Grammar question - "consists in" vs "consists of"

Title says it all really…can someone furnish an explanation of when the use of each of these phrases would be appropriate? I originall thought that this would be easy to Google for, but all I could turn up was these:

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs5/grammarlogs609.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs4/grammarlogs577.htm

in which the replies are kind of tentative. A few more examples of when it’s correct to use each phrase would be handy. Maybe someone who knows how to get the SDMB search engine to look for these exact phrases can help? I know we have a few people on the boards who take an interest in grammar… :slight_smile:

The word “consist” has slightly different meanings in the phrases “to consist of” and “to consist in”.

From Collins:

An example of the latter is this quote from Woodrow Wilson:

There is some overlap between the senses, but for this quote “consists of” would be incorrect.

Hi

What I learned at school:

CONSIST OF + COMPLEMENT/NOUN

e.g. Bread ingredients consist of flour, yeast and water.

CONSIST IN + ACTION/VERB

e.g. Making bread consists in mixing flour, yeast and water.