'V as n' - Construction 4
| Name: | the come across as a category construction |
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| Description: | A person or entity appears to fit a particular category. |
| Verbs: | count, emerge, pass, qualify, rank, rate, come across, come over, go down, shape up, come (as a surprise) |
| Example: | [He]considered that a good deal of point of sale came across as 'a ghastly, ill designed mess'. (BNC) |
| Membership: | category; reporting |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Equivalence.
Roles: NP1: Carrier; NP2: Attribute
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