Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] reference to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from meeting the equivalence criterion , these alternations express differences in focus which can be explicated only with reference to the discourse matrix in which they are embedded ; furthermore , they do not have a systematic social distribution in the speech community . |
| 2 | I had used it only in reference to the night sky and the Zodiac . |
| 3 | It is only by reference to the contribution of ‘ environment ’ , both social and physical , to the spread of heroin use that conclusions might be drawn as to why heroin use reached ‘ epidemic ’ proportions in such a short space of time in the Wirral area . |
| 4 | If an expert sues for his fees , the entitlement and/or the amount could be challenged in court only by reference to the contract made by the parties about the fees . |
| 5 | The mood of deregulation is tempered only by reference to the need to assure the public of the competence of providers of legal services . |
| 6 | The value of this idea can really be judged only by reference to the value of the whole explanatory framework of ‘ indefinite ’ science , at whose basis it lies . |
| 7 | The strength of Gloucester 's hold on the duchy connection can not , however , be explained only by reference to the situation within the duchy itself . |
| 8 | The strength of Gloucester 's hold on the duchy connection can not , however , be explained only by reference to the situation within the duchy itself . |
| 9 | It was decided that the damages for loss of housekeeping services should be assessed by reference to the plaintiff 's loss of wages and not by reference to the cost of providing a housekeeper , since his loss of wages represented the cost of providing the services of a full-time housekeeper and substitute for the wife . |
| 10 | The Convention is confined to international financial leasing , that is , to leasing which in economic terms is equivalent to a sale or purchase-money loan , the equipment being leased to a single lessee at whose request it was bought and the rentals being fixed not by reference to the use-value of the equipment as such but at a level which , taking into account cash-flows , tax-reliefs , and the like , will guarantee to the lessor the reim-bursement of his capital costs and desired return on capital . |
| 11 | This is now widely accepted , but Mr.X , strangely , never pursued it further with reference to the anatomy of the individual golfer . |
| 12 | Marriages in middle-class Egyptian families were made by the father , usually without reference to the son or daughter , and sometimes without even reference to the mother . |
| 13 | It features prominently in Dombey and Son , notably with reference to the upheaval its coming causes in neighbourhoods like Staggs 's Gardens in London ( DS 6 , 15 ) where Mr Toodle the engine-stoker lives ; to Mr Dombey 's rail journey to Leamington ( DS 20 ) in which the railway engine seems ‘ a type of the triumphant monster , Death ’ ; and to Carker 's horrible death by falling under a train ( DS 55 ) . |
| 14 | The question which organization is best fitted to undertake a particular project should be determined not only by considerations of relative expertise and resources but also by reference to the type of instrument that is most likely to be effective . |
| 15 | It was suggested in the foregoing discussion that the laxity of the duty of care can be explained partly by reference to the confidence of the courts , at least historically , in the effectiveness of shareholder control . |
| 16 | An individualistic explanation of some event or phenomenon assumes that the event can be readily understood and explained solely through reference to the behaviour of the individual(s) involved in it . |
| 17 | Furthermore , as Tony Prosser has recently pointed out with reference to the Child Poverty Action Group 's ( CFAG 's ) social welfare test cases , there is always the danger that ‘ successful test cases which threaten established policy , especially by increasing expenditure , will meet with quick nullification by legislative or administrative action ’ ( Prosser , 1983 , p. 74 ) . |
| 18 | Mr Kinnock argued that most pay structures were not worked out by reference to the lowest-paid . |
| 19 | As we have seen , this is no longer done in terms of remedies available but mainly by reference to the idea of ‘ public functions ’ . |
| 20 | These fertilized eggs can then be staged developmentally with reference to the presence and positions of the male and female pronuclei ( Figure 1 , panels 6 — 10 ) . |
| 21 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 22 | Our description of short-term contract working In one of its most traditional forms — seasonal working — has shown that temporary workers can not always be distinguished from regular workers simply by reference to the contract of employment under which they work . |
| 23 | However , neither the policy nor practice of the community placements of mentally handicapped people can develop intelligently without reference to the store of accumulated experience from local authority social services ' department records ; or the perspectives of the people who have been placed within unstaffed , community based housing . |
| 24 | Both however , belong to generations that discussed ‘ the press ’ or ‘ information ’ , and ‘ the means of information and opinion ’ with reference to 1631 , to 1789 or to 1881 … in terms , that is , either of control by the executive ( Monarch , Emperor , President of the Republic , etc. and their governments ) , or else with reference to the right to freedom of speech and of information , to the diversity of the means of expression , to pluralism . |
| 25 | In that case the court has a discretion ( in order to avoid injustice ) to award damages at the higher level of £750 ( i.e. by reference to the market price at July 15 instead of the later contract delivery date of December 1 ) , Johnson v. Agnew ( 1979 H.L. ) . |
| 26 | Accordingly , the concept of matters relating to tort , delict or quasi-delict must be regarded as an autonomous concept which is to be interpreted , for the application of the Convention , principally by reference to the scheme and objectives of the Convention in order to ensure that the latter is given full effect . |
| 27 | Thus , if the index starts with a base figure of 100 in , say , January 1984 and rises to 300 by September 1990 , the index may be recalculated from October 1990 onwards by reference to the figure shown in the index for September 1990 , which becomes the new base figure of 100 . |
| 28 | These trends and interrelationships can be illustrated most effectively by reference to the zone level of the Functional Regions framework , particularly the contrast between the Cores and Rings which make up the Daily Urban Systems of the 228 Functional Regions in Britain . |