Example sentences of "as [det] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generic label ‘ poststructuralist ’ is here useful merely as a shorthand to designate those contemporary writers who share not a hostility to history as such but a distrust of simple historicisms . |
| 2 | local testing programmes — such as those that a state in the USA , or an LEA in the UK , would employ ; |
| 3 | Because the negative evaluation was not as strong as it is now , Voltaire was able to talk about justifiable prejudices , such as those that a child might have in favour of a teacher . |
| 4 | He works this kind of stiff-upper-lip colonialist nostalgia very well , of course — if only the material he chose had been less plodding and lightweight , he might have emerged as more than a typecast cypher . |
| 5 | Fothergill says his company 's reputation has been built on a philosophy that views a lift as more than a metal cabin ; rather something which can add value to a building . |
| 6 | She certainly did not live in the shadow of John ; she was her own person and deserved to be described as more than a widow . |
| 7 | Her decision to reject an offer of a senior ministerial post in the Home Office will confirm the prejudices of those who regard her unpredictability and wilfulness as more than a match for her flair for promoting ideas . |