Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] a general " in BNC.
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| 1 | The establishment of the West German state in the latter part of 1948 , enabled plans to proceed for a general election there , in August 1949 , resulting , in 139 Christian Democrats ; 131 Social Democrats and 52 Free Democrats being elected , with extreme parties winning very few seats . |
| 2 | It certainly seems to escape the circularity inherent in a Kantian attempt to link the particularity of entities with the numerical identity of the places that such entities occupy in a general spatio-temporal framework , which only leads to the problem of having to presuppose the existence of numerically identical entities in order to be able to refer to identical places . |
| 3 | This ‘ lack of confidence ’ stemmed primarily from the prescribing practices of the units combined with a general ‘ fear of turkey ’ amongst the user group , as the following interviewee explained : |
| 4 | There is the unity of the moment : different tactile and proprioceptive sensations amount to a coherent body image ; different visual sensations cohere to a visual field ; and sensations from different modalities converge to a general sensory field , an organized moment-by-moment presence of a world , so that the feeling in my hand as I hold a stone , the sight of the sea and the sound of the seagull behind me are all not merely present but co-present . |
| 5 | This increase in the Community Charge in major urban areas resulted in a general dissatisfaction with this form of local taxation . |
| 6 | The remainder should be tailored more to the vocational interests of the students , and be divided equally between vocational studies related to a general idea of employment and studies specific to a particular job . |
| 7 | He is understood to have warned hostile Conservative peers they must follow the convention that the Lords do not vote against reforms promised in a general election manifesto . |
| 8 | Survey questions pitched at a general level may elicit what respondents regard as socially approved values . |
| 9 | It should be thrown out and the electorate should make their views known at a general election so that the Government can come back with a better Bill at a later stage . ’ |
| 10 | The long-term mortality of patients treated in a specialist unit is significantly less than that of patients treated in a general psychiatric setting . |
| 11 | However , the rights of any member or of the auditors to insist on a general meeting are entrenched by section 253 . |
| 12 | For example , how is management to determine whether the object of minimizing pollution to the environment or supporting scientific research establishments are objectives supported by a general social consensus and if so which of these should take priority ? |
| 13 | On the right hand side of eqn ( 6.2 ) both terms alter under a general transformation but their sum is always the component of the same local vector . |
| 14 | How much better in the long run for companies , auditors and regulation generally if auditors would have the courage to make timely representations aimed at a general ruling , in these circumstances , assuming that they have failed to persuade the client not to proceed and that the grounds for an audit qualification are uncertain . |
| 15 | The banks will require certain information on the project before discussions go beyond a general commitment of interest . |
| 16 | Within the confines of the hall escape was difficult and the individual fights spread to a general melee Joyce , hardened by the playground combats and the punishments of St Ignatius Loyola , trained in the gymnasium of Battersea Polytechnic , led his squad of Fascisti in an attempt to impose order . |
| 17 | There is a general tendency , Marx claimed , for wages to stick at a general exploitative level , except when some skills are temporarily scarce . |
| 18 | I believe that real democracy is allowing voters to decide in a general election and not in a referendum , which is a totally different thing , and one that is alien to my concept of democracy . |
| 19 | It is sometimes said that this is a novel view of the question , that until very recently all political theorists believed in a general obligation to obey the law . |
| 20 | The same concern was expressed in the investigations of discounts to retailers ( MMC Report on Discounts to Retailers , 1981 ; Office of Fair Trading , 1985 ) in the UK , though these reports argued against a general prohibition of price discriminatory practices in favour of a case-by-case evaluation , and the focus was as much on the monopsony power of the larger retail chains . |
| 21 | Thus nearly four fifths of the perinatal deaths that occurred among women booked at a general practitioner unit did so in a consultant unit . |
| 22 | This deals with details of the courses aimed at all students preparing for a general professional qualification ( PGCE , B.Ed , etc. ) regardless of specialism . |
| 23 | The process used to derive criteria commenced with a general view of the learning objectives to be focused upon . |
| 24 | This programme is aimed at the experienced manager who now needs to develop the knowledge , perspective and skills required in a general management position . |
| 25 | John Viney at Heidrick and Struggles came from a general consultancy and two other executive search firms before coming to Heidrick and Struggles . |
| 26 | Spare parts held as a general stock having originally cost £790 . |