Example sentences of "[noun] describe [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Koirala described his visit as a " goodwill visit " aimed at strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries . |
| 2 | Jailing him for three and a half years Judge Richard Lowry described his behaviour as a dreadful crime . |
| 3 | His entry described his part as a PR consultant to a firm of paper merchants in persuading designers and print buyers to specify 100 per cent recycled paper for colour publications . |
| 4 | The judge described their crimes as a campaign of economic sabotage . |
| 5 | Sibylle Alexander describes her experience as a protagonist in this story with grace and eloquence . |
| 6 | Ortiz describes his collection as a ‘ harmonious whole ’ , with a range that is as representative as possible but within which individual objects have been chosen for their aesthetic , scholarly and didactic qualities . |
| 7 | In an exuberant interview , David Dimbleby calls the results programme ‘ a drama [ in which ] heroes and villains rise and fall ’ ; elsewhere in the supplement , Sissons speaks of the excitement of seeing politicians ' masks slip , and backroom boss Philip Campbell describes his studio as a ‘ theatre-in-the-round ’ , attracting viewers to ‘ gather round David Dimbleby 's stage to see the plot unfold through his narrative ’ . |
| 8 | Deputy Director Rolando Soliz describes his work as a ‘ mission ’ : he earns the equivalent of $50 monthly , and supports his family by giving evening classes at a private computing institute . |
| 9 | Kennan described his mission as an ‘ educative ’ one , intended to broaden his own understanding of the situation in Japan so that the State Department could recommend a realistic policy for Japan in the future . |
| 10 | Twenty six ( 46% ) of the 56 respondents described their pain as a minor nuisance , 23 ( 41% ) as moderately severe , and six ( 11% ) as interfering with their activities . |
| 11 | The French government described its policy as a " goodwill gesture " . |
| 12 | The new Prime Minister described his team as a " war cabinet " which would launch an " all-out assault " on the country 's economic and social problems . |
| 13 | The company describes its stuff as an advanced open application development tool for distributed computing with database roots . |
| 14 | Brown describes his product as a country mansion in a 400-acre park . |