Example sentences of "[vb pp] with references to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Murray 's Handbooks to India are punctuated with references to stations much used by pilgrims . |
| 4 | The singer 's life contained enough misbehaviour to make director Oliver Stone 's job easy ( pace that notorious gig in Miami when Jimbo bared more than his soul ) ; his songs are riddled with references to drugs and sex ; and — making the film a dead cert — he obligingly took an early bath in Paris in '71 . |
| 5 | Not only are the characters walking symbols but Mr Ataie uses poetic metaphor ( the text is filled with references to stallions and horses ) as a means of camouflaging daily reality . |
| 6 | Any reminder of the catastrophic fire which destroyed the main thematic Pavilion of Discoveries in February is happily dismissed with references to past World Fairs . |
| 7 | Nearly half the songs on Lovesexy explicitly expound Prince 's nebulous ideas about salvation , and the rest of the album is limned with references to a ‘ new power ’ , a positivism that is our answer to the problems of a world that 's going to hell in a handbasket . |
| 8 | The accounts of the aforementioned sieges are dotted with references to the importance of neighbouring churches as lookout and artillery directing points ; of local hills used by signallers ; of the construction of ‘ sconces ’ ( outlying strongholds ) ; of the siting of artillery pieces on rising ground , or in woods within range of the besieged ; of troops lying in ambush in local lanes ; of the use of church bells to sound alarms and of church registers to record the names of those slain in skirmishes . |
| 9 | By careful drafting the drafter can avoid many of the problems associated with references to periods of time . |
| 10 | My feelings about the book were positive rather than the reverse , but I complained in my review that it was studded with references to fashionable French gurus that were purely cosmetic , adding nothing to the author 's argument . |