Example sentences of "in general the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in general the literature on the sociology of the undergraduate curriculum is limited , and there remains much scope for further work on it in this country in terms of social selection , status and socialization . |
| 2 | In general the court should exercise its discretion to set aside a statutory demand if , but only if , it would not be just for those consequences to apply in the circumstances . |
| 3 | Burrows says that in general the Act : |
| 4 | Although in general the evidence suggests that it is usually the man 's retirement that provokes most friction , this may change as more of today 's working wives turn sixty and find themselves facing the same need to make difficult adjustments . |
| 5 | But in general the position of an alien in private law does not differ substantially from that of a British citizen . |
| 6 | In general the scale of the technology may be an important determinant of the degree of community participation in both design and operation that is feasible . |
| 7 | In general the survey revealed that ‘ the declining state of the environment was a ma–or worry to a large number of people ’ and led the NCC to commission a further , more detailed investigation in 1986 . |
| 8 | Therefore , in general the probability of finding a specific word , wi , is given by the entire past history of the text . |
| 9 | Some animals move far more efficiently than others , and in general the race is to the big . |
| 10 | This was the place where we saw the 1:1,000,000 map , but there were none for sale , and in general the airfield was pretty sleepy . |
| 11 | The problem is quite general : when the pragmatic implications of an utterance do not match the context , then in general the utterance is not treated as in any way infelicitous or inappropriate or bizarre-rather the pragmatic implications are simply assumed not to hold . |
| 12 | The head , however , felt that in general the inspection had been conducted in a professional manner and claimed that he was willing to take constructive criticism in a constructive way . |
| 13 | It is likely , as I have said in another place , that he preferred in general the company of women to men . |
| 14 | One of the major problems which gave carbohydrate foods in general the reputation of being fattening would be described by doctors as ‘ rebound hypoglycaemia ’ . |
| 15 | To try to make money by switching currencies according to exchange rates is considered risky and not in general the purpose of these accounts . |
| 16 | In general the budget was intended to stimulate growth , reduce pressure on the very tight labour market , and reduce consumer spending , inflation and the balance-of-payments deficit . |
| 17 | In general the timing of any notice of an intention to submit a claim will be specified as will the person to whom the notice should be addressed . |
| 18 | In general the work in the fields is done by men ; women usually harvest only lighter crops , tend the animals and do the fatiguing work of cooking and carrying food to the fields for their men ( in other words servicing labour ) . |
| 19 | Out of pocket issue fees , including legal , printing and fiscal agents ' fees , tend to be small ; in extreme cases differences in them can sway deals , but in general the yield , commission cost and cost of the swap ( if included ) remain primary factors . |
| 20 | In general the availability of charity varied with the existence or not of a resident bourgeoisie with a surplus to give , although a considerable amount was given by those with little to spare . |
| 21 | The marbles are still rich and some of the mosaics are visible , but in general the colour is disappointingly dark and dull , showing little of the brilliance it once had . |
| 22 | But in general the architecture of the area divides itself clearly in the period 1200–1600 into two main types . |
| 23 | In general the damage sustained must necessitate immediate repair , therefore damage which does not affect the operation of the plant will not be covered . |
| 24 | In general the tactic of maintaining a parallel organization within the unions was a failure . |
| 25 | In general the law changes look like long overdue positive steps which strike the delicate balance of encouraging attacking enterprise while also punishing sides intent on killing the ball in defence . |
| 26 | In general the surface energy of these boundaries is actually higher than that of fracture planes within the crystals and so , in a reasonably pure material , the ‘ grain-boundaries ’ are not usually a source of weakness . |
| 27 | And he has n't bought me a Renault er , I , I think , I , I 'd like to make the , the comment that in general the money which can be controlled at site level is that related to labour and plant . |
| 28 | The Welsh Health Planning Forum has developed differential targets along these lines for the NHS in Wales , but in general the rest of the United Kingdom has not progressed so far . |
| 29 | In general the wave function appears in the form of a packet with a macroscopic extension in space . |
| 30 | In general the Home Office was more concerned with the issue of protecting civil liberty and public order , while the police wished to ban the fascist movement . |