Example sentences of "who [vb mod] [adv] be described " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Lewis Papers , Warren remarked , ‘ With his passing we lose him who may perhaps be described as the hero of our saga … |
| 2 | The survey method would have the advantage that no one who could reasonably be described as unemployed would be excluded and no one who was clearly employed would be included . |
| 3 | Frans Hals had painted portraits of girls who could only be described as plain , but something lively and piquant redeemed them . |
| 4 | There a reception committee awaited her , at the head of which was a young man who could only be described as beautiful . |
| 5 | The two other new jobs went to people who could hardly be described as outsiders , even though they had not been either Founders or members of the Executive Committee . |
| 6 | In any event , unlike the autumn of 1557 , the time was now certainly ripe for the peculiar inspiration of John Knox , the man who , in the words of the English diplomat Randolph , ‘ is able in one hour to put more life into us than five hundred trumpets continually blustering in our ears ’ , and who would later be described by the same diplomat in 1561 , a week after Mary 's return to Scotland , as the preacher who ‘ thundereth out of the pulpit … he ruleth the roast , and of him all men stand in fear ’ . |