Example sentences of "[adj] of reference to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Coleridge 's ideas were constantly changing ; by 1797 he had finished with Godwinism , and during the time that he was constantly with Wordsworth at Alfoxden , his conversation ( or ‘ monoversation ’ ) was full of references to Hartley , Berkeley and Spinoza . |
| 2 | The literature ( especially Macdonald 's 1904 account ) is full of references to women 's " pessimistic and listless " attitude to the fight for higher wages , but as we have already noted , women were often inclined to agree that they were not doing the " full job " , a view in which they were daily fortified by both masters and men . |
| 3 | Informal discussions about cases and the more formal case records , were full of references to parents ' ‘ histories ’ , ‘ stability ’ , ‘ maturity ’ , ‘ coping abilities ’ and so on . |
| 4 | The privilege of holding a market or fair was extended down the social hierarchy as the Middle Ages progressed , and the royal records are full of references to grants of markets and fairs as the economy developed . |
| 5 | To these pieces she applies flourishes of paint in mad swoops of colour — a chair looks as though it has been wrapped in a Mexican Indian blanket , a small table is covered in a riot of pattern , full of references to Memphis — the Milan school and Tennessee . |
| 6 | The same proved true of references to construction , oil , banking and property . |