verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a collection consists of/contains sth
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The collection consists of some 500 items.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Some harp parts consist almost entirely of zig-zag lines!
entirely
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Certainly, it is no justification in itself for ruling out ads consisting entirely of words.
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He proposed designing a plane consisting entirely of flat triangles.
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In these terms, the original puzzle becomes that of why natural selection does not produce a population consisting entirely of hawks.
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These organizations usually consist entirely of older people committed to fighting elderly issues directly.
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The Giral government, consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans, was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation.
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These should consist entirely of high upland in which no agricultural or forestry activities would take place.
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He describes Lebna Dengel's capital as being the size of a town but consisting entirely of tents.
largely
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They are about 8 microns in diameter and probably consist largely of chlorides, that is, of compounds containing chlorine.
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Many of the pills and capsules which are sold to slimmers as appetite suppressants consist largely of methyl cellulose.
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The diet of the red kite seems to consist largely of carrion and some birds.
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A child's education may consist largely of the mastery of traditional skills to be done in a traditional way.
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Miscellaneous assets largely consist of payments owed but not yet received from other banks.
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For example, a site may consist largely of a number of postholes, all dating to the Neolithic period.
mainly
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The performance indicators which are produced consist mainly of data on payment, which makes useful analysis difficult.
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Much of the remaining 25 percent, consisting mainly of glass, metals, and ceramics, can be recovered and recycled.
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A board of directors of Salomon Brothers was born, consisting mainly of former traders.
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These consist mainly of extensions, alterations and garages.
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Currently both bodies consist mainly of educators.
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The external changes during growth are comparatively slight and consist mainly of an increase in size at each moult.
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The presidents' men have organised counter-demonstrations, mainly consisting of unenthusiastic state employees.
mostly
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The repertoire on the Erato set, consisting mostly of familiar Mravinsky favourites, may also give a misleading impression.
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And their dull appearance is often accompanied by teaching methods that consist mostly of scribbling graphs on a blackboard.
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At rest they consist mostly of head and neck and their wings project well beyond the tail.
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They consist mostly of quartz and feldspars, with a little mica or amphibole.
only
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Soon the whole species would consist only of parthenogenetic females.
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Despite their title, lecturers' teaching does not consist only , or even mainly, of giving lectures.
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Here, no vertebrates at all could be found, the fossils consisting only of invertebrates such as the trilobites.
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Without you Sunshine Breakfast would only consist of Cornflakes.
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Without the system electronically stored data/information can only consist of proto-records.
solely
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All would keep strict hours, their duties consisting solely in the preparation and delivery of their lessons.
usually
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Fights usually consist of three three-minute rounds, with a one-minute break between each round.
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These so-called always deductible expenses usually consist of home mortgage interest and real estate taxes.
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These organizations usually consist entirely of older people committed to fighting elderly issues directly.
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State board licensing examinations vary, but they usually consist of written and oral parts and include a demonstration of practical skills.
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These usually consist of large, naturalistic floral garlands or medallions set against an open or sparsely decorated field.
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A decentralised business will usually consist of independent profit centres or divisions.
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These precautions will usually consist of instructions sent out to managers.
■ NOUN
committee
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The creditors' committee must consist of at least three and not more than five creditors.
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The Steering Committee , consisting of anybody who came to the meetings, ended up with 37 people.
group
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A third, smaller group will consist of veterans whose illnesses can not be tied to Gulf War service, he said.
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One group might consist of the younger consumer end of the market and one might be business women of thirty-plus.
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The group can consist either of other elderly people, or special groups for people of all ages with an alcohol problem.
member
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The commission would consist of eight members , appointed for 10 years.
number
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The book is divided up into eight main sections consisting of a number of chapters which introduce a particular multivariate technique.
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Alphanumeric fields consist of letters, numbers , or both.
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A scale of this kind would normally consist of a number of such statements.
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For example, a site may consist largely of a number of postholes, all dating to the Neolithic period.
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These are created in conjunction with a skeleton layout for whatever document you wish to produce and consist of a number of tags.
series
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A scale like this will normally consist of a series of such statements tapping the same attitudinal dimension.
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When approached underwater they give an alarm or warning signal consisting of a series of quite rapid and quite audible grunts.
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In detail barrier reefs consist of whole series of individual reefs and may have small islands on them.
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A successful activity will consist of a series of varied lessons and tasks.
system
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The reproductive systems consist of filamentous tubes.
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A chemical system may consist of atoms, molecules and ions or any combination of these.
team
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Ideally the netting team should consist of three people.
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In basketball, you can have good teams consisting of high school kids, old men and women of all ages.
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The top team could consist of the board.
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Women's teams consist of three competitors plus one reserve.
word
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Certainly, it is no justification in itself for ruling out ads consisting entirely of words .
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About 30 percent of the time, these largely involuntary vocalizations consist of shouting words , sometimes obscenities.
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Such lexical chains need not necessarily consist of words which mean the same, however.
■ VERB
seem
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Finally, the remaining three components seemed to consist of uninterpretable noise.
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It seems to consist of an affront to the dignity of the House or a Member of it.
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Mabs and Tashie's contribution seemed to consist of amiably teasing Nigel and Henry.
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The world seemed to consist of spongers like Marc, supporters like Christopher, and victims like Francis.
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The diet of the red kite seems to consist largely of carrion and some birds.
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Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
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The perceived world, however, seems to consist of stable objects as well as events occurring in them.
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First is the fact that his capitalist society seemed to consist of mechanisms and relationships with universal effects throughout capitalism.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Assuming voluntary labour in sport to consist of half manual and half professional work gives an average value per hour of £10.38.
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Ideally the netting team should consist of three people.
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If supplied, each entry must consist of two parts.
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Later tombs here have no tumulus above but consist of a single large room cut into the stone.
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Substrate can consist of fine gravel, aquarium sand or powdered lava.
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The household may now consist of several teenagers or an elderly relative.
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This might consist of: special in-house courses, attendance at outside professional courses, plus evening college lectures and private study.
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To start with, nearly all the warning patterns consist of pale bands or light patches against black backgrounds.