Example sentences of "[prep] which [pers pn] referred to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister then made one of her dynamic speeches , in which she referred to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe , but she warned that , to retain our freedom , we must maintain an enduring defence system . |
| 2 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 3 | Harold Wilson caused offence in a broadcast on 26 May in which he referred to supporters of the strike as " spongers " . |
| 4 | It was first used by Alfred Sauvy , a French demographer , in an article published in Le Monde in which he referred to two industrialized words , one capitalist , one communist , and a tiers monde which remains largely agricultural . |
| 5 | At the Kazan " requiem for the victims of Bezdna ( which took place in the emotionally charged atmosphere of Palm Sunday ) he stepped forward at the end of the service with a commemorative address in which he referred to the dead peasants as " friends , killed for the people " . |
| 6 | I also have a copy of a speech he made in Geneva to the United Nations , in which he referred to the fatwa as outrageous , and an abuse of the most fundamental human rights — really very strong language for the British Government ! ’ |