Example sentences of "in the general [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These results are , of course , implicitly contained in the general approach to colinear solutions described in Section 10.1 . |
| 2 | Early evaluation of the CADDIS prototype was carried out in conjunction with ATE personnel which resulted in greater confidence in the general approach coupled with acceptance and participation in the general approach . |
| 3 | Early evaluation of the CADDIS prototype was carried out in conjunction with ATE personnel which resulted in greater confidence in the general approach coupled with acceptance and participation in the general approach . |
| 4 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 5 | I cast into the pool , in the general direction of where the trout had risen . |
| 6 | He looked across the field cum river bank in the general direction of civilisation , and with the aid of the moonlight was able to make out the familiar gables of the Blue Boar , a hundred yards away . |
| 7 | Fortified by a beautiful lunch of belly pork and fried onions , Yanto wandered contentedly in the general direction of the Blue Boar . |
| 8 | They had no reason to suppose that he had been in pursuit of them , the western ride led in the general direction of the outlaws ' Great Camp and they presumed that was where he was going . |
| 9 | Then one of the men shouted something , waving his arms in the general direction of the forest . |
| 10 | At the same time , both the tortoiseshell-style scratchplate and the headstock — and a very elegant headstock it is too — provide a faint tip of the hat in the general direction of Guild . |
| 11 | IT IS normally gratifying enough for me to hit the ball in the air and in the general direction of the green . |
| 12 | When he reached the gates , pushing through the children , he looked both ways along the main road , then set off at a trot in the general direction of the Stones ' household , several miles away . |
| 13 | They half ran , half dodged , in the general direction of home , playing their ball game , in blissful ignorance of the fact that Anne Hanvey was late because she had gone shopping first . |
| 14 | Meredith lifted her head from her feline acquaintance , pushed back the curtain of dark brown hair which obscured her vision and looked curiously in the general direction of the voice . |
| 15 | The cigar waved in the general direction of half a dozen kinds of salami and some boletus mushrooms . |
| 16 | It was plain enough now , from the glance he shot in the general direction of the three of them and the jeep , that so far as he was concerned they were just part and parcel of the trouble generated by the city , the days he had to spend queuing in the tax office , the months he had spent shut up in the squalid , over-crowded prison , the endless haggling with shopkeepers , the disappearance of his good-for-nothing son . |
| 17 | I do n't want him to know we 've got divers aboard and I especially do n't want him to see me taking off with divers in the general direction of the Delos . |
| 18 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 19 | During that week , the BEF advanced eastward : the 2nd Corps toward La Bassée , the 3rd in the general direction of Armentieres and the 1st Corps to the north , past Ypres . |
| 20 | The following morning , the bombardment was resumed as a preliminary to a stronger infantry attack by the German 3rd , 7th Reserve and 18th corps in the general direction of Fort Douaumont , the largest in Verdun 's defensive ring . |
| 21 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 22 | The constellation has a distinctive shape , and there are lines of stars extending from Castor and Pollux in the general direction of Betelgeux . |
| 23 | The pattern of stars extending in the general direction of Mizar is unmistakable , and is slightly like a dim , distorted version of Ursa Major . |
| 24 | His feet felt like lead and slowly , fearfully , he turned to look in the general direction of the voice . |
| 25 | ‘ If you want tea or coffee , help yourself , ’ Philpott said , waving in the general direction of the dispenser to the right of his desk . |
| 26 | Her hair was taken back just on one side , and she smiled in the general direction of the entire human race . |
| 27 | The Egyptian vulture , finding a clutch of ostrich eggs , picks up sizeable stones in its beak and with a nod of its head , tosses them in the general direction of the nest . |
| 28 | But suppose that he proceeds in the general direction from where he assumed by voice came and suddenly found himself face to face with a stranger who looked very similar to myself . |
| 29 | He screwed the note up and threw it in the general direction of the wastepaper basket . |
| 30 | Slight traces of lost routes can sometimes be spotted heading in the general direction of the river or stream crossing . |