Example sentences of "refer to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He referred to plans to develop social programmes and infrastructure projects as a ‘ vision that I hope will sustain Hong Kong during the present period of uncertainty and give us all confidence in our ability to overcome whatever problems confront us ’ . |
| 2 | They referred to prophets of gloom , seemingly incapable of recognising how much the region has progressed in the last 13 years . |
| 3 | Lord Wilberforce referred to persons ‘ illiterate , or blind or lacking in understanding . ’ |
| 4 | More broadly , Mr Reynolds referred to developments in the funding and expansion of cultural institutions under his department and noted the setting up of a new Department of Arts , Culture and the Gaeltacht . |
| 5 | In a letter , probably written at Stirling in April 1304 , Edward I referred to letters from Philip the Fair ‘ in which you [ Philip ] have asked us that we should be débonaires and merciful [ merciables ] ’ to the Scots who were about to meet him . |
| 6 | He also referred to provisions in the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 relating to administrative receivers , and to many other provisions in the Insolvency Act 1986 and in the Companies Act 1985 which might conceivably have some bearing on this question . |
| 7 | If any are in the category of persons provided for in Section D of Department 's 279 of March 31 they should not be repatriated to the Soviet Union unless they affirmatively claim Soviet citizenship " [ this referred to Balts and Poles ] . |
| 8 | Herein lay a paradox : the PSBC was ‘ patronage [ good ] , that is , supporting projects of merit and quality ’ , whereas ‘ paternalism ’ [ bad ] referred to institutions , such as the BBC , which believed they knew what the public needed . |
| 9 | He referred to authorities dealing with the requirements of section 40 of the Law of Property Act 1925 and , in particular , to Roxburgh J. 's decision in Leeman v. Stocks [ 1951 ] Ch. 941 , and held that the writing by the deceased of his name was a sufficient signature for the purposes of paragraph ( a ) . |
| 10 | There was discussion on the need for articles encouraging people to set up new groups : Fillan produced some useful material on this , and Eileen referred to studies developed by her group which had subsequently been used by six others . |
| 11 | I should add that the court 's answer in paragraph 19 to question 2(b) , which referred to claims in ‘ tort and contract and for unjust enrichment ’ ( emphasis added ) would seem to have the effect of ruling out the third heading since it is a restitutionary claim not based on tort . |
| 12 | Some years ago , W. G. Hoskins argued that the Domesday Book entries for Devon referred to hamlets and farmsteads rather than villages , and that any particular vill comprised a whole series of villein farms . |
| 13 | Mrs Robinson referred to figures given to Labour 's Hilary Armstrong and said only 25pc of children were in special nursery classes , while the 48pc figure included under-fives in school as well . |
| 14 | The ‘ irresistibility theory ’ fits with the views of early German ornithologists who referred to foster-parents as behaving like ‘ addicts ’ and to the cuckoo nestling as their ‘ vice , . |
| 15 | Now Professor Lock referred to allocations and I think that 's probably and the front of his mind er having regard to his own comments , but I I would put it more widely as just erm exceptions which could be either individual allocations or indeed erm policies of of a local plan . |
| 16 | He avoids racial slurs — although at one point in an interview he referred to blacks as ‘ gang-bangers ’ — and is running for a Republican seat on the city council of Aurora , a Denver suburb . |
| 17 | Clower referred to magnitudes such as as ‘ notional ’ quantities in the sense that firms , if they are constrained only by the parameters of their production function and a given real wage rate , w 1 , would ideally like to supply output and demand labour services . |
| 18 | On his return on Jan. 5 Botha referred to contacts with other ( unnamed ) Eastern European countries , but said that the establishment of diplomatic relations would depend on internal developments in South Africa in the coming months . |
| 19 | The judge in determining those issues held , inter alia , that under the terms of the mortgage deeds and other securities the defendants were entitled to a full indemnity against their costs , charges and expenses and the plaintiffs could not object to the items in the accounts on the ground that they were unreasonable except where the items referred to costs in the litigation subject to an order for taxation . |
| 20 | If this were not so , and all statements simply joined names that referred to individuals , nothing would be said about those individuals . |
| 21 | Leskov was prepared to accept the utility of the term " liberal " , but only if it referred to advocates of moderation . |
| 22 | Harold Wilson caused offence in a broadcast on 26 May in which he referred to supporters of the strike as " spongers " . |
| 23 | This kind of art 's often referred to as minimal art , which helps , you know , like most stables there 's a quite way of referring to stuff , and indeed very often this kind of art relates to very simple forms , which just one colour , or perhaps no colour if it 's a piece of wood for instance , or a large canvass covered with just one colour , a monochrome canvas — you referred to monochromes earlier . |
| 24 | She refered to comments made in the High Court by Mr Justice Ward , who said of the Gojkovics ' success : ‘ This is a story of high achievement and , many would think , glorious success . |
| 25 | When pupils do refer to dictionaries , take the opportunity to introduce them to various aspects of their use . |
| 26 | The first problem arises once we admit that in order for a ‘ system ’ ( I shall use this neutral term ) to think , its thoughts must have reference : that is to say , they must refer to things regarded by the system as existing and enduring independently of itself . |
| 27 | From now on it will refer to products validated as working with all Sparc-compliant hardware and software , not just Sun . |
| 28 | This kind of representational ability is thought to be a particularly important developmental achievement since the essence of early language is the child 's ability to use speech sounds to represent or refer to objects , actions and locations . |
| 29 | The term ‘ bureaucratic bourgeoisie ’ to describe this state elite has certain problems , and used strictly should refer to managers of state-owned enterprises . |
| 30 | Expert witnesses may refer to tables , charts and reference works . |