Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [coord] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you continue deferment , which as a woman you can do until 65 and as a man until 70 , you will earn what are known as ‘ increments ’ and your pension will be bigger when you receive it .
2 The difference with New Historicism is in a refusal to see the incident or localised concern as symbolic or as a metaphor for larger cultural significances .
3 In this way grammar would not be presented as primary but as a consequence of the achievement of meaning through the modification of lexical items .
4 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Sadako Ogata , stated that she was " deeply disturbed " by the decision , which was denounced by US human rights groups as racist and as a violation of national and international law .
5 Subject to paragraph 2 , it is applicable not only to ‘ information ’ or ‘ ideas ’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference , but also to those that offend , shock or disturb .
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