Example sentences of "general [noun sg] is that [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The general concensus is that some housework is required — car cleaning , bed making , one lad even tries his hand at ironing !
2 What we do know from Allen 's recent survey of part time working in general practice is that many women working in general practice would have preferred hospital practice , particularly paediatrics , obstetrics and gynaecology , and general medicine , if they could have trained in these specialties part time .
3 A second general point is that many offences of violence have consequences for the victim which extend well beyond any injury caused .
4 But the general point is that this hierarchy represents a ladder up which ‘ lower ’ groups aspire to climb .
5 The success of these individual desires not withstanding , general belief is that some form of compromise is most likely .
6 The general feeling is that this trend would be more acceptable if archaeologists in the various French regions had adequate financial resources , the necessary training , and real independence to decide where to dig .
7 Thus the general pattern is that any place in England and Wales ( other than the London Boroughs and some Metropolitan Districts ) has at least two councils and possibly three , a situation which many consider to be wasteful in terms of administrative costs .
8 The general consensus is that few horses should be inconvenienced by the ground .
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