Example sentences of "[vb infin] the general " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very few games , regardless of quality , can convey the general atmosphere of a film , no matter how hard the programmer has tried . |
| 2 | Myth and menace merge in India 's poll campaign : Tony Allen-Mills writes from Uttar Pradesh on a Hindu-Muslim row over a mosque that could influence the general election later this year |
| 3 | I was aware that the impending birth of AC2 Herriot 's child did not influence the general war strategy but I still wanted to be as near to Helen as possible at the time . |
| 4 | It did not make the general pool of jobs any larger . |
| 5 | The accompaniment must paint the general background mood of the piece , and rhythmic designs can persist over big areas and only break off if there is a very definite change of mood or subject matter . |
| 6 | To identify English as peculiarly problematical should not weaken the general defence of humane values in education , and may in the longer run help to strengthen them . |
| 7 | Respondents are asked : ‘ How do you think the general economic situation in this country has changed over the last 12 months ? ’ . |
| 8 | The tax or expenditure is likely to lead to changes in endowments and may well affect the general equilibrium of the economy . |
| 9 | Every minister now looks at his biggest decisions in the light of how they will affect the general election . |
| 10 | The Eton Urban District Council granted permission ( under delegated powers ) , but after a petition , mainly from local shopkeepers , decided to seek a revocation order on the ground that ‘ the existence of a fish and chip restaurant in the High Street would be detrimental to the amenities , would cause nuisance , offence and annoyance to occupiers of properties in the vicinity and to users of the public highway , and would adversely affect the general appearance of the High Street ’ . |
| 11 | SCOTVEC sends a letter to all centres in August to let teachers and lecturers know the general areas for review . |
| 12 | However , we do know the general direction of scientific and technological action necessary to deal with it . |
| 13 | Conditions could be imposed on the planning permission which would overrule the general permission given for such a change in use by the Use Classes Order ( Class 11 is ‘ use as an office for any purpose ’ ) . |
| 14 | So if you want all the information gathered you can either follow in the footsteps and have your own expedition or you can buy the general leaflet for 10p from any News team member or NCT event including Open Houses , etc . |
| 15 | We will not discuss the general multiparametric problem , but a special , though important and extendable , case will be treated in Chapter 9 . |
| 16 | We shall discuss the general time-dependent forms of Equations ( 3.3 ) after considering models with multiple relaxation times . |
| 17 | Er Mr can I just pursue the general theme ? |
| 18 | Reference back to Section 8.1 reminds us that these conditions will maximize the general relativistic precession of the pulsar 's orbit . |
| 19 | How would you describe the general atmosphere/decor of the salon ? |
| 20 | Such images may startlingly demonstrate the general truth that the meaning of a work can not simply be equated with its subject . |
| 21 | These are some factors to be taken into account ; clearly , further work is needed to identify other risk factors which might alert the general practitioner to the possibility of an attempt . |
| 22 | We will consider the general case of a CD purchased after issue and sold before maturity . |
| 23 | This was a hapless task , and inevitably Fordham could not survive the general onslaught on the chief ministers in the ‘ Wonderful Parliament ’ . |
| 24 | He had , however , remained optimistic that the agreements reached at Yalta would be kept : in his last message to Churchill he had written " I would minimize the general Soviet problem . " |
| 25 | The Japanese Cabinet on Sept. 8 approved the dispatch of some 1,800 Self-Defence Force personnel to Cambodia to assist with UN peacekeeping operations over the coming year , and to send a handful of observers to help monitor the general election in Angola . |
| 26 | A glance at the sketch map above will show the general limits of the Byzantine Empire ( which fluctuated greatly during this long period ) , but the influence of the style was exerted over a much greater area : north to Russia , north-west to southern France , east to Armenia and Georgia . |
| 27 | Joyce 's development towards Finnegans Wake also helps confirm the general distinction Brian McHale establishes in Postmodernist Fiction between modernism , dominated by epistemological concerns , and postmodernism , focused around ontological ones . |
| 28 | The notice board at a show where notices are pinned up will give the general idea of what sort of reviews have been written . |
| 29 | The snaps these machines took never portrayed her at her best , but they would give the general impression . |
| 30 | He was therefore equally clear that majority decisions would not necessarily embody the general will or express the general interest . |