Example sentences of "[prep] reference to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With no other point of reference to its size , the impression given , by the establishing angle of the actor 's gaze , was of something very large indeed surfacing . |
| 2 | 14 ) , wrote in his analysis of the concept of political power that : ‘ Power , then , is generalized capacity to secure the performance of binding obligations by units in a system of collective organization when the obligations are legitimized with reference to their bearing on collective goals ’ . |
| 3 | Table 3.2 Complications of oral hypotensive drugs with reference to their use in diabetic subjects |
| 4 | I In attempting to elucidate , with reference to its context , one of the strands of her critique of Western metaphysics , I hope to make her work more accessible for discussion to a wider readership . |
| 5 | With reference to our discussion on April 8th , and the question which was left unanswered at the end , namely as to whether I regarded myself as ‘ happy ’ : |
| 6 | Since our last meeting June Bascombe , Hilda Lodge , Joan Daniels and Janet Rogers had appeared before a Sports Council ‘ panel ’ and answered many questions with reference to our development plan . |
| 7 | With reference to our conversation today , I give below the details of what we have agreed . |
| 8 | With reference to our telephone conversation the other day , would you please sign the enclosed document and return it to me , retaining the attached copy for your files . |
| 9 | With reference to our meeting on March 7th : on the assumption that the Unit 's terms of reference will be agreed in some form broadly consonant with the one you indicated , I have drawn up proposals on the attached annexes under the following headings : |
| 10 | Dear Sir , With reference to your order 026/3822/B , I am pleased to … ‘ ) drooping in a half-opened drawer , a board with a half-finished calendar and a postcard ( ‘ Viva Calla Millor ! ’ ) still hanging on . |
| 11 | With reference to your Country Profile on Papua New Guinea ( NI 208 ) the constitution of this country does not recognise any language as the official language . |
| 12 | With reference to your question from Mr ER Brindley ( AIM/Aug 92 ) , ‘ Treasure Island ’ illustrated by Roland Hilder was published by Oxford University Press in 1929 . |
| 13 | With reference to your test extra on the Vauxhall Calibra 4x4 ( 20 February ) , you omit to mention its most prestigious rival , the Mitsubishi Galant 4x4 . |
| 14 | WITH REFERENCE to your Editorial ( WCM Aug ) , bearing in mind that the venue for the next World Cup has yet to be confirmed , will this have any bearing on England 's next proposed visit to Pakistan ? |
| 15 | With reference to your editorial today , ‘ Shelter from the storm ’ , and with particular reference to the sale of council houses , part of the problem was created by the Government 's policy of the ‘ right to buy ’ . |
| 16 | With reference to your telephone conversation with my secretary on the 15th instant when you confirmed that you had completed your mortgage arrangements with Barclays Bank PLC , Bishops ' Stortford and that it was in order for me to deal with the draft Contract when it was received . |
| 17 | With reference to your fax dated you mention illustrator to be commissioned . |
| 18 | Some writers employ the words ‘ reference ’ in some form such as ‘ With reference to your letter … ’ . |
| 19 | With reference to your letter of 26th March requesting a copy of my driving licence . |
| 20 | With reference to your letter of 22 July in which you request 4 days compassionate leave following the death of your mother . |
| 21 | With reference to your letter of 20 July in which you request special leave following the death of your mother . |
| 22 | With reference to your letter dated March 11th , I note your disinclination to pursue the addresses in Croydon and Kilburn and fully sympathize with your feelings . |
| 23 | With reference to your letter of yesterday 's date , I note your severe reservations about the rooms in Northumberland Avenue . |
| 24 | Sir , — With reference to your report on the Bell Hill Common ‘ facelift ’ — I should like to correct the impression given that Petersfield has no branch of the Hampshire Wildlife Trust . |
| 25 | It 's from the Regional Secretary , I write with reference to your appeal to the Regional Committee of today 's date and I have to inform you that your appeal was unsuccessful . |
| 26 | With reference to your article on the inconsistencies in the Serpell report ( This Week , 27 January , p 220 ) the town of Keith is mostly surrounded by farmland and is certainly not in the middle of a peat bog ( Scottish or otherwise ) . |
| 27 | Do no misunderstand me , but understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land . |
| 28 | With reference to my letter of 16 March please now find attached copies of the revised grant application form and a paper , Applying for Grant Aid — Guidance for Governing Bodies of Sport . |
| 29 | ‘ With reference to my reply to Mr. Hollis ’ letter in the November issue , the artist showed a glass strip being used to join two aquariums together to make one large tank . |
| 30 | Although this herb has its origin in Southern Europe and western Asia , its common name is said to derive either from the Anglo-Saxon dylle or the old Norse dilla which meant to soothe or lull , in reference to its use in calming infants who had hiccups — in fact Culpeper said " it stayeth the hiccough . " |