In this respect, obtaining a written statement is very much second best to persuading your ex-employer to provide a suitably positive reference.

This is the only place on earth where flirting with a criminal background is a positive reference.

In the Qur'an, there are many references to animals, all positive.

He ran it through his brain's storage bank, and culled a positive reference.

Many others believe that the name is a positive reference to the culture of Native Americans.

Although the report itself contains some positive references, it retains negative aspects that give some backing to the Commission' s position.

The resolution, despite its positive references, states that 'progress has been made' on respect for human rights, 'in particular through the European Union's commitment'.

Mr President, first of all, it is a pleasure for me to hear the positive references being made to the Bible in this plenary.

I only wish that such positive reference to local or regional economic cycles would become a central element of EU policy.

In the Chronicle, the positive references to Poles living outside the ghetto far exceed negative ones.