Sentence examples for be in reference to from inspiring English sources

However she welcomed the election to the papacy of a fellow countryman, noting his choice of name appeared to be "in reference to St Francis of Assisi, the saint of the poor" and boded well for unifying "all humans as equal, with fellowship, with love, with justice and equity".

The name of the so-called Bahrain Province branch of the IS appears to be in reference to the historic area of Bahrain, which once encompassed the current island-state and parts of what is now the oil-rich eastern region of Saudi Arabia.

Locke's distinction between real and nominal essences appears to be in reference to the Aristotelian distinction between real and nominal definitions.

He cited the "extreme measure" by Gibraltar of "throwing concrete blocks with spikes that destroy the fishing grounds" - thought to be in reference to the reef.

As we noted above, Amazon ran its M&A through an entity called Justin Acquisition, which GeekWire speculates could be in reference to another Amazon purchase, video platform Twitch.

McClure describes Jub-Jub the iguana as "Everywhere You Want to Be" in reference to a Visa commercial.

When the object's essence is in reference to a human being, the Bindu point is then called the "Atman".

This first was in reference to his confession.

The comment was in reference to an infamous story run by The Sun in 1986.

This was in reference to Alba's newfound steeliness in the role of Nancy Callahan.

(The latter statement was in reference to his refusal to support a 2007 immigration bill).