Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] it as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many British institutions are secretive , but few are quite so patronising about it as the City . |
| 2 | Creggan found his plumage had fine mist settling on it , while his beak grew shiny wet with it as the trees of Three Island Pond changed to faint grey shadows of their former selves before disappearing into white . |
| 3 | Glass exploded and shattered all around it as the storm wind and rain blasted down the corridor at them . |
| 4 | The Conservative Party is as short of it as the Exchequer or the rest of us . |
| 5 | Almondsbury came more into it as the last twenty minutes came and erm forced a few corners ; Banbury had probably the more chances of getting the elusive winner erm but the game could have gone either way and I think after all is considered erm the final result was a fair result . |
| 6 | Baldersdale was en fête , or as near to it as the dale ever came , when Guardsman George Fawcett arrived back somewhat unexpectedly , from the war . |