Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adj] reference to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , indigenous politicians , who do not make explicit reference to the individual actor as having multiple points of view , may nevertheless in practice make considerable use of those multiple points of view that are implicit in the existence of different political factions . |
| 2 | The earlier cases do not make any reference to the possibility of arresting someone for the sole purpose of questioning him or her with a view to obtaining a confession . |
| 3 | Although she understood J. C. Ibbetson well , Rotha Mary Clay did not make any reference to Green in her book on Ibbetson . |
| 4 | The Daily Mail does not make any reference to The Fox at all . |
| 5 | 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law . |
| 6 | Or , in the vocabulary often employed by earlier natural philosophers , an explanation in terms of secondary causes need not exclude ultimate reference to a primary cause . |
| 7 | The letter did not contain any reference to Mr. Tee . |
| 8 | Accordingly , the simple statement of the law that the maximum duration of a term must be certainly known in advance of its taking effect could not have direct reference to periodic tenancies … |
| 9 | I can not find any reference to them having bred in captivity , except one paragraph , which says ‘ they may be induced to spawn by frequent water changes , which would represent the onset of the rainy season when their breeding takes place . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Is that why you did n't make any reference to the engine-room explosion ? ’ |
| 11 | This causes problems er , if I may say so , er but erm , it , the paragraph does n't make any reference to the date , it 's paragraph five point three , now I want to see debate in the point in erm , implementing it before the first of April . |
| 12 | And I say that because in one three , for example , he does n't make any reference to the need for the settlement to be free standing as avoid coalescence . |