Example sentences of "[noun sg] of the general " in BNC.

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1 A radical reorganization of the General People 's Committees ( Secretariats ) , approximating in the Libyan system to ministries , was announced following a General People 's Congress ( GPC — parliament ) meeting on Oct. 8 .
2 Following the reorganization of the General People 's Committees on Oct. 8 [ see p. 39168 ] , a reshuffle was announced on Nov. 18 in which Abu Zaid Omar Dourda was re-appointed Secretary-General of the General People 's Committee , a post which he had held since October 1990 [ see p. 37795 ] .
3 Seeing from the viewpoints of the many , the traveller therefore recognizes the force of the general imperative ‘ Thou shalt not steal ’ .
4 Clearly if , if the fines were more that would help , but I do think now because of the consciousness of the general public and because of the involvement of the media in , in the environment , er that firms are not keen and the third parties , whoever they may be , are not keen to be fined in court for pollution , because public opinion is such that it 's very much disapproved of .
5 In 1920s Preston , for example , electoral support for the party increased , not out of sympathy with the defeat of the general strike , but rather because , with a loosening of the hold of trade unions and mobilisation of female and neighbourhood support , the party turned to ‘ consumer-oriented statist policies ’ ( ibid. p 179 ) .
6 Defeat of the general strike during which Alliance members served on the Emergency Committee , and supersession of the guardians leading to drastic cuts in relief revived charges that the Alliance and its supporters were ‘ baby starvers ’ .
7 Released in September 1926 , following the defeat of the general strike , he organized national hunger marches in 1929 , 1932 , and 1934 , which were largely ostracized by the Labour movement and were harassed by the police , sometimes leading to violence .
8 He sat on the appropriate boards of the International Olympic Committee and was President of the General Assembly of International Sports Federations for 17 years .
9 Sir Alfred Mond , of the Federation of British Industries , and Ben Turner , President of the General Council of the TUC , entered into discussions while their respective bodies debated their attitude to the new alliance and the proposals which were being made .
10 President of the General Council and Register of Naturopaths , Jon Leigh , practices both these principles and gave a thought-provoking list of suggestions to help marathoners .
11 Philippe de Villier is a Député in the Parliament and president of the General Council of the region of Vendée .
12 Another liberal nationalist , Josep Maria Beal Benedico , received 15 votes to become First Syndic-General or president of the General Council .
13 President of the General Council : Dominique Larifla ( PS ) ; President of the Regional Council : Flix Proto ( PS ) .
14 President of the General Council : Emile Maurice ( RPR ) ; President of the Regional Council : Camille Darsières ( PPM ) .
15 Prefect : Daniel Constantin ; President of the General Council : Eric Boyer ; President of the Regional Council : Pierre Lagourgue ; President of the Economic and Social Committee : Tony Manglou .
16 The Tory decision to end the war proved very popular , and it was clearly a decision that was , at least to some extent , predicated upon their appreciation of the general war weariness in the nation in the later years of Anne 's reign .
17 His and my granny 's stories and memories centred round the struggles they had come through , especially the terrible days following the collapse of the General Strike in 1926 when the miners stayed out for many months .
18 These arose out of the feeling that trade unions had to become involved in other spheres of influence if they were to offset any serious injury which might befall them as a result of the General Strike .
19 Industry observers expected a deal only after the result of the general election was known .
20 Polling Day Weather : Dry , sunny and warm THE RESULT of the general election was thrown wide open last night , with three polls suggesting a last-minute rallying of support for the embattled Conservatives .
21 It 's only natural for defeated parties to grab at such explanations , but there are some reasons for believing that the result of the general election in Scotland owed more to Conservative skill at exploiting the mechanics of registration and demography than to any ‘ principled ’ decision-making by voters .
22 The unimpressive performance of most post-Ottoman Greek governments — itself partly a result of the general mistrust of the state — has made things no better .
23 As a result of the general squeeze over the past year ITN has turned to additional revenue raisers .
24 Erm the council erm , the welfare and associate advi advice centres since nineteen seventeen eight however , until March of this year erm the staff the counter staff within the advice centre were divided into to two departments er , the information and community services department reported to committees and , as a result of the general move within the council and the service department to er neighbourhood erm offices and called the support services .
25 Indeed it may have increased as a result of the general tendency to centralize health , educational and welfare services and even shops in key villages or other local centres .
26 As a result of the general confusion and criticisms of the national formula regions have adopted a wide range of different formulas for subregional allocation , often commissioning local research , some of which repeats the errors of the RAWP review .
27 The drift towards this common ground appears to be a result of the general desire that the team " work together " , but the absence of any explicit guidance about what this means .
28 Just as working class girls were included in the state provision of elementary education in 1870 and provided with an education which emphasised the virtues of good housewifery and domestic management , so the increased attention paid to the education of middle class girls during the late Victorian period — by male bureaucrats as well as female pioneers — may be seen as being as much a result of the general educational reform initiative of the period as of feminist ambition .
29 The right hon. Gentleman will also know that there is a recession in many other parts of the world as a result of the general world trading conditions .
30 Ever since the result of the General Election , I have taken for granted that , on Baldwin 's defeat in the House of Commons , the King would send for Ramsay MacDonald ; and I have deprecated any attempt to prevent his having the same facilities which would be accorded to any Minister entrusted by the Sovereign with the formation of a Government .
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