Example sentences of "i [modal v] describe [pers pn] as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I should describe him as an innocent . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At the moment I would describe him as a fully paid-up member of the politically embarrassed tendency . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Summarised , I would describe it as a kind of ‘ elitist populism ’ , which totally ignores the tastes of thousands of ‘ ordinary people ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |