Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] [prep] reference to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly unlikely to happen if , as is often the case , guide-lines are constructed with reference to existing sentencing levels . |
| 2 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 3 | Similarly , where rules are incorporated by reference to some other document , there should be adequate reference to draw them to members ' attention . |
| 4 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 5 | The singer 's life contained enough misbehaviour to make director Oliver Stone 's job easy ( pace that notorious gig in Miami when Jimbo bared more than his soul ) ; his songs are riddled with references to drugs and sex ; and — making the film a dead cert — he obligingly took an early bath in Paris in '71 . |
| 6 | Concentrations were derived by reference to a standard curve ( Behring Diagnostics ) . |
| 7 | Relative percentages of each transcript were estimated with reference to srRNA . |
| 8 | This practice is justified by reference to the fact that those permanent staff members performing notionally the same job take on a quasi-supervisory function during the peak period . |
| 9 | The valuation date will usually be the rent review date ; and the court will lean in favour of a construction which produces the result that the rent is valued by reference to values prevailing at the start of the period for which it is payable ( Glofield Properties v Morley ( No 2 ) [ 1989 ] 2 EGLR 118 ) . |
| 10 | Nearly half the songs on Lovesexy explicitly expound Prince 's nebulous ideas about salvation , and the rest of the album is limned with references to a ‘ new power ’ , a positivism that is our answer to the problems of a world that 's going to hell in a handbasket . |
| 11 | Field data is collected with reference to : |
| 12 | This submission was supported by reference to various decisions of the court to the effect that it is a strict test . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) I remarked above that epistemic appearances are identified by reference to a thought from which we wisely refrain , a ‘ would-be ’ thought . |
| 14 | The accounts of the aforementioned sieges are dotted with references to the importance of neighbouring churches as lookout and artillery directing points ; of local hills used by signallers ; of the construction of ‘ sconces ’ ( outlying strongholds ) ; of the siting of artillery pieces on rising ground , or in woods within range of the besieged ; of troops lying in ambush in local lanes ; of the use of church bells to sound alarms and of church registers to record the names of those slain in skirmishes . |
| 15 | Annual rate bills are calculated by reference to rateable values and the rate multiplier . |
| 16 | But most of them have some vague understanding that past judicial decisions must be respected in the future , and anyone 's practical experience with litigation will confirm this sense , for the opinions of judges are stuffed with references to earlier decisions of other judges . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | A straightforward , attractive , and testable interpretation of Sag & Hankamer 's suggestion is that ellipses are interpreted with reference to only a representation of the superficial features of a text , while model interpretive anaphors are interpreted with reference to only a mental model . |
| 19 | Order 16 , r 9 ( as revised ) made important changes to the rules on transfer and requires that : ( 1 ) the grounds of an application for transfer be stated by reference to the criteria in art 7(5) ; and ( 2 ) all applications ( whether or not based on " financial substance " ) be supported by a statement of value . |
| 20 | Nor can the operation of constitutional law be understood without reference to the practice of politics . |
| 21 | These barriers were identified by references to those outlined in the 1985 White Paper , " Completing the Internal Market " , and by a series of surveys of businesses in the EC . |
| 22 | The extent and nature of migration is discussed with reference to the evolution of local labour markets . |
| 23 | This key policy issue is addressed by reference to recent events in the engineering sector in three contrasting local labour markets within the North West of England . |
| 24 | In these latter cases , the guaranteed payment against the countersigned bill of exchange is made by reference to a measurable and external act such as , for example , completion and authentication of shipping documents . |
| 25 | The nickel exploration programme in north-east Scotland was initiated following references to the nickel content of a particular soil type developed over ultrabasic rocks in the Belhelvie area ( Glentworth and Muir , 1963 ) . |
| 26 | Indeed , in many cases it appears that the ellipsis is interpreted with reference to a content-based representation . |
| 27 | If the consideration for the takeover is calculated by reference to a formula then Appendix 2 of the Code should be consulted . |
| 28 | This point is exemplified with reference to tense and mood variation in Spanish si clauses ( see 50–52 above ) ; Lavandera points out that although the alternants may be defined as variants of an underlying variable in the sense that they are truth-conditional semantic equivalents , and pattern according to external social factors , they differ in modal meaning ( see Huddleston 1984 : 165 for a discussion of these semantic issues ) . |
| 29 | The recently published fourth edition was updated with reference to the database of the incomparable Oxford English Dictionary , itself published in a new edition in 1989 . |
| 30 | The quantity of mitochondrial DNA isolated from the H and W strains was estimated with reference to nuclear DNA . |