Sentence examples for references were made from inspiring English sources

References were made to Olympic events and Greek mythology.

These references were made with the lightest of touches and hardly any deviation from Shakespeare's original.

Several references were made to a nearby hot-sauce company which has done well out of army contracts.

References were made to Schabir Shaik, a friend of President Jacob Zuma's who was convicted of corruption for bribing the president and sentenced to 15 years in jail.

To summarise the interview briefly: God was invoked aplenty, condolences were offered to the bereaved and several references were made to the "deaths of innocents".

Occasional references were made to the Ransome stories – The Big Six, Peter Duck, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea – but this was more about place than narrative.

He also found that the store was frequently linked to by mainstream media sites — The Times included — when references were made to high-end eyeglasses.

From the podium, more references were made to the Louisiana Purchase than one usually hears at public gatherings; several speakers pointed out that had the Haitian revolution not defeated the armies of Napoleon, France would not have sold us Louisiana.

The letter immediately aroused suspicion after repeated references were made to the role Guru's Jazzmatazz partner Solar ought to play in his legacy, as well as a paragraph that appeared to sever all ties with Guru's "ex-DJ".

This article was amended on 26 January 2016 because some references were made to the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED, which is a separate publication to Oxford Dictionaries Online, or ODO, the subject of the article.

They say market research on 15- and 16-year-olds is used to guide the development of campaigns and that many references were made to the need to recruit new drinkers and establish their loyalty.