Example sentences of "a reference to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reference to a payment of £10 , towards a Survey carried out by the Greenodd Canal Co. , is of very great interest . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Today the word ‘ box ’ can mean anything from a development bank — Al Sandook Al Naqd ( ‘ the box of money ’ , translated literally ) — to a reference to a Sheikh 's largesse . |
| 4 | May L.J. , at p. 41 , refers to a submission made by counsel for the prosecution that Nolan J. 's reference to ‘ the alternatives ’ was a reference to a choice between breath on the one hand and blood or urine on the other hand and not to a choice between blood and urine . |
| 5 | We noticed that as one of Mrs 's appendices er there was a reference to a willingness by one of her clients to provide other ponds , were development to er proceed on the area known as D thirty nine . |
| 6 | The story of Hengist in Stamford is a local legend based on a reference to a battle at Stamford in Henry of Huntingdon 's ( 1084–1155 ) Historia Anglorum . |
| 7 | ‘ Any reference in any enactment or document to a charity within the meaning , purview and interpretation of the Charitable Uses Act 1601 or of the preamble to it , shall be construed as a reference to a charity within the meaning which the word bears as a legal term according to the law of England and Wales . ’ |
| 8 | The title of the poem was a reference to a poem by Lord Alfred Douglas entitled ‘ The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ 54–46 — That 's my number ’ , for example , is a reference to a prisoner 's number . |
| 10 | The social workers speak a language of " task-centred social work " — a reference to a course of programmed activities with clients ; the nurses speak of behavioural change programmes — again , a reference to sustained work with clients , although not entirely identical to social work approaches . |
| 11 | Dismissing a charge under section 14 , the court held that since section 14 did not deal with a sale of goods , a reference to a shop sale was not a reference to a ‘ facility ’ within the meaning of section 14 . |
| 12 | Tyler is first mentioned ( in conjunction with a John Rackstraw , presumably the man later known as Jack Straw ) in a reference to a command issued on 13 June ( 11 , pp.145–7 ) . |
| 13 | It may well be necessary at the time of ordering a reference to a referee to agree the limits of his remuneration and to undertake to make payment thereof when called upon ; the district judge is required when the report is filed to fix the remuneration of the referee , unless it has been agreed ( Ord 19 , r 9(g) ( ii ) ) . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) A reference to a Rule is a reference to one of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 15 | The sycamore tree of the title is a reference to a version of the famous limerick by Ronald Knox which encapsulates George Berkeley 's immaterialism . |
| 16 | or he or she could start with a Viking place name or a reference to a Viking raid in their own area . |
| 17 | This is because a reference to a " distribution " in s231(4) is a reference to a distribution which is a qualifying distribution made by a company resident in the United Kingdom within s231(1) , and not to such a distribution which by necessity has to be received by a person resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | In many others there is simply a reference to a grandfather 's occupation . |
| 19 | The statement was believed to have been a reference to a letter written by Hurd on Aug. 1 to the British Conservative MP , Sir Peter Blaker , underlining the UK government 's respect for Islam and adding that " we understand that the novel , The Satanic Verses , was found deeply offensive by people of the Islamic faith " . |
| 20 | Five months earlier , on a bridge only a few miles away , Julie Dart 's killer had also left a stencilled message and used the phrase ‘ 2 mins allowed ’ and also a reference to a detector at the drop-off point . |
| 21 | The LTTE for its part blamed government forces , saying that the killings were " meticulously planned and executed , and blamed on the LTTE at a time when the Sri Lankan government is trying to purchase weapons from Middle Eastern Moslem countries " ( a reference to a visit made by Ranjan Wijeratne , Plantations Minister and Minister of State for Defence , to Iran , Libya and Egypt in early August ) . |
| 22 | Mr Endara and Adoc campaigned in the May elections on a straightforward anti-Noriega platform , pledging to renew democratic institutions , purge the armed forces of corrupt elements ( a reference to the involvement of the PDF in drug trafficking ) and restore Panama 's economic fortunes through a free market system . |
| 23 | The Law Commission in their Report No 160 on Sale and Supply of Goods ( 1987 ) , recommended that s15(2) ( b ) should be deleted and instead a reference to the buyer having a reasonable opportunity to compare the bulk with the sample should be inserted into s34 . |
| 24 | Except in a reference to the composition of Sweeney Agonistes , he wrote little about the place of alcohol , or any other narcotic , in literary creation . |
| 25 | In the 19th century the hunt is mentioned in Upper Halling and there is also a reference to the West Kent Hunt going over Holly Hill via Birling . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 . |
| 27 | This is a reference to the case concerning Eddie and the two submarines . |
| 28 | They also discussed " a unique possibility of influencing the world markets of raw materials " — a reference to the gold and diamond mining industries dominated by the two countries . |
| 29 | This was a reference to the principle of reciprocity embodied in the Yalta Repatriation agreements which will be discussed in Chapter Five . |
| 30 | His last interview with a solicitor had been conducted in a language barely recognizable as English and it had taken over three hours and a reference to the Chief Constable to elicit the fact that the deceased had made a previous will in which the respective positions of his wife and his mistress had been exactly reversed . |