Example sentences of "describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead . |
| 2 | In truth this troupe did not receive the idolatry that his juveniles had aroused the previous year , but they must have pulled up their silk stockings because when they went on tour later one reviewer did describe them as : |
| 3 | This in complete contrast to Holden who , although he criticises other people 's behaviour , does not describe them as individuals ; consequently in ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , there is no serious development of any character except the central figure , whereas in ‘ Villette ’ , several characters are developed . |
| 4 | While he returned from that campaign with greater maturity , even his best friends would never describe him as a man of great ambition . |
| 5 | I ask him if I could describe him as a lucky little wanker who became very rich and famous through doing very little apart from being his baffled , fitful , daft self . |
| 6 | If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated . |
| 7 | Buddhists who 've seen him describe him as a 6ft 4in tall man with big limbs and hands . |
| 8 | I should describe him as an innocent . |
| 9 | One could scarcely describe him as some kind of father-figure ! |
| 10 | At the moment I would describe him as a fully paid-up member of the politically embarrassed tendency . |
| 11 | Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’ |
| 12 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 14 | Summarised , I would describe it as a kind of ‘ elitist populism ’ , which totally ignores the tastes of thousands of ‘ ordinary people ’ . |
| 15 | Although it 's been around since 1985 you could hardly describe it as one of the top-selling DOS word processors . |
| 16 | " Well I suppose you 'd describe it as … windiness . " |
| 17 | And go to words of meaning , erm and the descriptions of colours where men are more likely to say purple whereas women would describe it as aubergine or plum and go into more detail about the shading than the colour . |
| 18 | I can only describe it as naked lust . |
| 19 | Most dictionaries would describe it as a ‘ desire or tendency to escape from reality into fantasy ’ , and ‘ reality ’ is certainly a key word in this definition . |
| 20 | We can describe it as the seamless integration of data , text , images and sound within a single digital information environment . |
| 21 | We both argued that the levels of er housing development in Craven , Harrogate and to a lesser extent perhaps Amblet Hambleton should not be constrained , so as to reduce erm the the steady trickle if I can describe it as that of migration from the West Yorkshire conurbation to those areas , in perhaps er l looking at the different proposal for the new settlement which might be located in the Leeds York corridor . |