Example sentences of "as [pron] is described " in BNC.

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1 of this species is accepted as it is described in Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae of G.H.K. Thwaites .
2 To ‘ talk love ’ as it is described by the Chinese , was strictly taboo before the relaxations in the social code during the reform decade .
3 Or , if we prefer it , we may say the physical body as it is described by the anatomist is the more ghostly thing , a phantasy of cells and cell assemblies , a convenient way of talking about ourselves and that we really are more or less what we feel ourselves to be . ’
4 The sequence , as it is described , inevitably raises questions .
5 He did this by contrasting Jesus with Socrates as he is described in Plato 's dialogues .
6 As he is described by Mr Whitehouse as a ‘ sad ’ character , they shake their heads tearfully .
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