Sentence examples for breadth of reference from inspiring English sources
This is the same eclectic, omnivorous and often tangential style of research which gave Das Kapital its extraordinary breadth of reference.
Australian writer Gideon Haigh's Stroke of Genius (Simon & Schuster) brings a virtuoso's breadth of reference and perception to a famous photograph of cricketer Victor Trumper.
Kermode's breadth of reference and extraordinary flexibility of mind helped to fashion a career which was, at every stage, out of step with conventional academic rhythms.
This breadth of reference may seem to militate against continuous argument, but in fact these articles and reviews pursue a single overarching theme.
As in "Several Deceptions," there are plenty of good things here: a sensitive respect for the past, erudition, an impressive breadth of reference -- not to mention a bold determination to grapple with the formulaic mechanisms of a caper novel.
More modest and more technical than his big hits – Awakenings or The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat – the book is still remarkable in its shrewd perceptions and breadth of reference.
The breadth of references in "Coloring Book" helps this attempt at inclusion along.
The breadth of references is so sweeping that the novel seems symphonic.
His lack of formal musical education removed any inhibitions he might have had in the breadth of his references: the score is littered with cheeky quotations while slyly digging at his contemporaries like Gounod and Meyerbeer.
Despite the sharpness of his intellect, the vigour of his writing and the breadth of his references, Marcus can't entirely rescue the Doors from the mediocrity into which they so often drifted, and once or twice, notably in the essay on pop art which he mystifyingly inflicts on the song "Twentieth Century Fox", the vessel capsizes altogether, unbalanced by the freight of the author's imagination.
"The team ensured that the depth and breadth of the general reference collection was good across all subject areas".
