Example sentences of "[noun pl] describe [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported that most cohabiting lone parents describe themselves as married and are therefore classified as such ( OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | The word I have here glossed as " mankind " was Jinghpaw , which is the term by which the people known to the British as Kachins describe themselves . |
| 3 | In talking about such occasions , our participants describe themselves as making non-demeaning withdrawals into silence . |
| 4 | Companies are keen to adopt the ‘ open ’ moniker simply for that purpose : how many suppliers these days describe themselves as open systems companies , when just a few years ago they would probably have sneered at the term . |
| 5 | In fact , this is probably one of the commonest ways in which patients describe themselves . |
| 6 | Ninety-four per cent of the men describe themselves as exclusively heterosexual ; only 3% describe themselves as either bisexual or homosexual . |
| 7 | The Transformers describe themselves as ‘ Belgian masters of spiritual Techno ’ . |
| 8 | The column distorts the way the advertisers describe themselves . |