Example sentences of "describes [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He describes them as an investment , but critics describe the paintings as worthless rubbish . |
| 2 | He describes himself as a ‘ career manager ’ and has extensive experience of hotels . |
| 3 | He describes himself as a ‘ false witness ’ to his times in that he chooses to depict , for the most part , scenes of unexpected joy and pleasure in the midst of lives which might , at first sight , appear bleak and colourless . |
| 4 | Although he describes himself as a ‘ a damn uneducated mountain fella ’ , he managed to convert a 1500 dollar bank loan into a 100 million dollar fortune in less than 20 years . |
| 5 | Gideon describes himself as a member of the weakest group in his tribe and as ‘ the least important member ’ of his family ! |
| 6 | Tyler , billed as ‘ the voice of Sky soccer ’ describes himself as a ‘ frustrated footballer ’ having played for Corinthian Casuals |
| 7 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
| 8 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 9 | He describes himself as a practising Christian whose main hobby is cricket . |
| 10 | He describes himself as a ‘ TV animal ’ who switches on the set at home as soon as he walks through the door . |
| 11 | Although he describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk , he has become an international figure , touring the world to give talks and also meeting many world leaders , dignitaries and religious figures . |
| 12 | In his autobiography Reflections in a Silver Spoon Mr Mellon describes himself as an Incurable Collector . |
| 13 | JOHN SESSIONS describes himself as an actor , comedian and writer , in that order . |
| 14 | The menu describes itself as a ‘ Supper Menu ’ and emphasises there 's no need for reservations . |
| 15 | Neither describes itself as a restaurant . |
| 16 | The AT&T programme , called ‘ New Art : New Visions ’ , describes itself as the first corporate effort in the U.S. to help promote recently created work by living artists , especially the work of women and ‘ artists of colour ’ , the term now used to refer to artists of the many racial minority groups vying for exhibition space and for a dwindling pool of public and corporate funds . |
| 17 | Whereas someone more conventional , like Sue Lawley , who describes herself as a ‘ post-feminist woman ’ , is actually much better at drawing out chat show guests . |
| 18 | She lives in a new four-storey house on a recently completed private estate , and typifies the perfect housewife of television advertising : her house has fitted carpets throughout , gleaming unmarked white paint , and every modern gadget , and it is impeccably maintained by Elizabeth , who describes herself as a housewife with very high standards . |
| 19 | He meets a character who describes herself as a ‘ girl-spy ’ . |
| 20 | She cheerfully describes herself as a ‘ big girlie ’ . |
| 21 | For someone who describes herself as a late starter in sailing — she first stepped into a dinghy 15 years ago at the age of 29 — Mary Falk has accumulated a phenomenal amount of experience . |
| 22 | She describes herself as an ‘ old-fashioned ’ teacher in referring to what might be considered rather traditional teaching methods . |
| 23 | Leapor describes herself as the woman 's ‘ Slave ’ in ‘ The Disappointment ’ [ ML , 2 , 81 ] . |
| 24 | An inscription in the Bodleian copy of her Poems describes her as a widow . |
| 25 | Although the Office describes her as a recluse at the time of her cure , there is a discrepancy here between the date at which she was enclosed ( 1348 ) and the fact that several years elapsed between the cure and the relapse of her illness when Rolle died , since many manuscripts attest to Rolle 's death in 1348 . |
| 26 | Charles Handy describes him as a man of immense power and influence , but ‘ One who would not exploit it ’ . |
| 27 | She 's spent 6 years researching his life and she 's now written a book which describes him as a talented , but essentially ordinary man . |
| 28 | He was engaged in trading abroad , in cloth and books , and by 1650 was an important member of the community associated with the London Dutch church ; he was also a friend of Samuel Hartlib [ q.v. ] , who often describes him as an ‘ informant ’ . |
| 29 | Ratcliffe ( 1988 ) describes it as a technique used in rehabilitating people with memory loss , confusion and time-place-person disorientation which adds a humanistic element to care , and discusses in some detail how it affects communicating . |
| 30 | He describes it as a steep overhanging wall , with two hard 12 feet sections . |