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Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty.
They send out detailed descriptions of the job with the application forms.
He has a real gift for vivid description.
Events of this description occurred daily.
His face is weary beyond description.
We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
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TV NAME and job description of the week?
The Sun
(2016)
We just got detailed plot descriptions so it was very stressful.
The Sun
(2014)
This chapter contains a short description of past and present urbanization trends.
Tomlinson, Richard
Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa
(1990)
His characters are so vivid and his descriptions so lifelike.
Times, Sunday Times
(2012)
That description may sound familiar to you.
Larry Downes
THE STRATEGY MACHINE
(2002)
The description fitted both man and dog.
Ben Macintyre
JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King
(2004)
Sometimes the lists of names and descriptions of performance are particularly tempting.
The Times Literary Supplement
(2013)
This sort of detailed description is of limited use.
Sanderson, Stephen K.
Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
(1995)
The descriptions are short and to the point.
Eddison, Sydney
A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
(1990)
But you should read it for its vivid descriptions of storm.
Times, Sunday Times
(2008)
Such a description may have more than geographical significance.
Redwood, John
The Global Marketplace
(1993)
Perhaps the best description of the man is from the driver.
Times, Sunday Times
(2007)
He was also able to give police a detailed description.
The Sun
(2009)
She provided police with a false name and description when asked to identify who had been driving her car.
Times, Sunday Times
(2013)
Detectives want to screen 4,000 local men matching the general description of the suspect.
Times, Sunday Times
(2006)
Write your minute description and detailed perception of the parts that you perceive to be the most significant for an understanding of the work.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda
Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
(1995)
A short verbal description of the point location is also provided in the text.
Lewith, George & Horn, Sandra
Drug-Free Pain Relief
(1987)
Before you read the rest of this section, write down a description of a friend or an acquaintance.
Bee, Helen
The Developing Child (7th edn.)
(1995)
So much for general description.
Kantrow, Alan M.
The Constraints of Corporate Tradition
(1987)
He does not take us into the councils of demons and angels, he provides no descriptions of pitched battles between opposing hosts.
Christianity Today
(2000)
And I doubt anybody fits that particular description.
Times, Sunday Times
(2011)
Some of the best descriptions of the process came from visiting Romans and Greeks.
Times, Sunday Times
(2007)
The description says: 'They may have won but we had the last laugh.
The Sun
(2011)
So neither meets the description of a true democracy.
The Guardian
(2015)
And it was exactly as good as that description suggests.
The Guardian
(2015)
Within an hour the descriptions were unanimous.
The Guardian
(2015)
His descriptions of it are as precise as they are inventive.
The Guardian
(2016)
The main description was the surfers.
The Guardian
(2016)
An almost perfect description of herself.
The Guardian
(2018)
It is not so much a punishment as a description of his mindset.
The Guardian
(2018)
Further description of the charges can not be given for legal reasons.
The Guardian
(2018)
Those accused of being involved also reject the description.
The Guardian
(2017)
It feels like a punishment of some description.
The Guardian
(2020)
Some of the starkest descriptions are reserved for the health and social care sectors.
The Guardian
(2020)
They said a burglar who had committed crimes in the area fitted my description.
The Guardian
(2020)
It was a description that many who benefited from his shrewd advice would have recognised.
The Guardian
(2022)
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