Example sentences of "describe as [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tracy has a thing I can only describe as Non-specific pain . |
| 2 | When I look back I realize just what a hard time Mother must have had because she did not enjoy what one might describe as robust health . |
| 3 | Yes , I , I 'd give you two , one is my favourite of all shrub roses which is Fantan la tour which has what one can only describe as loosened sort of shaggy shell pink flowers with the most exquisite perfume , it 's a , it 's an untidy flower like the old shrub roses really should be the best of them erm and a very pale shell pink , a wonderful variety , not particularly repeat flowering , relatively short flowering season but so wonderful when it is in flower and the other one , er she says she does n't like red , now is n't really red , it 's a very very deep reddish purple and it 's a variety called Tuscany Superb and I grow Tuscany Superb in my garden alongside er some fennel , a foliage fennel plant and the feathery fennel together with , almost the aniseed aroma of the fennel together with these deep deep purple flowers of Tuscany Superb is absolutely wonderful , it 's actually on the edge of my herb garden . |
| 4 | Dr Runcie said the new rules ‘ tried to steer a course between what I described as legislative schism and a measure which would reduce to second class membership those who find themselves unable to recognise women priests ’ . |
| 5 | Angered by Hoover 's decision to switch 400 jobs from Dijon to Cambuslang , Mr Mitterrand told a television audience that the 11 other nations would eventually force Britain to stop what he described as unfair competition by opting out of the social chapter . |
| 6 | In an attempt to counter such criticisms Melancia had , during a visit to Portugal in June 1990 , launched an unprecedented attack against what he described as Chinese interference in the internal affairs of Macao . |
| 7 | Informix also launched what it is describing as graphical framework services that is its OpenCase/Toolbus product based on Softbench technology licensed from Hewlett-Packard Co , an encapsulator for Toolbus so that third-party vendors can encapsulate their tools to run with this software backplane and the Informix 4GL for Toolbus . |
| 8 | The 25 pictures on temporary show in Glasgow 's Converse Gallery are a sample of about 200 photographs and instruments of torture from a Belgrade exhibition countering what sympathisers describe as Western censorship of the horror and cruelty suffered by Serbian minorities in the civil war . |
| 9 | His mother made the agonising decision to leave her husband and family to get her little boy away from a war zone these people describe as sheer hell . |
| 10 | This would amount to admitting that governments can not save for the future , a view that some describe as pre-emptive capitulation . |
| 11 | Raymond Williams in his discussion of country house poems , specifically those of Jonson and Carew , observes a tendency to obscure labour , and to describe as natural bounty that which is obtained by work . |
| 12 | This can hardly be described as sisterly behaviour . |
| 13 | They came up with the Militant Clergy Association , which is understood to be moderate , and the Militant Clerics Society , which is described as left-wing fundamentalist . |
| 14 | She is not sure whether it could accurately be described as Venetian red . |
| 15 | It has been described as pictorial autobiography , even confession : ‘ a description of self in the form of the other ’ . |
| 16 | They 're a wonderful blend of natural , gentle herbs and a hint of pure fruit juice , with added vitamin C. And they can only be described as liquid goodness . |
| 17 | For now we can proceed in terms of dealing with a fundamental social order which can be usefully described as disorganized capitalism . |
| 18 | More recent measures to control local government include the Local Government Act , 1988 , which , among other things , outlawed what was described as political propaganda on the rates , and prevented councils from including political conditions such as minimum wages in their agreements with private contractors used to provide services . |
| 19 | These factors in turn give rise to the condition which is described as submissive urination . |
| 20 | The relationship between a response and its consequences , or the association between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response learned by watching others is described as vicarious conditioning . |
| 21 | The establishment of this Kingdom is described as good news , liberation and salvation . |
| 22 | A historical emphasis in biogeography prevailed during the 1960s in particular and is collectively described as Quaternary ecology by Simmons ( 1980 ) . |
| 23 | The spectacle of tiny little Vietnamese dressed in boy scout uniforms , even though they may have been ‘ Vanguard Youth ’ , carrying placards bigger than they were which said ‘ Independence or Death ’ was just another element in the enthusiasm which can equally well be described as revolutionary nationalism or national revolution . |
| 24 | We would welcome your comments on this position and particularly as to whether taking the vehicle home could be described as legitimate business reasons . |
| 25 | There are unlikely to be any Scottish Conservative Back Benchers either , not only because there are so few of them but because none of them has participated in this debate , apart from a brief intervention by the hon. and learned member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) that could hardly have been described as serious participation . |
| 26 | But " the heavy work of carrying type in which men alone are employed " , could by no means be described as skilled work . |
| 27 | It shields the head from damage and can therefore be described as protective armour of a limited kind . |
| 28 | The role of the Reporter during a Hearing is described as legal adviser and clerk . |
| 29 | Moving on , erm , paragraphs fifteen to twenty-one , com cover a number of miscellaneous budgets under the wing of the Policy Committee , detailed , described as other policy . |
| 30 | Savings were also intended from what has been described as other productivity improvements . |