Example sentences of "would describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Well I suppose you 'd describe it as … windiness . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At the moment I would describe him as a fully paid-up member of the politically embarrassed tendency . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Summarised , I would describe it as a kind of ‘ elitist populism ’ , which totally ignores the tastes of thousands of ‘ ordinary people ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |