'reference made to' is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "The court documents included a reference made to a previous case."
There is much reference made to environmental factors in the lupus epigenetics literature, yet these typically refer to a few examples or are invoked as an unknown explanatory variable.
There is no explicit reference made to #MeToo or #TimesUp, but the message is comically loud: Drake supports women.
But I find interesting the fact that there has been some reference made to, we would split Europe.
However, no action was taken and she subsequently decided to leave the business of her own accord with no reference made to dress code".
In none of the speeches or appearances was reference made to the DIA questioning the reliability of the source of the claims, Levin said.
The photophysical properties and electronic structures are analyzed in depth with reference made to the results of molecular modeling calculation and possible future research directions are assessed.
I don't want any references made to anything else".
Everywhere you looked before and during the competition, there were references made to England's triumph 20 years earlier.
The system is advanced enough to understand contextual commands, too, including references made to previously mentioned commands and objects.
There were no references made to religion nor was there any sexual content of which Ms Garcia was aware," it adds.
In the US, the peak of the 2008-09 global financial crisis saw references made to the Depression of the 1930s.
