to be/as

Your friend is right.

(Consider, that "depict" is analagous to "paint a picture")

Yea Mac, and another thing "...depicted to be...." alliterative

WB, howdja like that word

If, on the other hand, it is alleged that the person 'appears to be' or is 'depicted' to be under the age of eighteen, then this would seem to be an issue that the jury ...

Principles of Cybercrime: Jonathan Clough - 2015

Areas of greater density are depicted as brighter on the image, while lower density areas are depicted to be darker.

Surgical Techniques in Ophthalmology: Ashok Garg, ‎Jorge L Alio - 2010

When depicted as a form of Shu or Ankher, he was depicted to be wearing the respective god's headdress.

Thoth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But at the same time she wants the moment depicted to be prior to the actual sacrifice. Erechtheus does not even have the knife in his hand yet.

Connelly on the Parthenon Frieze
www.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/ParthenonFriezeConnelly.html

Lots more on Google.

Excellent answers. Thank you.

If not talking about depict, for describe, can we use to be?

-The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.
-Jim was described by his colleagues as ‘unusual’.

Yes, "to be" can replace "as" in those sentences.

The man was described to be tall and dark, and aged about 20.

Jim was described by his colleagues to be 'unusual.'

Thanks Blue.

For Tes, do you mean you disagree with McTag?