Sentence examples for were a point of reference from inspiring English sources

There was also a deft conversation between European and American styles: Hugo Boss's headquarters, a Bauhaus-ish campus near Metzingen in Germany, were a point of reference for Wu's take on geometric decoration.

To realise their vision for a modern, European-style food market – town squares in southern Italy were a point of reference – at the heart of Altrincham, they committed £200,000 of their own money and the council invested a further £435,000.

Penang General Hospital, with a capacity of 1,107 beds, is a point-of-reference tertiary health care facility in the Northern Region of Malaysia.

That, amid the myriad issues of the Blunt affair, is a point of reference worth recalling.

"What risks being lost is a point of reference of European civilization," said Mr. Clementi.

Why, she asks, should whiteness even be a point of reference for a black self-image?

I didn't agree with everything he said, but he was a point of reference".

Sweden has long been a point of reference in British politics.

This was partly to reach into the Latino market, Mr. Samels said: "Whether in Cuba or Nicaragua or Costa Rica or Mexico, Castro is a point of reference".

That is why Singapore, which has been a point of reference for China's reformers since the 1980s, has emerged again among some of Mr. Xi's advisers.

Martin said: "I'm really excited to join the team, which has been a point of reference in cycling for years.