Example sentences of "[vb base] describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , think it 's best maybe we 're into these sort of formal words of consultation and discussion , maybe if we invite comment on , on the service changes really , or the reductions or cuts or whatever you want to describe them as , er , in relation to how they affect user groups . |
| 2 | ‘ We prefer to describe it as a personality disorder , ’ he said . |
| 3 | You see describes it as what The lack of grace , there 's no grace you know in the in in in the There 's a person who 's effected by these . |
| 4 | Some have described her as a 1920s version of much-admired Kate Adie , who always appears to be in the thick of things wherever the action is ! |
| 5 | It becomes less important to Picasso later on but it is something which is constant for Matisse and it has always been recognised by critics who have described him as a painter 's painter . |
| 6 | I have described him as a literary concept and this , as applied to a man in a dirty trench-coat moving in and out of sleazy beds and corrupt gambling dens , may seem to be rather excessive . |
| 7 | Commentators have described it as a ‘ Stalinist trial ’ , not only of Pavlović but also of others who hold similar views . |
| 8 | Binoculars show that it is very highly coloured ; telescopically I have described it as an orange blob , quite unlike a normal star . |
| 9 | Others have described it as ‘ accelerated performance improvement . ’ |
| 10 | The partial ban has angered environmentalists and farm workers who have described it as a " cheap ploy " to allow Cheminova Agro to continue to produce 60 per cent of its current annual output of the pesticide . |
| 11 | Experts have described it as the worst case to date of pesticide contamination in Britain . |
| 12 | Police have described it as a text book operation and are delighted with the result . |
| 13 | The police have described it as a miraculous escape . |