Example sentences of "describe as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about to call a doctor and then , suddenly , I had a feeling which I can only describe as — excuse me — ecstatic . |
| 2 | It was really what one would describe as almost a complete takeover . |
| 3 | How many of us have managed to plough through the memoirs of Lord Prior , whose writing I would describe as ‘ grammatically challenged ’ . |
| 4 | Once the attack has been made , the tiger 's secondary armament comes into play , if we can describe as secondary anything as formidable as the animal 's four canine teeth . |
| 5 | My garden is what I would describe as fairly small , and typical of the back garden normally packaged with a terraced house . |
| 6 | That function which language serves in the expression of ‘ content ’ we will describe as transactional , and that function involved in expressing social relations and personal attitudes we will describe as interactional . |
| 7 | The most important determining social force to Durkheim was collective sentiments , and especially religion — a factor which some would describe as ‘ cultural ’ and Marxists tend to characterize as ‘ ideological ’ . |
| 8 | An operation which he could describe as due to take place some weeks ahead was the second to correct the condition . |
| 9 | As chairman of the European Movement in Britain , I am gratified to observe that a treaty which I would describe as extensive and profound has at long last been signed . |
| 10 | DARLINGTON 'S Skerne Park estate has gained a reputation which many residents would describe as unfair as one of the less desirable parts of the town . |
| 11 | it 's the paragraph above , this is still rather puzzling me erm the commission were concerned because there could be what one could describe as arbitrary and unfair , rejections of application for membership is , is that your reading of it ? |
| 12 | I 've just been up to the Wembley exhibition of word processor , and one of the things I noticed there was the increasing number of processors and packages which I think you would describe as friendly or at least semi-friendly to , to help people . |