Example sentences of "referring to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , it may be legitimate to generalize from a finite list of observation statements referring to litmus paper turning red on being immersed in acid to the universal law , ‘ Acids turn litmus red ’ , or to generalize from a list of observations referring to heated metals to the law , ‘ Metals expand when heated ’ . |
| 2 | We instinctively understood that de Niro was referring to Taxi Driver , even in this much later movie and it 's funny . |
| 3 | referring to Council treadmills and not the actual committee . . |
| 4 | Such generalizations appear to be viewed as acceptable when referring to sex differences . |
| 5 | Many of the studies that do exist have been small scale or have had some other issue , such as integration , as their key focus , referring to welfare assistance either in passing or as a subsidiary concern . |
| 6 | In Figure 7.2 operations are indicated by circles containing code numbers referring to company standards or special instructions and identifying the sequence in which they are to be performed . |
| 7 | In Figure 7.2 operations are indicated by circles containing code numbers referring to company standards or special instructions and identifying the sequence in which they are to be performed . |
| 8 | We can surely think of pleasure and pain as referring to felt qualities of experience without denying that these qualities are of radically different kinds . |
| 9 | It appears McCashin was referring to Database Informatica . |
| 10 | Winter visitors probably start to arrive in September and October , earlier records referring to autumn passage , or to the one or two birds which now summer fairly regularly . |
| 11 | The touchstone of the exhibition , its organisers say , is an object by the artist Robert Gober consisting of bundled-up newspapers showing headlines written by Gober referring to news events . |
| 12 | When dealing with a pair , divide the track length in half and use this measurement when referring to track length . |
| 13 | From a pedagogic point of view , the possibility of culture specificity should alert us to the fact that when we teach terms referring to discourse type and use them in discourse processing and production , we should not take for granted that each term has an exact translation equivalent . |
| 14 | The false generic " Man/mankind " should be replaced by " people " , " humankind " , " etc. ; and further bias against women is expressed by referring to adult women as " girls " . |