Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] referring to the " in BNC.
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1 | This can be seen as referring to the relationship between ‘ inputs ’ and ‘ outputs ’ when comparing the achievements of different groups of students and different institutions . |
2 | Both here and in Chapter 8 , the scientific notation ( 14 C ) will be used when referring to the isotope itself , and the word ‘ radiocarbon ’ when discussing the dating technique generally . |
3 | While he condemned as pride the solitary life-style which arises from self-reliance rather than faith in God ( 14.87 ) he countered his opponents with another Scriptural quotation from Osee ( Hosea ) 2:14 interpreted as referring to the relationship between God and the soul : " I will lead her into solitude , and I will speak to her heart " ( 13.83 ) . |
4 | 193 , 208 should be construed as referring to the absence of specific Community legislation in that field rather than to the complete exclusion of E.E.C . |
5 | Thus , where the user covenant permits the tenant to use the demised property for any purpose falling within a class of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ( SI No 1385 ) the covenant will be construed as referring to the use class as it existed at the date of the demise . |
6 | This , as we have seen , explains the impossibility of the infinitive in * To snow would be pleasant as against its possible use in I want it to snow : if the generalized person of the infinitive of weather verbs is not specified as referring to the only support with which the notion denoted by these verbs is conceivable , namely it , then one feels a possible reference to any of the ordinal persons which can be referred to by the infinitive 's generalized person ( " you " , " me " , etc. ) , and so the sentence does not make sense . |
7 | This should be taken as referring to the office of head teacher , so that where a person is acting in place of the head teacher ( usually this will be the deputy head teacher ) , s/he will be able to exercise this power . |
8 | Its judgment as published on March 3 stated that the matter hinged on the " real and substantial risk to the life of the mother " ; this was widely taken as referring to the possibility of suicide . |
9 | Section 4 provides : ( 1 ) A person applies a trade description to goods if he ( a ) affixes or annexes it to or in any manner marks it on or incorporates it with ( i ) the goods themselves or ( ii ) anything in , on or with which the goods are supplied ; or ( b ) places the goods in , on or with anything which the trade description has been affixed or annexed to , marked on or incorporated with , or places any such thing with the goods ; or ( c ) uses the trade description in any manner likely to be taken as referring to the goods . |
10 | Secondly , if the heading is read as referring to the California Plan , the term ‘ unworkable ’ is totally incorrect . |