Example sentences of "[be] [adj] as [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence if shares are given a preferential dividend they are presumed to be non-participating as regards further dividends , and if they are given a preferential right to a return of capital they are presumed to be non-participating in surplus assets . |
| 2 | So long as women are subordinate to men , their language will continue to be stereotyped as indicating natural subservience , unintelligence and immaturity . |
| 3 | The article is unmarked as regards spatio-temporal relations ; so the function of deictic reference is to set up a continual spatial , temporal and subjective opposition between proximal and distal relations . |
| 4 | That 's sufficient in law , although at least 20 years is desirable as validating old recitals of title , etc . |
| 5 | Ruth 's hair was straight as falling black water . |