Example sentences of "described [pers pn] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 2 | Yesterday , sentencing Ferguson , Sheriff Colin MacKay described him as the prime mover . |
| 3 | By the latter half of the century , the majority of books on child care — which were enjoying a tremendous popularity — strongly recommended breast-feeding and described it as the normal practice ( Fildes 1980 ) . |
| 4 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 5 | Joyce , who had experienced more than her fair share of personal sorrow , described it as the saddest day of her life . |
| 6 | It cost £300,000 to build , a vast sum for the time , and Murray 's Handbook for Travellers in India , Burma , and Ceylon , with typical travel-guide hyperbole , described it as the finest railway station in India or any country . |
| 7 | Mansell , who 's got his season off to a better start than anyone in history , described it as the happiest day of his life , but was first to acknowledge all the hard graft back in Didcot that made it possible . |
| 8 | Participants in the plenum described it as the stormiest in Gorbachev 's six years as party leader . |
| 9 | One Bank of England official described it as the biggest scandal since the South Sea Bubble . |