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Example sentences for "brief reference"

  • The long-drawn-out negotiations which followed need only a brief reference.

  • I must now anticipate an explanation of the main outlines of the plan which I had prepared for the great battle, by a brief reference to the situation and disposition of troops on September 25th.

  • Of these quite a number are already cultivated in Australia, and a brief reference to a few will help to a better understanding of the term "cepage.

  • A brief reference to a few of these salad plants will better illustrate the importance of their culture.

  • In drawing attention to any matter connected with the subject of this chapter, a brief reference to mayonnaise sauce must necessarily find a place.

  • A brief reference should be made to the question whether any traces of the gentile organization remained among the German tribes when they first came under historical notice.

  • A brief reference to the added characteristics should be made.

  • It will be sufficient to make a brief reference to each of these several attributes of a tribe.

  • I must defer to the chapter on Sympathy a brief reference to the savage custom of slaughtering sick relatives and aged parents; here I will confine myself to a few words regarding the maternal sentiment.

  • My brief reference to Mr. Darwin in the Birmingham Address was based upon the knowledge that such changes had been accomplished, and were still going on.

  • In June 1871, after a brief reference to the polarisation of light by cloudy matter, I ventured to recur to the subject in these terms: What is the practical use of these curiosities?

  • I do not disparage any by a brief reference to a few.

  • The variety of rocks thus affected is suggestive; and this chapter may be concluded with a brief reference to their mode of occurrence on some of the mountain-peaks.

  • They are dealt with at some length in the general description of each district and only a brief reference can be made to some of their indications here.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brief reference" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brief account; brief address; brief description; brief history; brief interval; brief moment; brief outline; brief reference; brief sketch; brief space; brief speech; brief visit; chamel sauce; con que; equal thickness; hath said; her crew; her marriage; hydrochloric acid; minded woman; official organ; per annum; really was; show mercy; sized onions; west half