“The composition of the cake and the ingredients used in its fabrication will ultimately determine its shelf life.”

“We could say that everything in a poet's life becomes integral to the composition of the poem.”

“The exhibition will feature compositions by many of the great masters.”

“Even more than the private corporation, it is a composite of huge numbers of individuals who bring to this sprawling nation their own distinctive pasts.”

“Alyssa was trying to recover her composure after being informed of the terrible news.”

“The Aberdonian somehow retained his composure to par the next nine holes before adding two birdies and a bogey.”

“Only in a bruising period of the second half, when the game turned scrappy, did Hibs lose their composure and control.”

“A few boxes of compo rations had been opened and some of the contents removed.”

“Hard as stone and quite durable, compo soon became the material of choice for architects and designers working with restricted budgets.”

“The slick staffers of the Green Zone were reduced to half rations and had to eat compo rations because the MSRs were shut.”

“A former compositor, he is a lecturer at the London College of Printing where he teaches typography.”

“Seamus started his own career as an apprentice compositor, during the days when all page make-up was in hot metal.”

“A computer that follows blueprints like a machinist or makes up a newspaper page like a compositor could be described as a robot as well.”

“The composer suggests that one of the middle notes could be taken by the nose but the acciaccatura that proceeds it would preclude this.”

“He is an accompanist, songwriter and composer who works with choirs, vocal and ensembles.”

“Surely this exquisite balance would have appealed to such a discerning composer.”

“The five paragraph theme is probably still the dominant model, even though it is politely dismissed by compositionist and rhetoricians.”

“The main burden of this chapter is to argue against strict compositionality and for partial compositionality.”

“Montague suggested a perspicuous way to capture the principle of compositionality formally.”

“Other exceptions to compositionality are idioms, figures of speech, and expressions which are subject to pragmatic interpretations.”

“As a simple example of a certificate, the factors of a composite number provide a certificate of compositeness.”

“More even than number, extension, shows the characteristics of compositeness, and of posteriority.”

“This is not because they are negative in substance but because our minds first grasp composite things and only come to know simple things by denying compositeness of them.”

“Due to his natural composedness, he was able to remain calm and collected even in the most chaotic situations.”

“Gjuve basalts are generally more primitive and have a greater range of major element compositions than the Morgedal basalts.”

“Two of the more expressive and powerfully structured compositions show the artist in three-quarter view, dramatically lit.”

“These are some of the compositions even those adept at the art are chary of attempting.”

“We try to send composers recordings of any performances we give of their pieces, for demo and archive purposes.”

“Some composers frequently add bracketed accidentals in order to clarify complicated passages or chords.”

“Inverted dotting was also used by some 17th-century English composers, because it suits the accentuation of the English language.”

“Even though anyone still living who saw them play is probably not adequately compos mentis to remember the occasion.”

“Only 16.7 percent of them are non compos mentis, or, in football terms, nutty as a fruitcake.”

“Lunacy is often the development of one idea, while, in other respects, the patient is compos mentis.”