Sentence examples for understood a reference to from inspiring English sources

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?

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".

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

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.

This is understood to be a reference to the former Times journalist, Patrick Foster, who hacked the email of the police blogger NightJack in May 2009.

This is understood to be a reference to the role accountants Grant Thornton played in supplying much of the information the SFO relied on for its investigation.

The electronic chips are understood to be a reference to electronic chips used for geo-location of targets in air strikes.

Those rumours have been lingering since Beetlebum [a Blur song from 1997 in which he sings "She turns me on/ I just slip away and I am gone", which is widely understood to be a reference to his broken relationship with Justine Frischmann of Elastica, whose heroin use was not such a well-kept secret].

Most scholars, Shahîd and Stein included, understand this as a reference to Severus Alexander and Philip.