Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [pers pn] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely that any of the missing diamonds had been picked up by persons involved in the rescue or who visited the site later as only an expert would have been able to identify them as precious stones . |
| 2 | So important is this consideration , and it would be perfunctory to regard it as mere vanity , that it may motivate performances to anonymous and usually unconcerned strangers . |
| 3 | As such there is controversy about the extent to which it is justifiable to describe them as political systems in their own right . |
| 4 | However , their resale value is generally poor , and it is advisable to consider them as good value furnishing items , rather than investment pieces . |
| 5 | A Country Diary : OXFORDSHIRE : On the first morning of this month , whilst watching the usual passage of gulls to the local refuse-dump , I spotted a flock of waders , estimated at between 300 and 400 , much higher up and heading due south , and , a matter of seconds later , a similar party followed them on the same course , and I was able to identify them as Golden Plover . |