Sentence examples for be a point of reference from inspiring English sources

Why, she asks, should whiteness even be a point of reference for a black self-image?

The second reason that this case is likely to be a point of reference in any narrative of death-penalty abolition is the way that it has played out in an Oklahoma state court this month.

Or "A Love Supreme" would be a point of reference, for the space it occupies in people's lives, which is to say, with that album, I almost take my shoes off to listen to it.

Thus the scene was set for a revolutionary work that not only influenced Renaissance and Baroque art but would be a point of reference and inspiration to sculptors for the next 400 years.

The messy dreadlocks appeared to be a point of reference as fringe took over the collection, especially the "suedette," or soft fake suede of the 1970s, or the same sand-beige color in jersey for a draped dress.

"Recently, an HIV-positive individual visited the on-duty otolaryngology department in one of the biggest public hospitals of Athens, which happens to be a point of reference for people with HIV, and they kicked him out," Vagellis Mallios states.

Penang General Hospital, with a capacity of 1,107 beds, is a point-of-reference tertiary health care facility in the Northern Region of Malaysia.

That, amid the myriad issues of the Blunt affair, is a point of reference worth recalling.

"What risks being lost is a point of reference of European civilization," said Mr. Clementi.

I didn't agree with everything he said, but he was a point of reference".

Sweden has long been a point of reference in British politics.