Example sentences of "[adj] as [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and without s sounding too pretentious about it I mean there are I can see this as being a sort of mission if you like . |
| 2 | If we have 2 or 3 good results now I can see this as being a watershed for Leeds , and we can build on the renewed confidence and self belief to challenge again . |
| 3 | Thus the Rescorla-Wagner ( 1972 ) model ( see Chapter 1 ) envisages conditioning as being a process in which stimuli present on a conditioning trial compete with each other for a limited amount of associative strength . |
| 4 | It was not as good as being a governess in an important family , but at least I would have no master . |
| 5 | I mean do , do people find , tend to see those as being a plus or not ? you know , |
| 6 | Not only are characters within the tale likened to animals — for instance the miller , proud as a peacock , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " , or his wife , " " peert as is a pye " " ( 3926 , 3935 , 3950 ) — but an animal has a substantial role to play in the story : the clerk 's horse , a stallion , who even has a name , Bayard . |
| 7 | Others claim that to belong to the kingdom of Heaven is not exactly the same as being a member of the Church . |
| 8 | The first details we have of the latter , in the Host 's invitation to him to follow the Monk , initially suggest , if we still believe appearances and associations can be a sign of character , that he is as likely to turn out as the threadbare and serious Clerk on his horse " " as leene as is a rake " " does ( I : 284 ) as to prove to be what the Monk has proved not to be : |
| 9 | It certainly is variety , sort of , if you think of that as being a demand side influencing the consumers demand more variety . |