Example sentences of "[adv] refer to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since dogs have paws and not hands , ‘ him ’ can only refer to the vet ; and since , on configurational grounds , ‘ he ’ and ‘ him ’ can not co-refer , ‘ he ’ must refer to the dog . |
| 2 | It is clear from their context and from the structure of criminal appeals that these judicial doubts as to the right of the appellant/respondent to raise non-certified questions before the House of Lords can only refer to the situation exemplified by Berry ( No. 2 ) — viz , where grounds of appeal have been argued before but not determined by the Court of Appeal . |
| 3 | Hirst ( 1981:p. 55 ) reports that informants agreed that ‘ it ’ could only refer to the wine , and not to the table . |
| 4 | However , it is notable that the individual practitioner has far more discretion in legal advice than legal aid , and need only refer to the Area Director where he or she requires an extension to the financial limit placed on the amount of advice which can be given . |
| 5 | One might remark that the working-class child considered it redundant to constantly refer to the presence of a picture since he knew that the researcher was present and could see it for himself . |
| 6 | The more experienced dealers guessed it might paradoxically refer to a disaster on the horizon , but kept their thoughts from clients . |
| 7 | One can not refer to a behaviour pattern as inherited ( or instinctive ) or learned ; the terms can only properly be used to refer to the causes of differences between individuals . |
| 8 | It will not be long before the circumstances in this country — I do not refer to a change of Government at the next election , which I profoundly do not wish to see — allow us to catch up in the two key areas which were subjected to further delay on this occasion . |
| 9 | The meaning is uncertain , but it can not refer to an offering to a demon , as some suggest , for this was strictly forbidden ( see , e.g. , 17:7 ) . |
| 10 | We are not to argue , though , that since ‘ I ’ does not refer to the man René Descartes it has some other , more intangible , thing to refer to . |
| 11 | Geach says : ‘ We are not to argue , though , that since ‘ I ’ does not refer to the man René Descartes it has some other , more intangible thing to refer to . ’ |
| 12 | No District Court accepted the exclusivity argument , many relying on a superficial reading of Article 27(c) of the Convention , which allows Contracting States to permit ‘ by internal law or practice , methods of taking evidence other than those provided for in this Convention ’ ; the better view is that this freedom is given only to the requested country and does not refer to the country from which the discovery request originates . |
| 13 | The Labour manifesto did not refer to the issue , but that did not mean that a Labour government would not legislate on it . |
| 14 | The word ‘ matter ’ does not refer to the subject matter of the proceeding , but to the proceeding itself . |
| 15 | He does not refer to the factory or the tannery beside it but points cruelly instead towards some squalid huts behind a tin wall . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend did not refer to the increase in the number of in-patients treated in the district during the last 10 years . |
| 17 | Lord Parker C.J. said ‘ The words on the foil cap were an accurate trade description of the milk , and in their context the words on the bottle did not refer to the milk which had already been accurately described , but merely conveyed , as the fact was , that it was a bottle belonging to the person whose name was embossed . |
| 18 | The conodont animal looks at ease swimming alongside a collection of her teeth , but the accompanying article does not refer to the identification of dentine as a strong indicator of vertebrate affinity . |
| 19 | A joint communiqué issued after the meetings was couched in general terms and did not refer to the cessation of hostilities . |
| 20 | he in Bromborough between 30 April 1986 and 30 September 1991 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1986 which accounts did not refer to the information required in schedule 4 part 3 of the Companies Act 1985 and |
| 21 | he in Bromborough between 28 February 1989 and 1 April 1989 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1987 which accounts did not refer to the information required in schedule 4 part 3 of the Companies Act 1985 and |
| 22 | he in Bromborough between 30 April 1990 and 1 June 1990 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1988 which accounts did not refer to the information required in schedule 4 part 3 of the Companies Act 1985 and |
| 23 | he in Bromborough between 30 April 1988 and 8 February 1991 whilst his firm were the auditors of a limited company issued an audit report on that company 's accounts for the year ended 30 April 1989 which accounts did not refer to the information required in schedule 4 part 3 of the Companies Act 1985 |
| 24 | Some sonnets contain no pronouns at all ; others do not refer to the poet 's relationship with either party , But the absence of pronouns is not in itself proof of the absence of a relationship . |
| 25 | Luke does not refer to the Garden of Gethsemane . |
| 26 | There was seldom a meeting in which some speaker did not refer to the need for disestablishment and resolutions were passed in support of Welsh disestablishment , temperance and international arbitration , and against Tory bills on education . |
| 27 | He paid a brief homage to the Gnomes , who had journeyed all the way from the Gallan Mountains to bring their ideas for the new Queen 's Crown Jewels and did not refer to the fact that they were four days late on account of getting lost on the way . |
| 28 | ( Note : The use of the term ‘ manual ’ here does not refer to the use of sign language and/or fingerspelling but to the learning of trades such as carpentry etc . ) |
| 29 | It is that the words ‘ directions for the purpose of determining a specific question which has arisen , or which may arise , ’ do not refer to the method of determining that question , but refer to a direction which will , as a matter of law , determine the issue as between the parties . |
| 30 | This aim does not refer to the effectiveness of actual decisions taken in given circumstances ( which is the central problem of business policy ) , but rather to the attempt to identify those structures of behaviour which contribute to the achievement of organisational goals . |