Example sentences of "than a general [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Will you help run the lucky dip stall at the summer fayre from 1 pm until 3.30pm ? ’ is more likely to get a positive answer than a general plea for help with the summer fayre . |
| 2 | The car occupants did not move at first , a rising condensation choked the dying ventilation , the inside of the windscreen visibly clouded to reveal nothing more than a general silhouette of the two figures in the front seat deliberating their actions . |
| 3 | However , the much higher phylogenetic conservation of this region within the Oct-1 proteins ( 88% sequence identity between Xenopus ( 42 ) chicken ( 43 ) and human ( 19 ) Oct-1 ) suggests this region plays a specific rather than a general function . |
| 4 | Of course , some small firms do offer growth potential , but these have to be identified and given appropriate support rather than a general subsidy linked to premises or land . |
| 5 | For example , both radio and television may be perceived first and foremost as entertainment ; or a particular national newspaper may be considered to be primarily the voice of the government rather than a general organ of information . |
| 6 | Thus a paediatrician is paid almost twice as much as a general practitioner for each patient that he sees , but less than a general physician , who is given twice as much as a dermato-venereologist . |
| 7 | Their new roll-A-Perm takes a little longer than a general set but the results last up to eight weeks . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) A random plasma glucose concentration > : =25 mmol/l results in the database sending an urgent hospital diabetic clinic appointment to the patient rather than a general practitioner review prompt . |
| 9 | Little more than a general impression can be given of the state of music in the churches outside Great Britain . |
| 10 | Indeed , if the Canterbury claims were as well founded as Anselm believed , anything less than a general authority over the whole British Isles would have done a violence to the early history of the see as it was understood at Canterbury , and to the large geographical and historical conceptions which lay behind these claims . |
| 11 | Criminal laws aimed at regulating corporate activities tend to refer to a specific rather than a general class of behaviour . |
| 12 | La Fontaine , in her review of studies of British kinship suggests that there seems to be ‘ a preference for particular siblings rather than a general solidarity with brothers and sisters ’ ( La Fontaine , 1985 , p. 54 ) . |