Example sentences of "describe it as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Defence Minister , Jean-Pierre Chevenement , described it as ‘ tres elegant ’ . |
| 2 | The judge described it as ‘ a highly unusual circumstance ’ . |
| 3 | But chairman Sir Ian Trethowan described it as a ‘ cost effective ’ way into the US market which will add the adolescent delights of sitcoms such as ‘ Gim me a Break ’ to Thames 's programme library . |
| 4 | Clemenceau described it as ‘ the genius of our race … the perfect vehicle for thought . ’ |
| 5 | Dr Samuel Johnson , the most famous son of Lichfield , in the south of the constituency , described it as a city of philosophers . |
| 6 | As is always the case not everyone was pleased : one of Booth 's team described it as a ‘ large and rather ugly building ’ although ‘ its interior looks well enough when crowded with people . ’ |
| 7 | One entrepreneur described it as : ‘ The return of the pioneering days ’ . |
| 8 | Frank Muir , introducing the slot , described it as the television industry 's favourite play . |
| 9 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 10 | He described it as ‘ an honour ’ , adding : ‘ I look forward to another wonderful summer 's cricket against one of the top sides in the world . ’ |
| 11 | Philip Dodderidge described it as a ‘ most extraordinary book ’ . |
| 12 | Ten years later , the Sizewell B PWR was said to promise a bargain in power generation compared with a coal-fired alternative : in 1985 , leading CEGB executive John Baker described it as ‘ a clear winner ’ over coal . |
| 13 | The film became the American entry , by invitation , into that year 's Venice film festival and the New York Times ' critic , Bosley Crowther , summed up his nation 's embarrassment when he described it as a ‘ brutal picture which caused diplomats to mop their brows — a vicious account of boozing , fighting , pot-smoking , vandalizing and raping done by a gang of sickle riders who are obviously drawn to represent the swastika-wearing Hell 's Angels , one of several disreputable gangs on the west coast . |
| 14 | Although in 1962 he had appealed to the Government of Ireland Act , in 1963 he described it as a ‘ constitution of bondage ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Jan Morris described it as a combination of Tibetan monastic and English penal , with both Moorish and Romanesque detail . |
| 17 | Iraq was being destroyed while a CNN commentator excitedly described it as ‘ fireworks on the 4th of July ’ . |
| 18 | Dave Simpson in Sounds described it as : ‘ Serious dinosauric dripping death guitar noise . ’ |
| 19 | John 's strict paternalism fascinated the New York newsmen who described it as ‘ Tiller 's puritanical blue laws ’ . |
| 20 | Simpson called it quantum evolution and described it as one of three evolutionary modes . |
| 21 | Its results can be heard to best effect in the rapt serenity of the slow movement of the Second Quartet ; the composer described it as an ‘ intimate talk between God and man ’ , and it really is music of extraordinary beauty , a half-lit oasis of repose amid the vigour of the rest of the Quartet . |
| 22 | ( Ignoring the dereliction of the building , Norman Bentwich described it as ‘ one of the stately homes of Britain ’ . ) |
| 23 | He described it as the ‘ old ’ fell race but it was started a few hundred years after the feast originated . |
| 24 | Lesbian feminists have researched and analysed our society 's intentional promotion of heterosexuality and described it as ‘ compulsory heterosexuality ’ . |
| 25 | Homer described it as a monster with the body of a goat , tail of a DRAGON and head of a lion , belching flames . |
| 26 | The architect and writer Frank Pennink was right when he described it as ‘ an outstanding course where anyone who can play to his handicap is doing well ’ . |
| 27 | One described it as ‘ a sad day for the BBC ’ . |
| 28 | Current senior partner John Norton described it as ‘ a totally unwarranted action ’ , and added that any proceedings would be vigorously defended . |
| 29 | They were appalled by the sickly , overpowering , cloying sweet smell that pervaded the carriage , Mr Kewish described it as not dissimilar to incense ! |
| 30 | DALLAS COWBOYS quarterback Troy Aikman described it as ‘ a crazy Sunday ’ . |