Example sentences of "describe [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , as I recorded in a fieldnote , this assistant chief exhibited aspects of what I could only then describe as ‘ institutional paranoia ’ , when he went on to deride an unnamed social scientist who had been allowed research facilities inside a police force ( unspecified ) . |
| 2 | The most startling yarn was that of Zhang Quo Zhi , who enjoyed a lifestyle which , if you did know better , you would describe as that of a successful capitalist . |
| 3 | There is n't any other place I would describe as home . |
| 4 | He then went on to say that he had had a complaint from the men in the next room , that I was using what he could only describe as ‘ a female sex aid device ’ for long periods at night and first thing in the morning . |
| 5 | For Lebanon was run by the zaim ( or , more accurately , zuama ) , the ‘ leaders ’ , the powerful feudal chieftains whom the Lebanese would describe as ‘ honoured families ’ but whom the average Westerner would quickly identify as mafiosi . |
| 6 | He developed what psychologists might describe as a reluctance to address members of his family by their given names or titles . |
| 7 | The only question that remains is whether , at the end of the day , the public has really had what professional educators would describe as ‘ a good learning experience ’ . |
| 8 | The Brodskys in striking contrast go for what I can only describe as an unconventional line-up to match the photo on the cover . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This ‘ withdrawal ’ — which can be explained as a collective , dignified attempt not to have any truck with the enterprise except on one 's own terms — which an outsider can describe as apathy or schizoid withdrawal — has far-reaching political consequences . |
| 11 | In simpler language , autogenous growth may be described as biological , that is the children of church members coming to Christian commitment or church allegiance , while allogenous growth we may describe as conversion from the world . |
| 12 | He looked at me , calmly threw his jacket into the car and then launched into what I can only describe as the most unbelievable martial arts display I have ever seen . |
| 13 | Sobbing , Pc Kelly said : ‘ The next thing I saw , he was standing holding a gun with both hands in what I can only describe as a combat position . ’ |
| 14 | There were elements of what the Chinese call the ‘ green-eye disease ’ , and the ‘ moon being rounder ’ , what we would describe as the ‘ grass being greener ’ . |
| 15 | It would be highly unwise to attempt using them , and in consequence we have on our hands what I can only describe as an old-fashioned case of acute lobar pneumonia . |
| 16 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 17 | Young fans , particularly those wearing what we shall describe as the standard ‘ Aggro Outfit ’ , are directed by the police and officials into the appropriate secure area of the ground as they enter . |
| 18 | Panic swept through respectable London in the winter of 1862 about what The Times ( 10 June 1863 ) would eventually describe as a ‘ new variety of crime ’ . |
| 19 | He also had in him the wrathful patriarch of the Protestant religion , for he was the product of the two warring faiths , of an Irish Catholic mother and an Irish Presbyterian father , and of the Sunday ritual my mother would repeatedly describe as if narrating the auspicious early life of a saint . |
| 20 | Their descriptions , in other words , seemed to follow a set pattern , which we would describe as a ‘ schema for describing one 's home ’ . |
| 21 | The interior of the villa one can only lamely describe as southern art nouveau ; there is a great deal of panelling , made out of exotic and in some cases aromatic woods , a great deal of marble , of gilt , and of inlaid flooring . |
| 22 | The research consists of different methodological phases , which we can describe as collection , classification , analysis and interpretation . |
| 23 | It is possible to some degree to distinguish between those implementation issues that arise essentially from the ‘ distance ’ between what we may describe as ‘ centre ’ and ‘ periphery ’ and those that are facets of other aspects of relationships within complex organizations . |
| 24 | A lot of people who I 'd just describe as having I du n no , people with real dignity and real sense of pride who manage to bring up their kids and and survive in a decent way , in quite a hostile environment . |
| 25 | You could describe as training . |
| 26 | Their ideas were based on what one might describe as ‘ school mathematics ’ — a set of facts and techniques — in which questions have one right answer and prescribed methods of solution . |
| 27 | Next there is a group of colleagues whom I shall describe as the ‘ patriots ’ , who through love of country and a proper belief in its democratic institutions do not accept that the time has come to deny our nationality . |
| 28 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |
| 29 | erm it may be that erm because of my generation , but you do n't get the same sort of personalities nowadays as you did in those days , erm Mr for instance he was , he was a most benign sort of erm fellow of what one would describe as a real gentleman mm , mind you he used to have his paddies at times but |
| 30 | I am a self-contained person : neat and elegant : or was until I met Eleanor , who , disgraced , childless , alone , sprawled and wriggled against the shiny black sofa with the big red flowers , and I knew I would rather be her , her life out of control , than me as I was with Lou ; a woman whom an editor could describe as ‘ the mistress of controlled reportage ’ . |