Example sentences of "described him as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a famous description of Basil III , the Imperial Ambassador Sigismund von Herberstein described him as the most despotic sovereign on earth . |
| 2 | They described him as the " enemy of all chastity " and ascribed to him the intention of founding an abbey of prostitutes in which the offices of abbess , prioress and so on would be distributed according to the professional skill of the inmates . |
| 3 | Malcolm Muggeridge later said that Burgess ‘ gave me a feeling of being morally afflicted in some way ’ , and described him as the ‘ sick toast of a sick society ’ . |
| 4 | His claim that we described him as the IRA 's Chief of Staff is untrue . |
| 5 | Yesterday , sentencing Ferguson , Sheriff Colin MacKay described him as the prime mover . |