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Example sentences for "consists"

Lexicographically close words:
consisteth; consisting; consistorial; consistories; consistory; consociated; consociation; consol; consolation; consolations
  1. This curiosity is in Page County; and Kercheval gives the following account of it: "The grandeur and sublimity of this extraordinary work of nature, consists in its tremendous height and singular formation.

  2. The gas which rises in the bath consists of nitrogen, with minute quantities of sulphuretted hydrogen and carbonic acid.

  3. A large part of sanctification consists in the formation of proper habits, such as the habit of Scripture reading, of secret prayer, of church going, of efforts to convert and benefit others.

  4. Robinson: "Sanctification consists negatively, in the removal of the penal consequences of sin from the moral nature; positively, in the progressive implanting and growth of a new principle of life.

  5. The connection between the Lord's Supper and Baptism consists in this, that they both and equally are symbols of the death of Christ.

  6. All sin consists in the sundering of man's life from God, and most systems of falsehood in religion are attempts to save man without merging his life in God's once more.

  7. Yet the Westminster Confession affirms that the church "consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion, together with their children.

  8. They seem to have no suspicion that salvation consists in the health of the soul, and that the health of the soul consists in holiness.

  9. Form of Government, 3--"A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their offspring.

  10. In this statement, which consists of a broadside of one page, he thus commences.

  11. It consists in walking backwards and forwards a hundred times between two points within the sacred precincts, repeating a prayer each time.

  12. The navy of Denmark consists of thirty-one steamers of all classes, six of which are iron-clads, carrying three hundred and twelve guns, and manned by nine hundred men.

  13. But the spire is the most remarkable portion of the building, and consists of four dragons, the heads at the apex looking towards the four points of the compass.

  14. The lower house consists of one hundred and eighty-eight members, fifty-five of whom are elected by the towns, and the rest by the rural districts, at the rate of one for every forty thousand people.

  15. The Diet, or Parliament, consists of two houses, the upper of which is composed of one hundred and twenty-seven members, or one for every thirty thousand inhabitants.

  16. The legislature is called the Rigsdag, and consists of the Landsthing, or upper house, and the Folkething, or lower house.

  17. The error consists in looking for the explanation of social phenomena in the most general laws.

  18. It consists in the accord of the collective judgments .

  19. Social or moral progress consists less in the aggrandizement of certain faculties and suppression of others, than in the discipline of all with reference to a progressive organization of life.

  20. Thus this collection of "Latter-Day Pamphlets" consists of the bitterest cynicism.

  21. And our freedom of choice consists in the alternative of making this choice or omitting to make it,--exerting ourselves or not exerting ourselves.

  22. It probably has reached a crisis, which consists in the putting on of new forms and ascending into a higher order of organized existence.

  23. My whole property consists of six thousand scudi, and that trifling sum I dare not offer you.

  24. Because the good of the human race is the ultimate standard of right and wrong, and because moral discipline consists in cultivating the utmost possible repugnance to all conduct injurious to the general good, M.

  25. This consists of the clergy, or priesthood, for M.

  26. Therein consists the lamentable effect of Fetishism--its degrading and prostrating influence on the feelings and conduct, its conflict with all genuine experience, and antagonism to all real knowledge of nature.

  27. The commencement of every study consists in gathering together unanalyzed facts, and treasuring up such spontaneous generalizations as present themselves to natural sagacity.

  28. That all perfection consists in unity, he apparently considers to be a maxim which no sane man thinks of questioning.

  29. The reader will be surprised to learn, that the former consists of prayer.

  30. The prayer consists of two parts; a commemoration, followed by an effusion.

  31. The public cultus consists of a series of celebrations or festivals, eighty-four in the year, so arranged that at least one occurs in every week.

  32. The philosophy of Science consists of two principal parts; the methods of investigation, and the requisites of proof.

  33. Comte's subjective synthesis consists only in eliminating from the sciences everything that he deems useless, and presenting as far as possible every theoretical investigation as the solution of a practical problem.

  34. The capital consists of two parts: the Tartar city, a square of four miles; and the Chinese city, measuring five miles by three.

  35. Manchuria consists of three regions now denominated provinces, Shengking, Kairin, and Helungkiang.

  36. As a result he says they will find that the year consists of 366 days, a close approximation for that epoch.

  37. I must mention that the examinations on the science of government were not conducted as are ordinary examinations in any given study that consists of questions and answers.

  38. The competition among manufacturers consists in the care and exactness with which they combine the necessary elements.

  39. The first consists of those who have little or no musical ear, and, therefore, the concert affords them only an inferior pleasure.

  40. This becomes evident when we remember that the Beatific Vision consists of the three human acts of knowledge, love, and enjoyment of God.

  41. Theologians tell us that the Beatific Vision, considered as a perfect and permanent state, consists of three acts which are so many elements essential to its integrity and perfection.

  42. She wills the resurrection of her body as God wills it, and because He wills it, and because also her body is absolutely necessary to complete her human nature, which essentially consists of both soul and body.

  43. He made many experiments in optics, in consequence of which he discovered and announced that white light consists of seven colors, having different degrees of refrangibility.

  44. In 1900, the author of this book patented the method of controlling the movements of vessels, which consists in using radio telegraphy.

  45. The act of inventing consists of three separate acts--the act of conceiving, the act of developing, and the act of producing.

  46. Spinning is an exceedingly ancient art, and consists in forming continuous lengths of thread by drawing out and twisting together filaments of such material as wool, cotton, flax, etc.

  47. Divorce is frequent, particularly the easy form which consists of the husband throwing his wife out of doors and bringing in another woman.

  48. If we are guilty of lawlessness and brutal violence, whether our guilt consists in active participation therein or in mere connivance and encouragement, we shall assuredly suffer later on because of what we have done.

  49. The chief sport of that festive season consists in sprinkling people with water, concerning the purity of which the sprinklers are by no means fastidious.

  50. One curious institution is the travelling house of correction, which consists of waggons, not unlike those in which menagerie keepers convey their beasts.

  51. It consists of negroes--a race rarely remarkable for courage.

  52. A poor devil--a sort of scholar and philosopher, who obtains but poor thanks from his friends for his admirable arts, and whose only amusement on earth consists in his small experiments.

  53. The Antarctic portion consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840.

  54. The major source of hard currency consists of the mining of diamonds.

  55. St Sauveur consists of two churches, which were originally built side by side, and now, with the partition wall removed, form one!

  56. The chateau as it is now, consists partly of the ruins of the ancient chateau, to which is attached the new chateau, so called.

  57. The border consists of a line of more or less dismembered men lying prostrate, and the ladies’ highly-developed sense of humour shows itself at every turn.

  58. Know, O reader, of an inquiring mind, that chile consists of red pepper, served as a boiling hot sauce, or stew.

  59. Half the pleasure of hunting, if sportsmen would but confess it, consists in showing one's trophies to others.

  60. This feat consists in hitting the upper edge of the bones of the neck with a bullet, the blow striking so high up that it will momentarily paralyze, without fracturing.

  61. The Enlightenment Board consists of seventy-four members, of whom sixty-seven are necessary to form a quorum.

  62. Apart from his own works, it consists entirely of-- (a) Brief introductions to the two editions of his Journal.

  63. The work consists of a number of dissertations on the past history and present condition of the French Government, which serve as the setting for its central feature, a Plan or project of reform.

  64. The edition consists of a series of extracts from certain of the letters, and represents only a fraction of the whole correspondence, which occupies eight volumes.

  65. Sometimes the strongest evidence consists in slight touches of expression, e.

  66. Thus, in the Lynceus of Theodectes, the Complication consists of the incidents presupposed in the drama, the seizure of the child, and then again, The Unravelling extends from the accusation of murder to the end.

  67. It consists in some defect or ugliness which is not painful or destructive.

  68. For Tragedy is an imitation, not of men, but of an action and of life, and life consists in action, and its end is a mode of action, not a quality.

  69. Wherein happiness consists is less frequently discussed, and yet it is impossible to avoid the question, whether a year, a day, an hour in Paradise does not bring more happiness than a lifetime in the chimney-corner.

  70. The second of these actions, thigh rubbing, is found for the most part in little girls, and inasmuch as it consists of a stimulation of the sexual organs sometimes causes much distress to the parents.

  71. Chvostek's sign consists in a visible twitch of the facial musculature, especially of the orbicularis palpebrarum or of the orbicularis oris, in response to a gentle tap administered over the facial nerve in front of the ear.

  72. The religious currency of mankind, in thought, in speech, and in print, consists entirely of polarised words.

  73. The fact that war is inhuman is indeed one of those obvious truths which it is difficult to render more plain by argument; those who know in what war consists cannot help knowing that it is inhuman.

  74. Another horse amulet, obtained by Miss Eckenstein from Sicily, also consists of a piece of scarlet cloth cut into the shape of a heart and decorated with tinsel.

  75. It consists in its simple form of a ring and a pin, and the latter is hinged on to the former.

  76. The dress of monks usually consists of a tunic or closed gown and scapular, while there may be one or more open gowns with a hood at the back.

  77. The rest of the costume consists of cloth knickerbockers and stockings, with sandals or shoes that are made to the shape of the foot.

  78. In this case it consists of a tunic without sleeves, of red material with a velvet yoke, and shoulder straps (see Figure 127).

  79. As regards actual material, the basis of the cockade consists of leather, which is japanned, while a certain amount of ribbon may also be used.

  80. For instance, while the dress tartan of the MacPhersons consists chiefly of black and white, with thin lines of red and yellow, the hunting tartan of the same clan is black and buff, with lines of blue and red.

  81. From this it was but an easy step to the final form which consists of an oval loop with a long tail pendent from each of its ends, so that when it is worn on the person it makes a capital "Y" on the back and another on the chest.

  82. It consists of a small bag of silk, at the bottom corners of which little satin ribbon loops are fixed, while the whole is covered by an elaborate rosette of satin ribbon, and is suspended from the back of the coat collar.


  83. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consists" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    consists chiefly; consists essentially