Pattern: V n as n

The pattern can be best understood by viewing the interactive construction network link above.

To examine the individual constructions please see the tables below:

Examples
A scientist is often caricatured as an absent-minded professor. (BNC)
He deliberately employed the judges as instruments of his policy… (BNC)
He began his career as a journalist… (BNC)
…numerous opposition leaders had condemned the visit as a pointless extravagance… (BNC)
Moynihan had replaced Spencer as Professor of Painting. (BNC)

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