Example sentences of "[pers pn] describes as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She modelled these under the chandeliers in the grand marble foyer of one of the seven Stalin-gothic skyscrapers in Moscow , which she describes as ‘ a perfect example of Soviet pokazukha ( window-dressing ) . |
| 2 | Evert is not feeling comfortable with what she describes as the ‘ finality ’ of the decision , although she does agree with it in principle . |
| 3 | Her own interest is in what she describes as Cather 's doubleness . |
| 4 | She describes as a calamity the declaration by the Director of Public Prosecutions that there is ‘ insufficient evidence ’ to initiate proceedings against Juliette by the Marquis de Sade . |
| 5 | In her letter ( ‘ Punchbag ’ 12 — 18 February ) Mrs H M Presley defends the monarchy and attacks Punch for being cynical : a trait unbecoming in what she describes as a ‘ reputable ’ magazine . |
| 6 | Lady Miriam said the princess will unveil a special plaque to mark the opening of the new hospice , which she describes as a vital addition to health care facilities in the area . |
| 7 | The last role heads her repertoire of what she describes as ‘ crazies ’ , a list which includes Cherubini 's Medea . |
| 8 | At this point she showed enormous courage by re-assessing her life , and has now struggled through to what she describes as a liberating philosophy of autonomy and self-determination . |
| 9 | Allen 's attitude is playfully anarchic ; with a childlike spirit she gleefully undermines the serious , ‘ male ’ pose of the sculptor by knitting socks for her concrete sculpture , or producing what even she describes as ‘ grotesque object ’ . |
| 10 | She also has something she describes as ‘ gut feeling ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I have had to think about myself as an artist much more clearly through being in an alien environment , ’ says Tessa Waite , working in what she describes as ‘ a Victorian asylum in the middle of nowhere . |
| 12 | She runs the advertising for Phileas Fogg Snacks , Babycham and Shell which she describes as an interesting mixture . |
| 13 | She heads an executive committee of about 20 and has herself instigated the Westminster meeting , which she describes as ‘ my baby ’ . |
| 14 | Her ‘ young ’ girls and sometimes ‘ young ’ men are aged between 65 and 99 and they look forward very much to her weekly class which she describes as something of a frolic ! |
| 15 | Margaret is delighted to be making this return trip on what she describes as a warm and friendly course . |
| 16 | There will be no hasty purchases , as Tony is determined to keep a focus on the chain 's niche market , which he describes as the top end of the traditional ale market . |
| 17 | IMRAN KHAN , the Pakistan captain , has called for an overhaul of Pakistan cricket to combat what he describes as widespread ‘ nepotism and favouritism ’ . |
| 18 | There have been a number of significant turning points in the career of Sir Robert Haslam , which he describes as ‘ negative accidents ’ , but which turned out to have very positive results . |
| 19 | Temple is not deterred by the fact that Earth Girls did what he describes as ‘ not terribly ’ at the box office in the States . |
| 20 | IN OUR SECOND disturbing dispatch [ Apocalypse Now — Now , page 110 ] , novelist Christopher Hope reports from suburban Johannesburg , which he describes as the wall-building capital of the world . |
| 21 | Tracks like ‘ Black Whip ’ continue the rap explorations with a starting rap from Aniff which he describes as ‘ stream of unconsciousness . |
| 22 | In the company 's variety trials , the set has ranged from what he describes as a good normal 75% of available flowers to as little as 20% . |
| 23 | Richard Baxter had only spent nine months in Dudley when he accepted an invitation to Bridgnorth as Curate to the Vicar , Mr.Madstart , whom he describes as a ‘ good preacher and a most excellent minister ’ . |
| 24 | He believes that under these conditions of choice , which he describes as the original position , there is only one set of principles which can be rationally chosen to govern a society enjoying favourable social and economic conditions . |
| 25 | As Ives ( 1987 ) has pointed out , the issue of environmental degradation in the Himalaya is extremely complex and has been extensively debated during the 1980s , giving rise to what he describes as the Himalaya Environmental Degradation Theory ( HEDT ) . |
| 26 | Now based in West Bridgeford , near Nottingham , John is offering a range of ‘ familiar-style ’ guitars in the £250 bracket and is ready to launch what he describes as ‘ a sensational new pickup system ’ on an unsuspecting world . |
| 27 | He describes as an example the large drafting and design rooms of engineering companies as having |
| 28 | Since Tokyo , Pedrosa explains that Mota has undergone numerous tests to try to find the cause of what he describes as ‘ that silly pain ’ . |
| 29 | He had video walls and what he describes as ‘ a rawness . |
| 30 | His practicality which has been so readily distilled into such words is drawn from a theology which he describes as ‘ a profound mystery ’ ( Eph. 5:32 ) . |