Sentence examples for understands a reference from inspiring English sources

Not every person understands a reference.

In fact, it would be interesting to know what percentage of the work force today would even understand a reference to "Father Knows Best," let alone the world it represented.

He is stunned to find a sacred cow wandering freely on the street and even more amazed to learn that his new employees don't understand a reference to "The Bad News Bears".

Then you remember a story his parents told you that had everyone 40 and older laughing: your nephew hadn't understood a reference to the old excuse "a dog ate my homework"; how could a dog eat his cloud storage drive?

I immediately understand a reference to someone being The Bachelorette, but I've never watched one minute of the show.

If she didn't understand a reference you made she just said so and then asked to hear more about it.

These scenes give the film a retrospective meaning — she's been sampling a life that could have-should have been hers — that will be apparent all along to viewers who understand an earlier reference to the Manzanar internment camp.

Then he offered a poignant valedictory that many present understood as a reference to the damage his career has taken from Abu Ghraib.

A complaint from the Children's Food Campaign has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority ASAA) which said the "great start" assertion was likely to be understood as a reference to the health benefits of the drink, but was not accompanied by any authorised health claims and therefore breached regulations.

In mammals, the immune responses to these compounds are fairly well understood, providing a reference against which the molecular responses of coral can be compared.

As a result, traditional risk stratification models usually overestimate mortality among pregnant women, which may hinder analysis of the performance of care provided and interpretation of morbidity and mortality outcomes [ 3]. "Benchmarking" may be understood as a reference point against which comparisons can be made, regarding the performance between facilities and/or best practice.