Sentence examples for reference for example from inspiring English sources

According to Kripke's causal theory of reference, for example, the referent of a given use of a proper name, such as Aristotle, is transmitted through an indefinitely long series of earlier uses; this series constitutes a causal-historical chain that is traceable, in principle, to an original, or "baptismal," application.

A short testimonial from your supervisor or line manager (taken from a reference, for example) also serves to emphasise your skills or qualities.

"Mike saw it through young eyes," she said, adding that she had no frame of reference, for example, for anything remotely like the basement orgy depicted in the series pilot.

The pattern looks chunky and ruggedly thick, but without anything next to the ball as a scale reference – for example, a ruler, or a bottle of balsamic – I can't be sure.

Some of the most striking details in the collection — a reference, for example, to a woman who, upon hearing that she'd be deported, killed herself by pushing a sharpened chopstick into her ear — are based on historical records.

The Lowell reference, for example, isn't incidental: it's from "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket," a Melvillian poem about death and water and whales and God, and is part of a pattern of Melvillian references that run playfully and purposefully through the novel.

I thought I heard references, for example, to Charlie Christian and Chuck Berry and Jim Hall.

Other legal and housing experts recommend researching a potential roommate's background -- checking employment references, for example.

Is it responsible for any trends, slang, or popular culture references? (For example, "My Super Sweet 16″ was spoofed on Saturday Night Live in January, 2006).

He made some half-joking references, for example, to what he had learned from talking to a psychiatrist in recent months.

And it's full of references, for example, when Clooney runs in the flip-flops, that's straight out of "North by Northwest".