Example sentences of "[modal v] describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.

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1	I should describe him as an innocent .
2	They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead .
3	I ask him if I could describe him as a lucky little wanker who became very rich and famous through doing very little apart from being his baffled , fitful , daft self .
4	" Well I suppose you 'd describe it as … windiness . "
5	If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated .
6	At the moment I would describe him as a fully paid-up member of the politically embarrassed tendency .
7	Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’
8	Summarised , I would describe it as a kind of ‘ elitist populism ’ , which totally ignores the tastes of thousands of ‘ ordinary people ’ .
9	And go to words of meaning , erm and the descriptions of colours where men are more likely to say purple whereas women would describe it as aubergine or plum and go into more detail about the shading than the colour .
10	Most dictionaries would describe it as a ‘ desire or tendency to escape from reality into fantasy ’ , and ‘ reality ’ is certainly a key word in this definition .
11	We can describe it as the seamless integration of data , text , images and sound within a single digital information environment .
12	We both argued that the levels of er housing development in Craven , Harrogate and to a lesser extent perhaps Amblet Hambleton should not be constrained , so as to reduce erm the the steady trickle if I can describe it as that of migration from the West Yorkshire conurbation to those areas , in perhaps er l looking at the different proposal for the new settlement which might be located in the Leeds York corridor .

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