Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the general " in BNC.
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| 1 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |
| 2 | Herbert also penned the verses which have come to sum up the general fate of such investigations : |
| 3 | And just as well : because , however persuasive the case for the public ownership of particular industries , experience since 1945 can hardly be said to bear out the general case , the proposition that public ownership is the necessary precursor to the realisation of the rights of man . |
| 4 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 5 | In those circumstances , it will be necessary to attempt to spell out the general laws , metaphysical and methodological principles , etc. involved in a paradigm in order to defend them against the alternatives involved in the threatening new paradigm . |
| 6 | Your camcorder 's microphone will no doubt do a first-rate job of picking up the general sound atmosphere , or ambience . |
| 7 | Having mapped out the general social and drug career characteristics of users interviewed in the four snowball samples , the following section will discuss why these users had not come into contact with the various voluntary and statutory bodies expected to deal with the ‘ heroin problem ’ . |
| 8 | The tendency of historians to play down the general effect of the Combination Laws seems rather insensitive to the feeling of oppression widely found in these manufacturing districts . |
| 9 | Indeed , leading up the General Election , one tabloid paper said truth , not propaganda , and it ran a series of articles each day de doing features on the main Parties , to give a fair and balanced view , but also running other features claiming nothing wrong with the N H S , banking systems and other high profile problems . |
| 10 | That would just about sum up the general South African reaction to the record 26–3 defeat by Australia . |
| 11 | The requirement for long-term robustness rules out the general use of dowels but the thought of complex , angled mortise and tenon joints is intimidating . |
| 12 | To address the fragmentation issue , general SVQs will also feature an additional assessment , probably taken towards the end of the course , which will require the candidate to demonstrate that he/she can pull together the work across all of the modules which make up the general SVQ . |
| 13 | Delegated legislation is used mainly to add detail to primary legislation which may lay down the general principles although matters of considerable importance are sometimes dealt with in this way . |
| 14 | It may set out the general terms on which the firm will be prepared to deal , its right to refuse to deal and the fact that any deals that it undertakes will be on the customary terms of the market concerned . |
| 15 | He was quick to come to the city 's defence , arguing that , what was lacking in financial support , was made up for in sheer determination , enthusiasm and innovation , ‘ We have been keen to draw out the general cultural life of Dublin ’ , he explained , ‘ much of our funding has been matched by donations from such organisations as the EEC ’ . |
| 16 | Wilds and Busby laid out the general design and the facades of the houses ; others were left to finish the interiors and tidy up the edges . |
| 17 | embed sentences in relations to reality in such a way that they can take on the general pragmatic functions of representation , expression and establishing interpersonal relations . |
| 18 | Long before that — at least as early as 1775 — the courts had laid down the general principle of law that a person can not bring an action based on his own wrong ( ex turpi causa non oritur actio ) . |
| 19 | McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement . |
| 20 | Everett True , writing in Melody Maker , probably summed up the general reaction to the shows when he wrote : ‘ It 's rock . |
| 21 | The law lays down the general principle , and the doctor who acts skilfully , reasonably , and in good faith is protected . |
| 22 | Bourdieu 's own analysis of politics , however , stresses rather the division between the ‘ knows ’ and the ‘ do n't knows ’ , in relation to the pressure put on the general public to have an informed opinion on often very distant issues ( 1984 : 397–465 ) . |
| 23 | We went carefully through the Workplace Assessor 's Manual for the SVQ , matching the knowledge evidence required to the modules making up the general SVQ . |
| 24 | Each of us teaches our group of trainees all the modules making up the general SVQ — with the exception of Information Technology 2 , which is taught by local college staff . |
| 25 | We went through each of the modules making up the general SVQ , and allocated responsibility for developing candidate support materials . |
| 26 | I usually start at the walls because I find it easier to think up the general colour scheme first , but many people prefer to start with the floor because they automatically think of carpet and presume that this will be the most expensive item . |
| 27 | One passage , when Edward was a scholar at Battersea Grammar School , sums up the general atmosphere of 61 Shelgate Road , as the poet recalled it twenty years later : |
| 28 | ‘ The enclosed photo sums up the general verdict of our recent holiday to Zakopane . |
| 29 | Before detailing the two main components of LMS , this introductory chapter sets out the general framework of change . |
| 30 | P P G two clearly states that the government attaches great importance to greenbelts. and in paragraph twelve , sets out the general presumption against in appropriate development within them . |