Constitute has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
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| 1. | The higher classes constitute the mind of the single large whole of humanity; the lower classes constitute its limbs; the former are the thinking and designing part, the latter the executive part. | |
| 2. | These things constitute a balanced meal. | |
| 3. | Six professors constitute the committee. | |
| 4. | Six members constitute the committee. | |
| 5. | Twelve musicians constitute the society. | |
| 6. | With North Korea's announcement on the 26th of its nuclear development plan based upon the agreement stemming from the Six Party Talks, and the United States' commencement of procedures to remove North Korea from its designation on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, the families of abductees have expressed growing unease that it may constitute an abandonment of the abductee issue. | |
| 7. | According to pernickety moderators, non-sentences constitute a mortal danger to Tatoeba. | |
| 8. | No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. | |
| 9. | The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him. | |
| 10. | Any alteration to this certificate renders it invalid, and use of an altered certificate could constitute a criminal offence. |