Sentence examples for like a reference from inspiring English sources

One minister said: "A form of dramatic centralisation is under active consideration - a form of Gosplan if you like," a reference to the Russian state planning committee set up in the 1920s.

What's he like?" a reference to the former U.N. secretary-general.

Surf online for sites like Flickr and contact photographers when you like a reference.

Sounded like a reference to free soap.

That sounded like a reference to Whitewater.

That sounds like a reference to Jacob Rees-Mogg.

When I asked what he meant, he thought for a moment and replied, "Like soviets"—a reference to the collective farms of the former Soviet Union.

The art critic Harold Rosenberg called them "golem-like," a reference to the manlike creature of Jewish folklore created from inanimate matter.

Charged with finding words to describe his colleague, the first thing Allen comes up with is 'Tourette's-like', a reference to the medical condition where sufferers lose all social inhibition, becoming progressively more foul-mouthed and intemperate.

Nonetheless, two groups that oppose the construction of the Vogtle reactors are arguing that the proposed loan guarantee for the project is "Solyndra-like," a reference to the scandal over a solar panel manufacturer in California that went bankrupt in 2011 after receiving a $535 million federal guarantee.

No one likes a reference check that is all positive, all glowing.