Example sentences of "[vb -s] the general " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that you can turn the engine off and use it as a glider must extend the appeal of this unusual creature which hardly fits the general public 's notion of a microlight . |
| 2 | It is therefore Mitchell 's study which best fits the general argument being developed here . |
| 3 | Each ganglion gives off two pairs of principal nerves , one of which supplies the general musculature of the segment and the other innervates the muscles of the legs . |
| 4 | The first demarcation is between what is and is not ‘ higher education ’ ; this constitutes the general boundary within which knowledge and curricula are structured . |
| 5 | ( 1 ) The subsection imposes the general prohibition . |
| 6 | And Jill Duffy 's succinct comment summarizes the general situation : |
| 7 | A. McCormick summarizes the general opinion thus : ‘ probably the very crimes attributed to him were essential to terrorize his gang and bring them to subjection . |
| 8 | In these rump displays the general zebra patterning diverges far more than on any other part of the body and it seems that in this restricted region , at least , species identification is operating . |
| 9 | In order to make that pattern more obvious , the statistician then draws through the points a ‘ best line ’ — that is , a line which represents the general trend , even though some of the points lie well clear of it . |
| 10 | The Bar Council is responsible for the maintenance of professional standards and represents the general interests of the Bar in its relations with outsiders . |
| 11 | Rail unions said yesterday there would be widespread line closures and the down-grading of some InterCity routes if the Conservative Party wins the general election . |
| 12 | The bill is just over £300 and is the last poll tax bill which will have to be paid , no matter who wins the General Election . |
| 13 | Mr Prescott has pledged to review the move in the early days of a Labour government if his party wins the General Election . |
| 14 | Similar resistance in the remaining ( n - 1 ) labour markets renders the general level of money wages downwardly inflexible . |
| 15 | Behind the specific accounts of meaning we offer in this book lies the general theory of Ferdinand de Saussure ( 1974 ) . |
| 16 | Guisarmes , mentioned earlier , were also fitted with bells to frighten horses , a fact which emphasises the general style of warfare in which the foot and mounted warriors continually strove to outdo one another . |
| 17 | Article 36 emphasises the general applicability of these basic principles : |
| 18 | The same is found with ‘ her ’ , as in compared with This is a difficult problem , since it weakens the general claim made earlier that each tone-unit contains only one tonic syllable . |
| 19 | Dietary fibre , which is calorie-free , has the general effect of adding bulk , slowing down eating and satisfying the appetite in this and many other ways . |
| 20 | Has the general public access ? |
| 21 | However , the numbers of divorces could be slightly misleading in that , not only has the general population risen in numbers , but marriage itself is more popular , as we saw earlier in this chapter . |
| 22 | The original specification , Codd 's Datu Sub Language called DSL ALPHA , has the general retrieval format : |
| 23 | The Review accepts the general principle that persons should be judged according to the intrinsic quality of their driving rather than its consequences , but argues that the law should depart from this in cases where death is caused and the driver 's culpability is already high . |
| 24 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 25 | Page 91 illustrates the general principle as used by both John Barker in the UK and Jan Fischer , the leading light among bear ( also panda and even certain Disney characters ) drops , in Holland . |
| 26 | This illustrates the general property that basis risk is usually considerably smaller than the risk attached to either the spot or future alone . |
| 27 | The exception merely illustrates the general defence , volenti non fit injuria , and would not need special mention here but for the fact that the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords have considered it expedient to take particular notice of it . |
| 28 | This example illustrates the general point made earlier in this chapter ; namely , that rational expectations introduces restrictions across equations which may be tested using the likelihood ratio test ( or something similar ) . |
| 29 | The criticism the Oregon experiment has received highlights the general difficulties of moving towards this kind of explicit rationing system . |
| 30 | Although the specific dictionary out-performs the general dictionary for Banking text , for the Estate Agents ' text the general dictionary out-performs the domain dictionary . |