1.   There is no direct reference to her own childhood in the novel.

2.   These sayings have direct reference to the existence of scale and levels of being both in man and in the Cosmos.

3.   Just in time, she remembered to avoid the direct reference.

4.   In this book only occasional direct reference has been made to the results of numerical modelling.

5.   However, there was no direct reference to the state of their marriage in the statement.

6.   Americans and other diplomats sought a more direct reference to a proposal for an international military response if conditions in Burundi worsened.

7.   Before he arrived here Thursday, administration officials said Clinton would likely steer clear of any direct references to Japanese atrocities and cruelties committed during the war.

8.   Before Tuesday, however, government officials had not revealed that the memorandum included direct references to bin Laden.

9.   Berlusconi made no direct reference to the articles, and magistrates did not confirm the reports.

10.   Bush made no direct reference to planned withdrawals from Bosnia.