Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] a reference to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) A reference to any provision of an Act of Parliament includes a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force . |
| 2 | Where an application is granted , the licensing board shall grant the licence or transfer in the names of both persons mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) above , and any reference in this Act to the holder of a licence includes a reference to both of those persons . |
| 3 | ( 7 ) Where a licensing board declares a provisional grant final in such a case as is described in subsection ( 6 ) above , the licence shall be in the names of both persons mentioned in that subsection , and any reference in this Act to the holder of a licence includes a reference to both of those persons . |
| 4 | In both projective and reactive uses , however , the infinitive expresses an actualized contingent event and the impression of contingency implies a reference to a position in time when the infinitive 's event was not a reality ( i.e. before its actualization ) , so that the term " reactive " is no more appropriate here than in the canonical uses of the " infinitive of reaction " as a description of the meaning of the to infinitive . |
| 5 | By section 39(6) it was provided that references to expenses ‘ incurred in or in connection with any matter includes a reference to a proper proportion of any expense incurred partly in or in connection with that matter . ’ |
| 6 | The precedent suggests a reference to persons under the Tenant 's control in order to exclude mere callers , but where the clause refers to servants of the tenant ( which some precedents do despite the archaic nature of the expression ) it may be as well to qualify this with the words in the course of employment in case it is claimed that a servant will , by the nature of the expression , always be under the tenant 's control . |
| 7 | And , last in this section comes a reference to the ‘ emphasis of the industrial strategy on union involvement in company level planning together with new concepts like planning agreements . ’ |