Example sentences of "have describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | One expert has described them as ‘ the most primate-like non-primate ’ . |
| 2 | Illich is also sceptical of professionals ' self-descriptions and has described them as definers of reality in their relationship with clients . |
| 3 | For that reason , and because the quartets encompass the complete gamut of human emotion , one close friend of Shostakovich has described him as ‘ the Beethoven of our age . ’ |
| 4 | The movement 's historian has described it as ‘ a landmark in Free Church history ’ although he admitted ‘ it did not take hold on the life of the Free Churches in the way that might have been expected ’ . |
| 5 | Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott has described it as an art ‘ needing the patience of an animal ’ , and undoubtedly there would be times when physical strength and endurance were the key to survival , for survive they must to make any contribution from their efforts . |
| 6 | He 'd described her as ‘ an intriguing challenge ’ , she remembered now with a frown . |
| 7 | Henry Tyler would not have described her as a happy woman , but afterward he could not say that she had seemed at all unwell . |
| 8 | Had it not been for the honey pigment of her skin , any one of her small circle of friends might have described her as a porcelain doll . |
| 9 | ‘ Until this happened , I would have described him as a conventional Anglican . |
| 10 | A few years ago if you had a machine with a 40Mb hard drive you would have described it as a high specification machine . |
| 11 | A former wartime lieutenant in the Lithuanian police , Anton Gecas , on July 17 lost a £600,000 libel case against the United Kingdom Scottish Television company which had described him as a war criminal . |
| 12 | Dorothy Allen , his agent , had described him as a ’ quite remarkable ’ fellow and so , personably and articulately , it proved . |
| 13 | He had actually defended the town after another caller had described it as the most polluted place in the world . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Commentators have described it as a ‘ Stalinist trial ’ , not only of Pavlović but also of others who hold similar views . |
| 18 | Binoculars show that it is very highly coloured ; telescopically I have described it as an orange blob , quite unlike a normal star . |
| 19 | Others have described it as ‘ accelerated performance improvement . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Experts have described it as the worst case to date of pesticide contamination in Britain . |
| 22 | Police have described it as a text book operation and are delighted with the result . |
| 23 | The police have described it as a miraculous escape . |