Example sentences of "variously describe " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other poem which Coleridge wrote during his retreat , and the circumstances of its composition , have entered the mythology of English literary history : while staying at the Culbone farmhouse he took three grains of opium to relieve what he variously described as ‘ a dysentery ’ or ‘ a slight indisposition ’ , and in the deep reverie which followed composed two or three hundred lines of poetry ‘ without any sensation of consciousness of effort ’ . |
| 2 | Also known as Jacky Lanter , this is an English term used variously to describe WILL O'THE WISP or PUCK . |
| 3 | State Department officials variously described that idea as ‘ surreal ’ and ‘ wacky ’ last week , rejecting out of hand any negotiations with the cartel . |
| 4 | It is variously described as ‘ health and right reason ’ , the ‘ wholesome ’ , the ‘ healthy and unvitiated ’ , and characterized by ‘ unalterable standards of right and wrong ’ ( Goodman , The Oscar Wilde File , 78 , 1 33 , 1 34 ) . |
| 5 | Moll Cutpurse is variously described as one who ‘ strays so from her kind/Nature repents she made her ’ ( i. ii . |
| 6 | The satellite is to be deployed 22,300 miles above the equator , and has been variously described in the technical press as designed to monitor Soviet compliance with arms treaties and as an advanced eavesdropping satellite , able to monitor , record and re-transmit hundreds of Soviet communications channels , including voice , data and telemetry . |
| 7 | Around 1855 the mill was sold by the Cox family to Charles Gardner , who is variously described as a ‘ maltster ’ and a ‘ meal man ’ , and he and his family ran Damsell 's as a corn mill until 1895 . |
| 8 | There are many thousands of odours arising from a multitude of sources which can be variously described , by those persons with a sense of smell , as pleasant , unpleasant , feeble , faint , strong , bland , pungent , rancid etc . |
| 9 | In a move variously described as ‘ ghoulish ’ , ‘ Machiavellian ’ and ‘ sick ’ , Mr Creed , it was alleged , had orchestrated this posthumous resignation , instructing expert embalmers to preserve the corpse and even arranging a photo session two days after Sir Charles 's death ( Sir Charles 's lifeless arm around Mr Creed 's shoulders ) so a picture could be released to the press along with a transcript of the letter of resignation . |
| 10 | Huge , scaly monsters of the reptile kingdom , variously described as being red , green or black , with flaming eyes , clawed feet and a snake 's tail . |
| 11 | A huge sea-monster , variously described as a serpent or squid , said to have been seen off the coast of Norway and on the North American coast . |
| 12 | The poor book entry for 1783 helpfully gives us her age as 48 , and she is variously described as living at ‘ Coniger ’ , ‘ Cowards Batch ’ and ‘ Nail Street ’ — all within the Trinity area . |
| 13 | Curiously enough , since by definition a stationer ‘ stays put ’ , they are variously described on their publications as the ‘ walking ’ , ‘ running ’ and even ‘ flying ’ stationers ; and there is adequate testimony to their activities and to their influence . |
| 14 | This has been replaced by a move which is variously described as a return ‘ back to basics ’ , an attempt to ‘ focus on the core ’ or ‘ unbundling ’ . |
| 15 | Penwith and Kerrier hundreds were obviously poorer than the eastern parts of the shire ; a high proportion of men were taxed on wages who had not been thought worth mentioning in the earlier survey , many of them poor immigrants variously described as tinners or labourers . |
| 16 | But none of them , it is widely acknowledged , has the talent , flair or business acumen of ‘ Mister ’ John who is variously described by senior Littlewoods executives as ‘ a genius ’ , ‘ unique ’ and ‘ the most significant pre-War businessman still alive . ’ |
| 17 | What was crucial about the " women 's offices " was that part of the trade — straight typesetting — was being defined as " particularly " suitable for women ; indeed it was being said they were actually better at it than the men , while the other tasks in the compositor 's repertoire were variously described as " heavy " ( thus by definition not skilled ) or on the contrary as highly skilled ( make-up and imposition ) but requiring fewer persons to do them . |
| 18 | There follows a discussion of the identification of the target sample , variously described in the Cockcroft Report as " the lowest 40 per cent of attainers " and " those for whom CSE is not intended " . |
| 19 | Such pairs of things enter into what is variously described as interaction , reciprocal causation , functional interdependence , functional relation , concomitant variation , and so on . |
| 20 | In studies of contemporary Irish politics he is variously described as a broker , an intermediary , an ombudsman , a patron , an errand-boy , an intercessor , an adviser , an advocate , a consumer representative and a welfare officer . |
| 21 | Guy Gerlach 's relocation to Brazil indicates Heinemann 's commitment to the region , but Brazil itself is variously described as ‘ static ’ , ‘ highly complicated ’ and ‘ a nightmare ’ . |
| 22 | Raymond Williams puts it like this : it was argued that man 's spiritual health depended on a kind of education which was more than a training for some specialized work , a kind variously described as ‘ liberal ’ , ‘ humane ’ or ‘ cultural ’ . |
| 23 | These fundamental rights are variously described and vindicated by a variety of philosophical arguments to which we can not do justice here . |
| 24 | Although couched in the typically occult language of the time , Garland 's prescient account catches society at a crossroads : those young homosexuals adrift in a postwar landscape without signs may now be seen as harbingers of a new way of life and a new economic order — variously described as pop culture , youth culture or the Teen age — which stand at the heart of ‘ late , consumer or multinational capitalism ’ . |
| 25 | Something carries on her arm five offspring , variously described as planets , moons , and cylinders . |
| 26 | , Sir Thomas ( ante 1514–1559 ) , courtier , was the son of William Cawarden , variously described as a shearman , clothworker , and fuller of London . |
| 27 | , Paul ( d. 1666 ) , Particular Baptist and preacher , variously described as a tailor and a surgeon , first appears in the early 1640s as a member of the London separatist congregation of John Spencer and John Green . |
| 28 | Voice variously described as ‘ chack , chack ’ , köcki , köcki' or ‘ köckerik , köckerik ’ . |
| 29 | Song very variously described , ‘ tukl-tukl ’ , ‘ kre-kre-kre ’ , at times turning to clear ‘ u ’ or ‘ o ’ with metallic timbre , and nightjar-like churr . |
| 30 | The library as place was taken seriously , and comments from staff and students showed the importance of the physical ( and psychological ) environment , variously described as civilised , welcoming , stimulating : ‘ It 's a place to have peace and quiet ’ ; ‘ The library is comfortable , and there is a nice atmosphere which is right for private study ’ ; ‘ I like the lively feeling of the place . |