Example sentences of "describe it [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's representative at the inquiry , Energy Department official Christopher Wilcock , described it openly as ‘ a broad , political — and I stress the word political — strategic judgement ’ . |
| 2 | When he saw the finished portrait Cocteau was shaken and described it privately as ‘ diabolical ’ . |
| 3 | Other car industry sources described it variously as " utopian " and " unreasonable " , and said it was not being taken seriously . |
| 4 | Border described it all as media nonsense , saying he had , in fact , stayed behind to attend to some personal business . |
| 5 | Marwick , like McGregor , looks at legislative change in the period , and describes it generally as both liberal and ‘ civilising ’ . |