Example sentences of "to describe [pn reflx] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be prey to several diseases at once , a possibility that led one to describe himself as ‘ a walking time bomb ’ . |
| 2 | Outspoken ENB member Jim McIntegart threatened the UKCC with a High Court Injunction if it did not allow him to describe himself as an RMN . |
| 3 | That made McIllvanney a gold-plated pimp , though he preferred to describe himself as a ‘ leisure-agent ’ ; however , he usually had the grace to smile when he used that label . |
| 4 | He played no part in the newly founded Royal Society or the College of Physicians , although at this time he began to describe himself as an ‘ MD ’ . |
| 5 | The right hon. Member for Sparkbrook is happy to describe himself as a socialist on many occasions , although the advice from Mr. Mandelson is to drop the word . |
| 6 | One difference was that working-class women were more likely to describe themselves as housewives and to give ‘ domestic ’ responses generally . |
| 7 | On satisfactory completion of the period of apprenticeship , trainee solicitors are entitled to be formally admitted as solicitors and to describe themselves as such . |
| 8 | RIEs do not even have an exclusive right to describe themselves as an " exchange " . |
| 9 | To describe oneself as a fine chemicals supplier , therefore , requires self-confidence , not to say courage . |