Example sentences of "[adj] describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | On patrol , Constable Keith Raw describes it as a difficult estate to police . |
| 2 | As such there is controversy about the extent to which it is justifiable to describe them as political systems in their own right . |
| 3 | So far , this has indicated the most elementary sort of raw evidence which the historian needs to use , but it is rarely satisfactory to describe it as ‘ primary material ’ in the old sense of ‘ sources ’ . |
| 4 | When you consider the life of Hannah Hauxwell and the privations she has quietly suffered for most of her life , it is reasonable to describe her as a true daughter of Balder . |
| 5 | Charles Handy describes him as a man of immense power and influence , but ‘ One who would not exploit it ’ . |
| 6 | The medium trance is the best one for any treatment requiring regression , as it will be possible for the patient to relive past experiences on a more realistic level , whether seeing and hearing what takes place or being able to describe it as a spectator . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister was absolutely right to describe it as a ’ spend , spend , spend ’ and ’ tax , tax , tax ’ party . |
| 8 | I can not claim to have been a close friend , but I had occasional encounters with him and , as with most people , it would be more accurate to describe them as occasional brushes . |
| 9 | Although the general heading of this section is ‘ the special problem of Kosovo ’ , it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘ the special problem of Serbia ’ . |
| 10 | While this may be regarded as a sign of real independence it is probably more accurate to describe it as ‘ pseudoindependence ’ ( Kets de Vries , 1978 ) . |
| 11 | We then considered its claim to be scientific , humanistic and atheistic ; concluding that it was more accurate to describe it as an ideology than a science , that its humanitarianism was very real yet flawed , and that its atheism was fundamental to an understanding of the ideology . |
| 12 | If the buyer does not commit himself to acquire ownership of the goods there is no contract of sale and indeed it is inaccurate to describe him as ‘ buyer . ’ |
| 13 | Although he was a leading member of the Danzig Party it would probably be fair to describe him as a misguided liberal who only realised his mistaken alliance when he saw the brownshirts pulling on their kicking boots . |
| 14 | Ernest Troeltsch is absolutely correct to describe it as a love communism . |