Sentence examples for a single referent from inspiring English sources

Although each sense determines a single referent, a single referent may be determined by more than one sense.

13 The J-shaped relation is contentious, however, with some arguing that protective effects may be confounded by the common classification of heterogeneous non-drinking groups into a single referent category.

But this account clearly does not work for hybrid identity statements, for there is no (single) referent for a plural term.

Cronbach and Meehl (1955) [ 28] define a construct as a concept for which there is not a single observable referent, which cannot be directly observed, and for which there exist multiple referents, but none all-inclusive.

(ii) Is there a single mechanism of reference common to all referring terms, or do different sorts terms attach to their referents in virtue of different sorts of things?

Such arguments can only figure in rationally entitling reasoning so long as there is a single fixing of the referent of 'that' in both premises.

But given a single context \(c\), the referent of 'I' with respect to \(c\) and world \(w\) is the same for any world \(w\) whatsoever.

Therefore, directionality of the association may differ from the results for the associated allele at a single SNP because different effective referents are used.

Total and central fatness markers were higher in descendants with a single overweight parent than in the referent (none overweight) group (P < 0.001 for all).

Thus, in subsequent analyses, we modeled the BNP MetS relation as two slopes that were different in direction by collapsing BNP quartiles into three categories; i.e., the second and third quartiles were collapsed into a single group that served as the referent group, with which we compared the first and the fourth quartiles.

OAr/BAr is reported, acknowledging that the correct ASBMR nomenclature is to use either 2D or 3D referents only in a single publication.