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Meanings of compose chiefly in English

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Usage of compose chiefly in English
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The population of the place is composed chiefly of native Californian land-proprietors.
What I Saw in California / A Description of Its Soil, Climate, P...
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The matter was sent to a subcommittee, composed chiefly of Southern members.
Formation of the Union, 1750-1829
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After these confections, composed chiefly of honey, were placed on the table.
The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred
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Seldom is a forest composed chiefly of Elms, Locusts, or Willows.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
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They had been composed chiefly of dry timber, which easily ignited and burned furiously.
The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley
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Mrs. Whiting and Miss Tilden had an interesting school, composed chiefly of Mohammedan girls.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
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Except where composed chiefly of sand or coarser stuff, unweathered till is often exceedingly dense.
The Elements of Geology
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In this book, also, he shows that air is composed chiefly of oxygen and nitrogen gas.
A History of Science — Volume 4
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The audience was composed chiefly of German Republicans.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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The forest growth is very dense, and composed chiefly of spruce, hemlock, red and yellow cedar.
Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Island...
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It was composed chiefly of convicts and proved a failure.]
A Brief History of the United States
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The detachment commanded by Simcoe, being composed chiefly of infantry, could not move with equal celerity.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 / Commander in Chief of th...
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My best company is one composed chiefly of Scotchmen, though there are some English among them.
A Jacobite Exile / Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in...
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These fleets were composed chiefly of large galleys-linealdescendants (so to say) of the ancient triremes.
Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima
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Fuller, from Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Esq., R.A., Composed Chiefly of his Letters, by C.R.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896
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The trouble with Roman comedy is that it was written for an audience composed chiefly of freedmen and slaves.
The Theory of the Theatre, and Other Principles of Dramatic Crit...