Sentence examples for abstract references from inspiring English sources

Parents work to simplify language and avoid metaphors and abstract references.

Through abstract references, the new buildings are meant to pay homage to the maritime past.

The main text is typically 1,000-1,500 words, including abstract, references and figure legends, and contains no headings.

But he also loved nature, and although his dances can be called abstract, references to the natural world sometimes turn up.

These lyrical, storytelling collections have disappeared in favour of personal stories and abstract references that keep a brand feeling constantly modern.

When I read Herbert Muschamp's article "The Context Isn't Limited to the Visible" [July 9], I could have wept at some of his succinct articulations of the ways in which new architecture can pay homage to the old through abstract references rather than literal imitation.

Are universals essential for abstract reference?

The difficulty of doing without abstract reference provides a second, oft-cited reason to posit a plenitude of universals.

Durkheim's sacred was not some kind of abstract reference to God, or a universal mystical presence.

It allows for checking if the prepared VHDL or Verilog code matches the more abstract reference model.

A 26-storey tower, clad in brass "sails" as an "abstract reference to the long seafaring and military tradition of Woolwich", remains unbuilt.