Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] reference to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Murray 's Handbooks to India are punctuated with references to stations much used by pilgrims . |
| 2 | But if the damages are calculated without reference to income tax that will not be so . |
| 3 | The singer 's life contained enough misbehaviour to make director Oliver Stone 's job easy ( pace that notorious gig in Miami when Jimbo bared more than his soul ) ; his songs are riddled with references to drugs and sex ; and — making the film a dead cert — he obligingly took an early bath in Paris in '71 . |
| 4 | Much of what has been said with reference to TV also applies to radio . |
| 5 | The relevant Rules of the Supreme Court governing the procedure for service of process abroad are drafted by reference to writs . |
| 6 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 7 | State Department publications have been purged of references to CIA actions like setting up the coup that brought the Shah to power in Iran , and overthrowing a liberal government in Guatemala . |
| 8 | The standard letter below should be used in all cases and should not be amended without reference to CFSU . |
| 9 | The basic requirements for the grant of a patent will now be explained with reference to computer technology , followed by a consideration of the exclusions and their impact , especially with respect to computer software . |
| 10 | This relationship can best be explained with reference to Fig. 4.10 : the shape and position of the curve are determined by the following factors : |
| 11 | The positive side of the local sign theory is an expression of the faith that such abilities can be explained by reference to processes ( of inference from observed correlations , and so on ) which are themselves conscious . |
| 12 | The falsification of Kepler 's speculation that the spacing of the planetary orbits could be explained by reference to Plato 's five regular solids does not mark one of the significant landmarks in the progress of physics . |
| 13 | The conclusion to be derived from the above is that the overdevelopment of the bureaucracy in the post-colonial state can only be explained by reference to factors which render other political institutions impotent . |
| 14 | But suppose now we require that adequate grammatical descriptions include specifications of the meaning of every word in a language , and such a requirement has normally been assumed , then we find words whose meaning-specifications can only be given by reference to contexts of usage . |
| 15 | It also , and this is new , includes ‘ the type of company and its principal business activities , ’ the type to be ‘ given by reference to the classification prescribed for the purposes of this section , ’ while the principal business activities ‘ may be given by reference to categories of any prescribed system of classifying business activities . ’ |
| 16 | This may be given by reference to time elapsing after the date of issue of the document , and it is quite possible for the time-limit to be passed before the document can be served or even before it is received by the Central Authority . |
| 17 | Here relationships between the local inhabitants and party members and agents will be examined without reference to Kursk , let alone to Moscow . |
| 18 | Propositions that Soviet prevailing educational values were and continue to be ‘ collectivist ’ and based on scientific Marxism will be examined by reference to debates about the democratization of school organization , the humanization of the content of teaching and the individualization of social opportunities provided by education . |
| 19 | Applicants seeking direct entry from fifth year in Scottish schools will be considered with reference to age , experience and extra-curricular activities . |
| 20 | Yet decisions about the significance , for entry into higher education , of school-level achievement in public examinations are made all the time — and it is odd that they seem to be made without reference to CNAA , BTEC or the NCVQ . |
| 21 | As the frequency of a periodic nonsinusoidal signal becomes lower and lower , it can be seen with reference to figure 11.2(b) that its harmonic spectral components become bunched closer and closer together . |
| 22 | However , questions about the meaning of sentences , such as ’ Who did he mean by the woman he saw last night ? ’ can usually only be answered with reference to facts about the world , i.e. , the specific denotation . |
| 23 | Partly in the questioner 's mind , erm could be answered by reference to language problems , I mean , a technical or professional qualifications may be equivalent , and may be awfully good , but if one expert and qualified person ca n't talk the language of the country he wants to work in , that 's going to be a barrier on its own , and I reckon that is often the bigger barrier between the easy movement of qualified people from one of our countries to another , than the lack of qualifications , or disagreement about qualifications themselves . |
| 24 | This could be interpreted with reference to Article 3B , ‘ the objectives of the proposed action can not be … achieved by the Member States ’ and the principle of subsidiarity would thus provide no obstacle to the Community 's action . |
| 25 | I have also avoided using the concept of prestige in the discussion because it appears that the patterns can be interpreted without reference to prestige . |
| 26 | Small minority holdings would normally be valued by reference to dividends , and earnings and assets are generally of less importance in these cases . |
| 27 | Without question the period between autumn 1870 and the close of 1871 was the high point of Wagner 's direct influence on him , as can almost be demonstrated without reference to BT at all . |
| 28 | In this case , they can only be assessed by reference to actuality . |
| 29 | The FRED proposes that , where certain conditions are met , the maturity of liabilities should be assessed by reference to borrowings which a lender is committed to provide under related facilities which will permit the refinancing of the debt . |
| 30 | An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |