Example sentences of "[pos pn] more general [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As was the case with my more general argument about gift exchange , the two aspects of the transaction , the economic and the symbolic , need to be distinguished . |
| 2 | This case is so important , by comparison with the social situations of artists in later societies , that it is often presented as if it were singular and uniform , and this can have important effects on its more general interpretation . |
| 3 | There are , however , highly specific concerns in business-oriented research , which limit its more general interest . |
| 4 | Though the Red Queen model could conceivably apply to mammals , there are doubts about its more general validity . |
| 5 | His more general position is perhaps best summed up by an extract from the speech he made at 3.10 in the morning of 20 May 1992 during the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 6 | Maxse 's quasi-obsession with corruption in high places was , however , part of his more general suspicion of the closed world of Westminster politics . |
| 7 | His particular ideas of politics and government are an application of his more general theory about the interaction of various forces on individuals . |
| 8 | But Berkeley already had his more general immaterialism in mind . |
| 9 | His more general role was discussed in chapter 6 . |
| 10 | Locke 's particular interest in religious and moral knowledge , and his more general interest in knowledge as such , falls in with the widespread concern with such matters which was consequent on the sixteenth-century rediscovery of ancient Greek scepticism . |
| 11 | This ability is an important part of our more general ability to treat others with respect , and it is therefore a prerequisite of civilization . |
| 12 | As Balinese ethnography has often been invoked , with questionable accuracy , in recent theoretical argument , the research aims to contribute both to this discussion and to our more general understanding of the effects of development and of incorporation within a new nation state on indigenous populations . |