Example sentences of "[adv] describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 2 | I can only describe it as naked lust . |
| 3 | Barry Humphries ' cartoon hero Barry McKenzie made cracks about Château Chunder , the star wine from down under , fondly describing it as a great emetic . |
| 4 | Pahdra Singh has told me that although Proby 's cousin did manage to register the stand as a car , he did so describing it as a 1964 Skoda with 300,000 miles on the clock . |
| 5 | The historian , Robert Currie , has justly described it as the ‘ architectural monument to Methodist ambitions at the beginning of the twentieth century ’ . |
| 6 | One could scarcely describe him as some kind of father-figure ! |
| 7 | This in complete contrast to Holden who , although he criticises other people 's behaviour , does not describe them as individuals ; consequently in ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , there is no serious development of any character except the central figure , whereas in ‘ Villette ’ , several characters are developed . |
| 8 | The Regional Health Authority tonight described it as a tragic story . |
| 9 | The counsellor said , ‘ You are describing Sarah in a very loving and respectful way — but you sound angry when you say that you expect me to pull you up for not describing her as a lover , too . |
| 10 | I have eaten there once and came away describing it as something not very special . |
| 11 | Patients at Dr Jordan 's 1,530-strong practice yesterday described him as a ‘ conscientious grafter ’ . |
| 12 | Although it 's been around since 1985 you could hardly describe it as one of the top-selling DOS word processors . |
| 13 | By further describing it as a ritual , the author might be taken to suggest that it was also part of an ongoing practice governed by unalterable rules . |
| 14 | One of my boyfriends once described you as the Rossetti maiden . ’ |
| 15 | The Soviet defence minister , seeking to justify the action , claimed that organised attempts were being made to establish a ‘ dictatorship of the bourgeois type ’ in the area ; the Lithuanian president , Vytautas Landsbergis , saw the conflict as a result of the ‘ fifty-one year confrontation between Lithuania and the USSR ’ , and the Russian president , Boris Yel'tsin , more forthrightly described it as an ‘ offensive against democracy ’ . |
| 16 | Queen Soraya later described him as " half swashbuckler and half Don Juan " . ) |
| 17 | But as Hurst has emphasised ( 1976 , pp. 292 ) such pottery ‘ presents a serious problem ’ for it is often so fragmentary or ‘ unstratified ’ , so as to make study difficult ; he also describes them as ‘ cooking-pots ’ . |
| 18 | Alex Carlile MP has similarly described them as ‘ these two mass murderers ’ , who should be brought here for ‘ a fair trial ’ . |
| 19 | Barry Gray , spokesman for People Against the River Crossing , also described it as an " astonishing change of heart " . |
| 20 | He often described him as a truly Christian Prince . ’ |
| 21 | He was engaged in trading abroad , in cloth and books , and by 1650 was an important member of the community associated with the London Dutch church ; he was also a friend of Samuel Hartlib [ q.v. ] , who often describes him as an ‘ informant ’ . |
| 22 | We very often describe Him as ‘ God of peace ’ . |
| 23 | Erm and he goes on to describe it as something more near . |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 25 | Iraq was being destroyed while a CNN commentator excitedly described it as ‘ fireworks on the 4th of July ’ . |
| 26 | ( This is obviously correct ; one does not make something a business secret by simply describing it as such . |
| 27 | Does the Chief Secretary remember the October 1974 general election when he was my opponent in West Bromwich and then described me as a militant ? |
| 28 | Although , from time to time , some of our colleagues on the shop floor who ran into difficulties you know , er sometimes described you as a tool of management , er which was to say the least you know , er entirely untrue . |
| 29 | Those few foreigners who have been there describe it as one of the most remote and desolate spots in the world . |
| 30 | My mother , wild with exasperation , one day again described me as a lump . |