Example sentences of "[not/n't] be describe as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her clothes could not be described as unsuitable for the country , but they were not the sort of thing a country woman would wear . |
| 2 | Royal Brass commemorative horse-brasses did not appear until Victorian times and , in any case , the shape can not be described as traditional . |
| 3 | It claimed that very few of those who had died in the violence had been killed by traditional weapons , that 75 per cent of deaths were caused by bullets and 20 per cent by hacking with weapons which could not be described as traditional . |
| 4 | People in those categories certainly should not be described as rich . |
| 5 | The designers employed by G.W. Fashions most definitely could not be described as avant-garde . ’ |
| 6 | That was the last mild sensation of the evening , for the final one , still to come , certainly could not be described as mild , and occurred somewhat after midnight . |
| 7 | Note : A tour of Egypt is a unique and fascinating experience but can not be described as leisurely . |
| 8 | The massive amount of activity by developer builders after the mid-1960s , which continues to this day , can not be described as unplanned , given that it was carried out in relation to land-use planning and the provision of infrastructure . |
| 9 | He could not be described as handsome , and , in later years , with his weight fluctuating to in excess of fifteen stone through his appetite for junkish food between pictures , he showed signs of a middle-aged spread ; not being tall , at five feet , nine inches , it tends to be obvious . |
| 10 | Version ( b ) could not be described as contrastive or emphatic . |
| 11 | Their life could certainly not be described as full . |
| 12 | There are even human communities around the world which exist without such tools as writing , while constructing artefacts , commonly of wood , that can not be described as permanent ( in terms of thousands or millions of years ) . |
| 13 | DI 'd through a desk and recorded onto both DAT and cassette utilising the onboard amp simulator , the distortion could n't be described as amazing , but I presume this must be what people expect to hear these days , although to me it does n't sound too close to what you 'd get from a guitar amp . |
| 14 | Besides , you hardly fell any distance ; the fountain could n't be described as high . ’ |