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Allow me to illustrate this thinking in reference to the Holy Father.
I don't use it in reference to actual people.
� 21 in reference to the 30 that happened yesterday.
It is noted especially in reference to Jamaican Patois from 1934.
I have heard her name in reference to an... affection you two share, sire.
However, the name "Nepean" continues in common usage in reference to the area.
Being able to evaluate a technology in reference to teaching methods
The specific epithet obscurus is in reference to its color.

It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.