from thirteen to twenty-five and their membership was composed of about one-third of students from manual occupations . |
| 4 | The new committee was composed of equal representation of the University and the WEA . |
| 5 | Jurassic reef coral , Stylina alveolata This massive coral is now composed of calcite It has been recrystallized , because in life it was composed of the mineral aragonite — chemically the same as calcite , but with a different crystal structure . |
| 6 | Although he defines his terms carefully , Hecht is still somewhat confusing when he writes : ‘ The servant class , then , was composed of recruits from social levels as diverse as the gentry and the rural proletariat … |
| 7 | The Delegation was composed of seven women : Margarita Papandreou ( Women for Mutual Security , and Global Co-ordinator of the Delegation ) ; myself — Nawal El Saadawi ( writer , medical doctor and President of the Arab Women 's Solidarity Association ) ; Fatheya Seoudi ( Women 's Centre , Jordan ) ; Joan Drake ( Institute of Policy Studies in Washington and Madrea , Latin America ) ; Maude Barlow ( Voice of Women — Canada , Women World Parliamentarians for Peace ) ; Flora Abrachmanova ( World Democratic Federation of Women ) and Kay Kamp ( Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom ) . |
| 8 | The plain was composed of salmon-coloured powder . |
| 9 | Ordered for the War Office , each train was composed of four vehicles . |
| 10 | The vehicle was composed of three compartments , in which the rear one was constructed so that the passenger , lying down to sleep , extended her feet beneath what would have been the ‘ boot ’ of a road coach . |
| 11 | The Jewish Brigade was composed of ardent Zionists who carried their missionary zeal through the displaced persons camps of Europe . |
| 12 | The Commission was composed of representatives from Champagne houses , growers , local officials , the ministry of agriculture and the treasury and its aims were ‘ to ensure the respect of local custom and tradition , the observation of which is necessary in order to preserve the quality of Champagne ’ . |
| 13 | The new unit , Continental Shelf II , was composed of Eden as District Geologist with a total staff of 10 appointed to work under him . |
| 14 | Equipped with Messerschmitt Bf109E fighters , the unit was composed of battle-hardened veterans who had seen much action during the fighting over England during the previous summer . |
| 15 | The Supreme Court was composed of two judges who were the only officials other than the Governor appointed directly by the Crown . |
| 16 | In one was a fat , broad-faced man ; the body perfect and soft , as if just dead ; the lid had been glewed together , lengthways , and the weight of the earth had prest down his nose ; his beard was about half an inch long ; the winding-sheet was crape , tied with black ribbons ; and the thumbs and toes with the like ; the date was composed of small nails ( 1665 ) by which it appeared he had been dead seventy-two years ; as were also the figure of an hour-glass , death 's head , and cross bones . |
| 17 | The top picture was composed of agrimony leaves and alchemilla flowers , with the addition of a few pink larkspur and red hawthorn flowers . |
| 18 | The basic shape was composed of silverweed leaves , with some sea lavender tucked in between them , then the largest blue delphiniums were positioned around the curve . |
| 19 | One unit was composed of many more buildings than the others and it is suggested that it represents a social difference with specialist activities taking place there . |
| 20 | This committee was composed of representatives of producers , employees and consumers ; it too , however , could not be much of a check on High Authority action if the two bodies moved on to a collision course — something , in fact , which never occurred . |
| 21 | The winter of discontent' of 1978/9 played just such a powerful role in British politics because it was composed of extremely powerful images . |
| 22 | One significant development was the emergence of the neuron theory that held that the brain was composed of discrete cellular elements , the neurons , that were physically separated from each other by gaps called synapses . |
| 23 | It was composed of disparate reactionary groups , violently nationalist and anti-Semitic in outlook , whose only regret was that the Tsar had issued any manifesto at all . |
| 24 | In the period of the reforms carried out under Charles V , much of the French army was composed of members of the lower-ranking nobility . |
| 25 | In 1494 , it is as well to remember , at least one half of the army which Charles VIII led into Italy was composed of heavy cavalry . |
| 26 | In the decade 1420–30 , a sizeable proportion of Charles VII 's army was composed of Scots who fought at both Cravant and Verneuil , a strong contingent of Genoese also taking part in this second battle against the English . |
| 27 | The Church , after all , was composed of human beings , who had suffered cruelly for their beliefs in the past . |
| 28 | The ideology was composed of a series of rules relating to marriage , the family and Home that for the evangelicals were rooted in Christianity but were also clearly related to wider social and economic aspirations . |
| 29 | This " veteran assault force " ( as he called it ) was composed of the only men left from the cantonment community whom he had not yet made use of , the few elderly gentlemen who had managed to survive the rigours of the siege . |
| 30 | It was the sovereign body , and it was composed of all the citizens . |