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
…but he doesn't strike me as a dictatorial megalomaniac. (BNC)
A scientist is often caricatured as an absent-minded professor. (BNC)
He deliberately employed the judges as instruments of his policy… (BNC)
…numerous opposition leaders had condemned the visit as a pointless extravagance… (BNC)
A spokesman … described the device as a sophisticated pacemaker… (BNC)
Constructions
1. the perceive something as construction2. the mark something as construction3. the strike someone as construction4. the describe something as construction5. the condemn something as construction6. the caricature something as construction7. the elect someone as construction8. the employ something as construction
9. the replace something as construction10. the begin a time period as construction

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