Example sentences of "[adj] to the general [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In playing the role in which the ruler is seen not only to be ruler but also responsive to the general life of his subjects , Napoleon III may be credited with being the founder , or certainly one of the founders , of the concept of ‘ modern monarchy ’ . |
| 2 | offers potentially to enhance citizen participation in local government , to inform citizens of their rights and duties , and to provide new information-services to citizens , but on balance it reinforces local dominant coalitions , makes local government more expensive to run , makes it less responsive to the general public , and tends to exclude many interests ; |
| 3 | The Nicaraguan government has found this policy of amnesty hard to make acceptable to the general public . |
| 4 | It appears to me that any articles published in a program probably would n't be the ones with , well shall we say ‘ less than polite ’ , references to other clubs/players … and even if they were they could be censored so as to be acceptable to the general public . |
| 5 | In particular he sees no point in trying to discover the intentions of legislators long dead , intentions that must anyway be obscure or controversial and unavailable to the general public . |
| 6 | led by Ivan Hall — including a number of interiors not normally accessible to the general public . |
| 7 | Do you think that the work is accessible to the general public ? |
| 8 | And it has enabled the Met to build up an institution that makes the arts splendidly accessible to the general public , without it indulging in crass commercialisation . |
| 9 | These areas were designated to conserve valued landscapes and to make them more accessible to the general public ( or at least to those who own cars ) . |
| 10 | None of these collections was well catalogued or well arranged by present-day standards , and none was accessible to the general public . |
| 11 | Firstly , to look after the professional craftsmen living and working in our area , and secondly to make the crafts more easily accessible to the general public . |
| 12 | ( The language of the extract has been modernized to render it accessible to the general reader . |
| 13 | In Revelations I provide additional details which many scientifically-minded readers will demand although its content is still accessible to the general reader . |
| 14 | The majority of the papers presented are highly readable and accessible to the general reader , indeed some are surprisingly general , if not a little unfocused in approach . |
| 15 | Rather , it is an expression of the rights and liabilities generally held to attach to ownership : more exactly , the right subject to the general law to determine whether and how the assets and resources owned will be used , and the liability in certain circumstances to answer for the consequences of that use . |
| 16 | The whole of Great Britain was divided between them on a strictly geographical basis , and — subject to the general supervision of the British Railways Board and its chief officers in London — each region was completely responsible for the planning , working , and selling of all rail services in its area ( except in the seven provincial centres where PTEs had been established ) . |
| 17 | Regardless of the nature of the contract , damages may be awarded for all losses caused by the breach , subject to the general requirement that damages must not be too remote ( Hadley v Baxendale ( 1854 ) 23 LJ Ex 179 ) and that plaintiffs must take reasonable steps to mitigate their losses . |
| 18 | In theory , ( subject to the general powers of the court to control arbitration in the areas of misconduct ) even a very unfair arbitration clause ( eg offending party chooses arbitrator , and victim must agree ) is not controlled . |
| 19 | The question is whether Article 37 must be read subject to the general provisions on termination , or whether it displaces them . |
| 20 | It is now clearly established that a juvenile who pleads guilty to an offence or series of offences for which the maximum term of custody is a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution should normally receive an appropriate discount to reflect his plea , subject to the general principles governing the award of a discount . |
| 21 | Second , dealings with or for other members of the firm 's group will normally be subject to SFA 's transaction reporting requirements , even if they are not investment business ( because of the group exemptions in para 18 of Sched 1 ) and even though they are not subject to the general COB Rules ; certain compliance rules , for example those relating to personal account dealings , will also normally apply in relation to them . |
| 22 | They are subject to the general legislation prohibiting anti-competitive and restrictive practices unless these are judged to be in the public interest . |
| 23 | But damages awarded by juries in libel cases for injury to reputation are ‘ at large ’ and only subject to the general guidance by judges and limited powers for the Court of Appeal to correct those that are excessive . |
| 24 | In my view , the requirement at issue as it is worded does not in itself rule this out : it is the vessel which has to be operated from within the United Kingdom and it is its use , that is to say the operations of the vessel , which must be directed and controlled from the United Kingdom ; this does not prevent the onshore unit responsible for the actual management of the vessel ( whether it be in the form of a subsidiary , a branch , an agency or an administrative unit ) from being subject to the general control of the natural or legal person who set it up . |
| 25 | It is subject to the general proviso of ‘ as resources permit ’ . |
| 26 | The greater part of world trade is subject to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 27 | But no matter whether the ballet lasts one , two or three acts the choreographer must be fully in control of his material so that every detail of the characterisation of the whole cast is appropriate to the general atmosphere and environment within which the plot unfolds . |
| 28 | erm on the question of the board all is answerable to the general meeting of the er company it 's held in the Autumn of each year . |
| 29 | In this account the world is seen as one where individual countries are completely subordinate to the general world system , in contrast to an international economy being created by the interplay of different countries which are themselves prime actors . |
| 30 | If the bias we have detected in broadcasting was not obvious to media specialists we can hardly expect that it would have been obvious to the general public . |