Example sentences of "he describes [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He describes himself as a ‘ career manager ’ and has extensive experience of hotels . |
| 2 | He describes himself as a ‘ false witness ’ to his times in that he chooses to depict , for the most part , scenes of unexpected joy and pleasure in the midst of lives which might , at first sight , appear bleak and colourless . |
| 3 | Although he describes himself as a ‘ a damn uneducated mountain fella ’ , he managed to convert a 1500 dollar bank loan into a 100 million dollar fortune in less than 20 years . |
| 4 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 5 | He describes himself as a practising Christian whose main hobby is cricket . |
| 6 | He describes himself as a ‘ TV animal ’ who switches on the set at home as soon as he walks through the door . |
| 7 | Although he describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk , he has become an international figure , touring the world to give talks and also meeting many world leaders , dignitaries and religious figures . |
| 8 | He describes them as an investment , but critics describe the paintings as worthless rubbish . |
| 9 | He describes it as a steep overhanging wall , with two hard 12 feet sections . |
| 10 | At times he is chiefly concerned with democracy as a form of government , when he describes it as a regime in which ‘ the people more or less participate in their government ’ , and says that ‘ its meaning is intimately connected with the idea of political liberty ’ ; while on other occasions he uses the term ‘ democracy ’ to describe a type of society , and refers more broadly to ‘ democratic institutions ’ and by implication to what would later be called a ‘ democratic way of life ’ . |