Example sentences of "[adv] a reference to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what was apparently a reference to conservatives within the FLN , he had been highly critical of Algeria 's " political class " in an interview in El País of Dec. 29 . |
| 2 | This increasing emphasis on ‘ dignity ’ was not only a reference to behaviour within the chapel but to the nature of the Church as a body . |
| 3 | The ‘ hystery of the eye ’ is presumably a reference to Bataille 's story ‘ L'Histoire de l'oeil ’ , a story of enucleation , which is , of course in Freudian terms equivalent to castration . |
| 4 | They noted that " inflation expectations had eased considerably and , with the exception of some countries [ reportedly a reference to threats of industrial action in Germany ] wage and price pressures have been declining markedly . " |
| 5 | Whatever may be the limits of Article 235 , and it has been noted that it gave rise , even before the Community acquired its express environmental competence , to legislation on the conservation of wild birds , examples can be found of the development of what would appear to be new Community policies , without even a reference to Article 235 . |
| 6 | And , without even a reference to refreshment , Cranston waddled off down Cheapside with-Athelstan striding behind him . |
| 7 | Any mention of radiocarbon dating necessarily involves at least a reference to dendrochronology , and the basic principles of this powerful technique are therefore also outlined ( see p.125 ) . |
| 8 | The historian D.L.W. Tough comments that the main pointers are in what is omitted rather than what is mentioned : barely a reference to shirts or nightshirts , and the possibility that even adult Borderers had their underclothes sewn on and removed as seldom as those of slum children in later industrial cities . |
| 9 | The title of the poem , ‘ An Essay on Woman ’ , is certainly a reference to Pope . |