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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'give a reference' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when someone needs to provide a document or statement from another person which can confirm details about their character or capabilities. For example: "If you're applying for the job, make sure to give a reference from your former manager."
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For example, the head chef of Heston Blumenthal's Dinner will only give a reference to someone who has worked there for two years.
Having acquired some proficiency in research techniques, he was asked to attend a job centre and give a reference number for a job advertising "investigators needed".
When pressed repeatedly by the Guardian to give a reference for this claim, Hunt's office eventually provided a link to a single Courier Mail article, quoting the chair of the committee.
When employers are being fined for employing migrants without papers, which employer is going to put his or her neck on the line to give a reference for someone who was employed "illegally"?
The computed results can give a reference for study of the aerodynamic resistance reduction on a van for energy saving.
Some useful designing parameters have been obtained so as to give a reference for the similar combustor.
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And though Ms. Parker grilled past references, she noted, "No one's giving a reference unless it's good".
The process gives a reference control to maintain these orbits.
It gives a reference for log model and recovery mechanism.
This work gives a reference for the experimental research on the Ga1−xAlxN photocathodes.
It also gives a reference point for future studies, she says.
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