Example sentences of "referred to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russell , for example , thought that the reduction in ( a ) was possible , by translating all indexicals ( or as he preferred , egocentric Particulars ) into expressions containing this , where the latter referred to a subjective experience . |
| 2 | The ‘ offensive ’ article in the London Evening Standard also referred to a nude poster wrongly said to adorn her office wall , the High Court heard . |
| 3 | In one scheme , " practical work " meant the use of surveying instruments , in another it referred to a narrow range of conventional geometrical constructions using compasses and set squares . |
| 4 | At the outset of his remarks , he referred to a double opt-out . |
| 5 | It is noteworthy that the Committee received only one complaint about political balance , and that referred to a single item in one news programme . |
| 6 | Later the trade unions Turk-Is and the Genel Maden-Is challenged the version of events which referred to a sudden surge in the level of methane gas and said that human negligence was probably responsible . |
| 7 | Although there is no clear evidence , reference made in Van Gogh 's letters indicates that the sexton 's house was on the north side of Turnham Green ( now Acton Green ) , and although he referred to a Methodist school , in all probability the church at Turnham Green was another of the non-conforming denominations and it seems likely that the little wooden church at Turnham Green , which he had sketched , was the earliest Congregational Church , sited off Chiswick High Road , opposite to its junction with Chiswick Road , and just west of King 's Place , The little church was probably in use prior to the erection , in 1878 , of the large Congregational Church on the adjoining sit . |
| 8 | The ‘ battered child syndrome ’ first discovered by Henry Kempe in 1962 referred to a clinical condition in young children , invariably under three , who had received serious physical abuse , usually from a parent , and was identified by the association of subdural haematoma ( a pooling of blood around the skull ) together with evidence of broken or healing long bones ( Kempe et al . , |
| 9 | An official quoted in a report in the Los Angeles Times of April 26 referred to a secret meeting , at which he was present , only two months before the invasion , when senior administration members decided to continue funnelling assistance , including food aid , intelligence data and advanced weapons technology . |
| 10 | The hon. Member for Rother Valley referred to a national plan for energy . |
| 11 | It also referred to a local resident objecting to the scheme . |
| 12 | Over the past decade , the care of that group has been privatised : the hon. Member for Macclesfield illustrated the process very clearly when he referred to an excellent nursing home in his constituency , a fairly large institution containing trained nurses . |
| 13 | He referred to an Old Testament story in which King David , regarded by the Jews as their greatest king , had broken the law when it was necessary to feed his retreating and hungry troops . |
| 14 | He referred to an old paper that is regularly recycled by one of the unions . |