As the northernmost Israelite city it became a point of reference in the familiar phrase "from Dan to Beersheba".
The stylish and calm youngster quickly became a point of reference in the Hoffenheim midfield, beside Sejad Salihovic, the Bosnian with a lethal left foot and a real dead-ball connoisseur.
Yet under recent centre-right governments, the Swedish model, which had always been a point of reference for the European left, became a point of reference for the European right, including British Conservatives, who quoted Sweden's financial, educational and privatisation policies with approval.
Trendelenburg's paper on Leibniz's program of a general characteristic became a point of reference for logical pioneers such as Gottlob Frege and Ernst Schröder (on their controversy cf. Peckhaus 1997, 287 296).
The foundation's president, philosopher Mario Capanna, told conferees that it aims to set up a leading research center in the agro-genomic sector that could become a point of reference for the rest of Europe and also spread its knowledge to North African countries.
Couchgate was facepalm-worthy but became a point of reference: hunky, Scientologist, and now add emotional renegade to the profile.
In just a couple of years the Trattoria has become a point of reference for all those who love Italy and Italian food.
In their first conversation, Marianelli and Wright discussed the early piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, which "became a point of reference" and "starting point" for the original score.
This theory became a point of reference for nationalists, as well as a catalyst for various Romanian forces to achieve a single Romanian state.
