"make a specific reference" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to mention or allude to something or someone in a clear and specific manner. Example sentence: The speaker made a specific reference to her childhood experiences during the presentation.
Acpo also said that the law should make a specific reference to "parental liability", making it clear that mothers and fathers who allow FGM to happen to their children can also be prosecuted.
Although Murthy's framework doesn't make a specific reference to dental therapists, he does say that we should "strengthen the oral health workforce, expand capabilities of existing providers, and promote models that incorporate other clinicians".
Rather than making a specific reference to her heritage, Ms. Emin's work is introspective and at times confessional, concerned with a sense of self.
The senior officer, who will also face action for mishandling the situation, told investigators that AZ8 made a specific reference to George Michael.
"The new Green-Social Democratic government here in Stuttgart made a specific reference in the coalition treaty to involving more of the citizens in decision-making".
On Wednesday, the day before the bombings, pamphlets that made a specific reference to the Spanish national railway company were distributed on the streets of San Sebastian, the Basque country's most militantly nationalist city, by ETA sympathisers.
"Regulations restricting human rights and basic freedoms, special bodies and extraordinary courts, which make fair adjudication difficult and at times impossible, have been justified and given legitimacy under the cloak of terrorism," she said, making a specific reference to the American military detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
It was striking that neither he nor his French counterpart, Christian Noyer, made a specific reference to the 5% quota shift towards the emerging world, preferring to talk in general terms.Eswar Prasad, a former IMF official who now teaches at Cornell University, says that the Europeans "are still supportive of the shift in principle but aren't ready to accept what that implies in reality.
What is important about the email is that it makes a specific reference to recognising future income and profits in the wrong accounting period.
Last week, during Facebook's Q2 earnings call, COO Sheryl Sandberg made a specific reference to mobile usage in emerging markets and how it relates to Facebook's developments on the advertising front, specifically around mobile advertising.
"Our officers need access to technology to lock up criminals and prevent homicides," he said, making a specific reference to ShotSpotters, acoustic sensors that can locate and identify gunshots.
