Sentence examples for was referring rather from inspiring English sources

He was referring rather bluntly to the apparent desire among prosecutors to see Martha Stewart -- the subject of his current book, "Martha Inc".

He was referring, rather obliquely, to a spate of recent bomb scares and acts of vandalism, part of an uptick in hate crimes that has occurred since his arrival on the political scene.

He is referring rather to "man's love for himself, that is, love of the human essence, the love that spurs him on to satisfy and develop all the impulses and tendencies without whose satisfaction and development he neither is nor can be a true, complete human being" (VWR 61/50).

Several writers (you know who you are) referred rather unkindly to health care practitioners.

It is possible that attending staff are not strictly adhering to the departmental guidelines [ 15, 16] on assisted vaginal deliveries or that some of these cases may have been referred rather too late from other facilities.

Diversion and alternative sentencing Dadash Ahmadov is director of the Social Rehabilitation Centre for Young Juvenile Offenders in Baku, says: "This is a relatively new centre to which children who have come into conflict with the law can be referred rather than undergoing a formal trial.

But he has also said that the road map would not stop illegal settlement building, and later qualified his remarks by saying he was referring to people rather than land under occupation.

Dutton added he was referring generally to contractors, rather than specific arrangements.

Later, Mr. Panetta told reporters that he was not speaking of the reasons for the 2003 American-led invasion but rather was referring to events afterward.

Even allowing for his subsequent "clarification"—that he was referring to global circumstances rather than Britain's prospects specifically the claim looks odd.

The king responded by stressing that he had never used the word Shia in a sectarian sense - "let's not delve into these labels," he insisted - but rather was referring to "political alignments".