As used in World War II and later wars it consisted basically of one or more fuel tanks, a cylinder of compressed gas to supply the propelling force, a flexible hose connected to the tanks, and a trigger-nozzle equipped with some means of igniting the fuel as it was spewed forth.
Its task consists basically of monitoring or refereeing cosmic matters — space debris, for example, or maintaining a list of about 3,000 objects sent hurtling into orbit in the past roughly 50 years.
Brazil's left-leaning government consists basically of survivors.
Colin Smythe edited Seventy Years, Being the Autobiography of Lady Gregory (1975), which consists basically of excerpts of diaries and letters with comment.
Surface circulation of the Mediterranean consists basically of a separate counterclockwise movement of the water in each of the two basins.
Although oil consists basically of compounds of only two elements, carbon and hydrogen, these elements form a large variety of complex molecular structures.
But Mr. McCain, whose own organization in Ohio consists basically of a loose-knit band of volunteers, has hardly given up in a state that could be critical to his survival in his race for the presidency.
He has divided the agency into four areas, including "client coverage," which consists basically of paying calls on businesses, hearing what their problems are and trying to give them some succor.
Take Marcel Broodthaers's "Un voyage en Mer du Nord (A Voyage on the North Sea)" (1973-74), whiconsistssts, basically, of a display case filled with objects and a 16-millimeter film.
