Example sentences of "a reference to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may well be a reference to Psalm 22:18 . |
| 2 | Er the reference to surface water presumably that 's a reference to flooding and the the need to avoid areas at risk from flooding . |
| 3 | The other reason we claim so often to be arguing about a matter of principle is that there is so little substance in many arguments that a reference to principle is necessary in order to sustain the argument . |
| 4 | The inclusion of the toy theatre is a reference to childhood memory , but it is one which lacks the comfort of Boyce 's flowered lap . |
| 5 | Any mention of radiocarbon dating necessarily involves at least a reference to dendrochronology , and the basic principles of this powerful technique are therefore also outlined ( see p.125 ) . |
| 6 | Plainly , there will be a very close connexion between the rules of change and the rules of recognition : for where the former exists the latter will necessarily incorporate a reference to legislation as an identifying feature of the rules , though it need not refer to all the details of procedure involved in legislation . |
| 7 | This increasing emphasis on ‘ dignity ’ was not only a reference to behaviour within the chapel but to the nature of the Church as a body . |
| 8 | This court had the advantage , denied to the previous court , of a reference to Government of the United States of America v. Bowe [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 500 . |
| 9 | They also express the hope that the citizenship record of school pupils could be given more weight by universities and other institutions of higher education when admitting students , and this could be facilitated by the inclusion in UCCA and PCAS forms of a standard section in which a reference to community involvement could be included . |
| 10 | Second , where there is a reference to time , for instance the past reference of former in ( 36 ) , it does not apply to the putative referent of the noun phrase , who still lives ; nor does it apply to the intensional entity , which is still available to any speaker of the sentence ; rather it applies in some way to the status of the property inherent in the noun ( king , in this example ) . |
| 11 | Erm the reference on page two of erm the Conservation Officer 's er letter , Mr 's letter of the fourth of February , a reference to Policy E Six of the County Structure Plan , erm which in his expert opinion , very firmly covers sites like this one . |
| 12 | Whatever may be the limits of Article 235 , and it has been noted that it gave rise , even before the Community acquired its express environmental competence , to legislation on the conservation of wild birds , examples can be found of the development of what would appear to be new Community policies , without even a reference to Article 235 . |
| 13 | The Preamble and Article 1 of Regulation 2052/88 should be amended to include a reference to Article 130 R of the Treaty . |
| 14 | First was a reference in the contract to general principles of law , second a reference to arbitration in the case of differences with respect to the interpretation and performance of the contract , and third that the contract ‘ takes on a dimension of a new category of agreements between States and private persons : economic development agreements . ’ |
| 15 | Rescinding a reference to arbitration |
| 16 | The amount of the counterclaim is now a factor that can be considered by the court in deciding whether to rescind a reference to arbitration . |
| 17 | And , without even a reference to refreshment , Cranston waddled off down Cheapside with-Athelstan striding behind him . |