Sentence examples for longstanding reference from inspiring English sources

The volume is intended to compete with Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the longstanding reference work of choice when it comes to checking the sources of writings and remarks.

"Now that the Republicans have been forced by Obama to give in, it's time to get government funds flowing to ACORN again so we can steal another election in 2016," jeered one House Democratic aide, referencing longstanding voter fraud conspiracy theories involving ACORN.

It states that "no private security contractors or intelligence operatives shall be allowed" — a clear reference to longstanding popular fears that private security contractors are infiltrating the country on behalf of the C.I.A.

"Smear blog!" they gleefully cry, referencing a longstanding joke about creating an online forum devoted to defaming my notoriously eco-friendly public persona.

Commissioned by Garage magazine and using garments from the Chanel archive, these images continue her longstanding interest in mixing references to painting, cinema and fashion.

(Joshua was referencing a longstanding joke —What does a lesbian bring on a second date? A U-Haul! — that is supposed to satirize the way some lesbians rush into cohabitation.

Significantly, the statement omitted any reference to a longstanding cabinet decision barring the release of Palestinian prisoners with "blood on their hands," meaning those convicted of planning or perpetrating attacks in which Israelis had died.

The solution, he said, might be "to reduce the pressure that companies have from paying taxes," an apparent reference to his longstanding call for reducing or eliminating corporate income taxes.

Re "Diversity Debate Convulses Elite High School" (front page, Aug. 5), about the dwindling minority enrollment at Hunter College High School in Manhattan: The article's reference to the "longstanding disagreement between much of the high school faculty and the administration of Hunter College" implies a clear line between two unyielding sides.

In Ryall's words, "It is exceedingly puzzling that nowhere in the large and expanding literature devoted to nanobacteria has there been a single reference to the longstanding, large body of literature attesting to the existence of calcium-containing granules in other organisms despite the fact that their physical and biochemical characteristics are so similar".

Yet many of our participants had longstanding HIV infection, and their references to having the same HIV doctor for many years suggested that relationships of mutual trust and respect with clinicians tended to be robust and unconditional.