consist

consist in (something)

To have something be the sole, primary, or most important element or aspect. Diplomacy consists in open, thoughtful communication, not tearing down others with whom one disagrees. Being a good parent consists in doing what most benefits your child—whether they are happy with that or not.
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consist of (something)

To be made up of (something). Your grade consists of several factors, such as homework, projects, and test scores.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

consist of someone or something

to include people or things; to be made up of people or things. This bread consists of flour, water, sugar, oil, and yeast. The U.S. Senate consists of two elected officials from each state.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

consist of

v.
To have something as components; be made up of something: The English test consisted of four essays.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
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  • consist in (something)
  • tear down
  • tore down
  • burst through
  • burst through (something)
  • down to (someone or something)
  • down to somebody/something
  • tearing
  • sleaze
  • sleaze factor
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The corner property consists of 4 residential units and 1 store.
"Ladies Fashion Street" consists of 16 shops for ladies readymade, beauty parlour among others.
Consist will provide its clients in the financial services, telecommunications, energy and utilities, government and healthcare industries with new software applications that embeds IBM's software portfolio to support new IT infrastructure projects.
The mass was unencapsulated and consisted of cystic and solid components (figure 3).
Cost-forecasting consists of three basic functions: (1) classifying patients; (2) developing statistical prediction formulas; and (3) producing cost, margin, and outcome predictions.
Where blind facades are clad in finely corrugated aluminium panels, transparent ones consist of steel and aluminium trusses with special profiles fitted with Thermoplus low emissivity insulating glass, or grey Delogcolor and Delogcolor Design glass panels, Solar control consists of a screen-printed grid of fine dark and light grey dots.
Bench number three would be headed by Justice Aijaz Afzal Khan and consist of Justice Maqbool Baqar.
The buildings were built in 1931 and consist of a total of 14,000 square feet.
Thatta district will consist of a District Council having 40 union councils, a Municipal Committee having nine wards and five Town Committees having 23 wards while its neighbouring Sujawal district will have a District Council with 37 union councils and five Town Committees with 31
I wanted these to consist of a very generic filler of shared cultural experiences.
Astrophysicists have proposed that the crusts of neutron stars and the cores of white dwarfs consist of ultradense metallic crystals.
The examples can consist of typical cases from an experienced expert or raw data from the process.
The first mold covers 0.3 to 3 liters and is for thin-wall (15-20 mil) containers; remaining groups consist of 4-8 liters, 10-25 liters, 40-80 liters, and 80-120 liters.
As per details, the first bench would be headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Ch and would consist of Justice Tariq Pervez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, the 2nd bench led by CJP would have Justice Shakirullah Jan and Justice Nasir ul Mulk.
A foreign partnership that receives non-FDAP payments must also file a Form 1065 and Forms K-1 if the payments consist of U.S.-source income (e.g., U.S.