Example sentences of "[coord] generally [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , in contrast to the fascination of some artists with scouring , scraping or generally savaging paint and canvas , Roxy Walsh treats her materials sensitively : caressing and nurturing until they blossom . |
| 2 | He is everywhere , doing good things from building houses for the poor , helping farmers in Africa raise better crops and fight disease , to monitoring Panamanian elections , which he declared a fraud before it was officially agreed , and generally promoting peace and justice around the world . |
| 3 | This introduced a new currency and set out the necessary steps of raising taxes , cutting public spending , selling state monopolies , keeping wage increases realistic and generally enlivening Argentina 's corporatist state . |
| 4 | There is a common expectation that mourners will visit the cemetery where the dead person 's body or ashes have been interred for a recognized period of time , attending to flowers at the grave and generally maintaining contact with the memory of the dead person . |
| 5 | B er , both today and Sunday look very good for socializing and generally enjoying life , but on Saturday I think it 's going to be very important to keep things in perspective . |
| 6 | He may need to be able to use apparatus , and generally speaking science teachers are accustomed to explaining necessary points about its use and keeping a close watch on safety . |
| 7 | Where one particular elite ( or elite coalition ) has a stranglehold on political power , it is common to find increased governmental inertia , conservative leadership , networks of nepotism and patronage , and generally rising levels of corruption , as some observers suggested was true ofthe French Fifth Republic between 1958 and 1981 , and may still be true of contemporary Italy . |
| 8 | The nurse may help promote sleep by reducing anxieties if possible and generally providing comfort — rearranging pillows or adjusting the backrest . |
| 9 | Businessure is aimed at businesses with a turnover of up to £1m and generally involving premiums of up to £5,000 per annum . |
| 10 | His old lady was bearing down in her chair and generally showing signs of getting off the psychic runway in double-quick time . |
| 11 | ‘ Our aim is to improve the leadership we provide by simplifying our structure , revitalising our performance and skills and generally reducing costs , to the benefit of the laboratory as a whole . ’ |
| 12 | In the local Nag 's Head pub , Tony recounts his musical history with laddish brazenness , explaining how the four elements of East 17 ( including singing dancer Brian Harvey , dancing keyboardist John Hendry and rapping dancer Terry Coldwell ) were in the same gang , spending their schooldays bodypopping and bunking off , and generally going f— nowhere . |
| 13 | Soon they were selling goods to Faccenda 's customers at lower prices , operating along the same routes as Faccenda and generally making calls earlier in the week than Faccenda . |
| 14 | You start the weekend like a whirling dervish as you get jobs done in double quick time and rush around seeing people , making decisions and generally working wonders . |
| 15 | ‘ The language is ideal for research , looking up references and generally pulling information together , ’ said Peter Mangan , who works in CMC 's marketing department . |
| 16 | Luther would wait until dark , when the rest of the family had vacated the kitchen , then would take everything from the larder , spreading it on the table , spilling it on the floor , and generally inflicting mayhem on a hitherto spotless environment . |
| 17 | 9.16 Developing neighbouring property Landlords frequently include a proviso stating that nothing contained in the lease shall prevent them from altering , adding to , refurbishing and generally executing works to neighbouring property . |
| 18 | ‘ Like all hospitals , we do n't have as much money as we would like but generally speaking things for us have been getting better , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Some of them were absorbed by the empire , where they constructed an administrative system remarkable for the degree of local autonomy exercised within it , and where they pursued , amid uncomprehending but generally unresisting natives , dreams of winning the trust and loyalty of their charges by their integrity , fairness , firmness , and likableness . |