Example sentences of "describe [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead . |
| 2 | My mother , wild with exasperation , one day again described me as a lump . |
| 3 | Does the Chief Secretary remember the October 1974 general election when he was my opponent in West Bromwich and then described me as a militant ? |
| 4 | He described them as a rope of sand that is washed away with every tide " . |
| 5 | Ryzhkov , speaking in Tashkent , described them as a ‘ carefully prepared action ’ led by ‘ extremists ’ , and blamed complacent local officials for allowing the situation to develop ; some of them , in fact , had actively encouraged the rioters . |
| 6 | The Politburo , reviewing the talks , described them as a ‘ major political event ’ and thought particularly significant the two leaders ' declaration that a nuclear war could not be won and must never be fought ; this was at odds with the views of some influential US ( and Soviet ) strategists . |
| 7 | While Ridley 's remarks provoked some adverse reaction in West Germany , Chancellor Helmut Kohl described them as a " faux pas " and expressed understanding of the United Kingdom 's concerns over the German role in Europe . |
| 8 | They were firmly rejected by the ANC which described them as a plan to perpetuate white rule and delay true democracy . |
| 9 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 10 | A shopkeeper from a slave line might describe himself as a free Zuwayi without incongruity ; but other people would usually call him abd , a black with an enslaved grandparent somewhere in his line . |
| 11 | Hamad Hasan did not describe himself as a free Zuwayi , but his ventures into gardening and trade , and his use of his agricultural knowledge and skills , were characteristic activities of free men . |
| 12 | He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’ |
| 13 | He , I suppose , would describe himself as a chauffeur-handyman . |
| 14 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 15 | Would he describe himself as an intellectual ? |
| 16 | If he could adopt that standpoint , he might describe himself as an empirical realist but a transcendental idealist ; but , since he can not adopt that standpoint , he is just a ‘ realist ’ . |
| 17 | The peer , who is suing over allegations that he is a war criminal , described himself as a ‘ human being and a good Christian ’ . |
| 18 | It was very much an artisan street this , but with a smattering of richer folk , too , so the shearmen , scribblers , shoemakers , carpenters and shop-keepers were neighbours to an attorney and two well-heeled clothiers — Thomas Clement , employing 11 scribblers and 12 shearmen , and Henry Sheppard , who even described himself as a ‘ Gentleman ’ . |
| 19 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 20 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 21 | The appellant , who described himself as a self-employed accountant , falsely claimed to be an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a graduate or member of the Institute of Marketing . |
| 22 | The appellant described himself as a self-employed accountant . |
| 23 | He described himself as a victim of a US plot to turn his country into a colony , and alleged that he had not received a fair trial . |
| 24 | However , his denials were rejected by Barnard who described himself as a scapegoat and claimed that there was " a cover-up going on from ministerial level down " . |
| 25 | His father described himself as a lawyer , although , like most of the parents and many of the staff of the Wimbledon Islamic Independent School ( Boys ' Day ) , Robert suspected he was not being entirely open about his status . |
| 26 | Duriez , who described himself as a pacifist , admitted that he had been to some of the raid locations . |
| 27 | He described himself as the ‘ natural son ’ of his parents on his baptism certificate , and this may explain the affinity he felt for the boy . |
| 28 | Re then described himself as the creator and related his names of Khepri at sunrise , Re at noon and Atum at sunset . |
| 29 | Lloyd & Co. had received their instructions from a member of Mr. Mahdi 's group who apparently described himself as the ‘ foreign minister ’ of the Somali Republic . |
| 30 | He described himself as the sinful Messiah . |