Example sentences of "[vb pp] with reference to " in BNC.

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1 Therefore the simple observation that the parent-child bond is where we find family duty and obligation most clearly expressed has to be modified with reference to the gender of the participants , and with reference to a particular cultural context .
2 A further possible way of reconciling the two accounts is to say that both express important elements in kin relations , but each has to be modified with reference to the other .
3 Applicants seeking direct entry from fifth year in Scottish schools will be considered with reference to age , experience and extra-curricular activities .
4 Now , the paper format has n't quite been decided with reference to whether it will be compulsory to do at least one from each section .
5 A flag is raised and the location of each specimen mapped with reference to other finds and to local reference points .
6 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 .
7 Field data is collected with reference to :
8 We may say , then , that by the summer of 1870 he was committed to a book centred on , and organized with reference to , Greek tragedy — although its exact scope still remained to be determined .
9 Wittgenstein 's discussion is certainly not peppered with references to narrow-front migration , smoke-bathing , or Skinner boxes , ( nor is that of Regan , Singer , Frey , or Midgley herself , come to that ) , since his concern is to clarify the implications of our everyday ways of attributing psychological concepts like hope , fear , belief , understanding , and so on .
10 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 .
11 This question can only be answered with reference to specific indexing environments .
12 Much of what has been said with reference to TV also applies to radio .
13 The concept of the ‘ freedom of the press ’ must , therefore , be appraised with reference to the structural and organisational independence of the press from the state .
14 At first sight this seems to defy common sense , but the point is easily made with reference to whales .
15 The second reason why an apparent consent or refusal of consent may not be a true consent or refusal is that it may not have been made with reference to the particular circumstances in which it turns out to be relevant .
16 In particular , conclusions are often drawn with reference to the word ‘ percentage ’ , but often the question ‘ percentage of what ? ’ is conveniently ignored .
17 But most of them have some vague understanding that past judicial decisions must be respected in the future , and anyone 's practical experience with litigation will confirm this sense , for the opinions of judges are stuffed with references to earlier decisions of other judges .
18 Social deixis is thus concerned with the meaning and grammar ( e.g. the problems of honorific concord ) of certain linguistic expressions , while sociolinguistics is also concerned , inter alia , with how these items are actually used in concrete social contexts classified with reference to the parameters of the relevant social system ( Levinson , 1979b ) .
19 In each case , the examples in this Appendix have been produced with reference to the respective official accident reports from which any quotations have been taken .
20 We first consider the linguistic distinction between deep and surface anaphors , and the proposal that they are interpreted with reference to mental models and to representations of surface form , respectively .
21 However , we will show that the mental model plays a role in the interpretation of anaphors that ought , according to the linguistic theory , to be interpreted with reference to a superficial representation only , and vice versa .
22 A straightforward , attractive , and testable interpretation of Sag & Hankamer 's suggestion is that ellipses are interpreted with reference to only a representation of the superficial features of a text , while model interpretive anaphors are interpreted with reference to only a mental model .
23 A straightforward , attractive , and testable interpretation of Sag & Hankamer 's suggestion is that ellipses are interpreted with reference to only a representation of the superficial features of a text , while model interpretive anaphors are interpreted with reference to only a mental model .
24 Indeed , in many cases it appears that the ellipsis is interpreted with reference to a content-based representation .
25 The theory suggests that one type of anaphor , ellipsis , is interpreted with reference to a superficial representation of a text , while the other , model-interpretive anaphora , is interpreted using a content-based representation .
26 The nature of the impairment of the system might be different for every patient , so each patient is unique ; yet all the impairments shown by all the patients are interpreted with reference to a single theory of the language processing system .
27 In our surface dyslexia example , it does not matter that there are different kinds of surface dyslexics , so long as each of the patterns of surface dyslexia can be interpreted with reference to the same model of reading .
28 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 .
29 Terms used in a gestural deictic way can only be interpreted with reference to an audio-visual-tactile , and in general a physical , monitoring of the speech event .
30 The reason for this is clear in Collins MR 's judgment where it was said that , in the case of a purchase of goods capable of a multitude of purposes , in order to invoke the implied condition , it was necessary to show that the goods were sold with reference to a particular purpose : … in order to give rise to the implication of a warranty , it is necessary to show that , though the article sold was capable of general use for many purposes , in the particular case it was sold with reference to a particular purpose .
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