constitute
Example Sentences
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"What exactly constitutes a narrow staircase?" she asked, stressing that the probe would "determine whether all safety standards were met".
From Barron's
In her lawsuit, she alleged “such conduct constitutes unlawful and unethical behavior for attorneys.”
From Los Angeles Times
The minister told its convener, Scottish Conservative MSP Douglas Ross, she did not believe it constituted a breach of the ministerial code.
From BBC
The point of a disciplined framework is to show where more must be done without implying that every product with a foreign component constitutes an unacceptable risk.
David deployed some of the same reportage techniques in his private portrait commissions, which constitute half the exhibition.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
