Example sentences of "[adj] for general [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It works on a higher power than that used for general cooking .
2 Three remains a group of patients , however , who are either unsuitable for general anaesthaeisia because of medical contraindications or who wish to conserve their gall bladders .
3 Prone to blockage they are unsuitable for general use .
4 Rue is an example of a common , well-known garden herb , with a long history of use , yet with properties that make it unsuitable for general use by the layman .
5 In the circumstances of 19th century ballooning this rudimentary process was quite adequate for general information about the flight profile and its inherent limitations , while obvious now , caused little problem then .
6 Ian Witten 's Principles of Computer Speech is too detailed for general study , but could form the basis of a final-year option .
7 There are even crampons with a single front point , specifically designed for use on pure ice such as frozen waterfalls , but these are too specialised for general use in this country .
8 Indeed , when the film came out in 1971 , it was preceded by a clever advertising campaign suggesting that release had been delayed because the makers felt the movie was too dangerous for general viewing .
9 Its true reasoning was that doubled car consumption would be good for General Motors and what was good for General Motors , as its president , Charles E. Wilson , memorably announced as his political philosophy , was good for the country .
10 Its true reasoning was that doubled car consumption would be good for General Motors and what was good for General Motors , as its president , Charles E. Wilson , memorably announced as his political philosophy , was good for the country .
11 An anechoically lined chamber must be used for some immunity testing as well as being useful for general emissions and immunity testing .
12 The International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences was last published in 1968 so , while it is useful for general articles , its facts are now very out of date indeed .
13 Einstein was almost singlehandedly responsible for general relativity , and he played an important part in the development of quantum mechanics .
14 Prime Minister : Ruud Lubbers ( CDA , also responsible for General Affairs ) .
15 Nikolai Ryzhkov Chair Yury Maslyukov First Deputy Chair ; Chair of USSR State Planning Committee ( Gosplan ) Vladilen Nikitin First Deputy Chair ; Chair of State Commission for Foodstuffs and Procurements Lev Voronin First Deputy Chair , responsible for general questions Leonid Abalkin Deputy Chair ; Chair of State Commission for Economic Reform Igor Belousov Deputy Chair ; Chair of Bureau for Military Industrial Complex Aleksandra Biryukova Deputy Chair ; Chair of Bureau for Social Development Vitaly Doguzhiyev Deputy Chair ; Chair of State Commission for Emergency Situations Vladimir Gusev Deputy Chair ; Chair of Bureau for Chemical and Timber Complex Nikolai Laverov Deputy Chair ; Chair of State Committee for Science and Technology Pavel Mostovoi Deputy Chair ; Chair of State Committee for Material and Technical Supply Lev Ryabev Deputy Chair ; Chair of Bureau for Fuel and Energy Complex Ivan Silayev Deputy Chair ; Chair of Bureau for Machine Building Stepan Sitaryan Deputy Chair ; Chair of State Foreign Economic Commission Principal Ministers of USSR All-Union Ministries Mikhail Shchadov Coal Industry Gen. Dmitry Yazov Defence Konstantin Katushev Foreign Economic Relations Nikolai Konarev Railways Principal Ministers of USSR Union Republican Ministries Erlen Pervyshin Communications Nicolai Gubenko Culture Valentin Pavlov Finance Eduard Shevardnadze Foreign Affairs Igor Denisov Health Vadim Bakatin Internal Affairs Veniamin Yakovlev Justice Kondrat Terekh Trade Vladimir Shcherbakov Labour and Social Affairs Vyacheslav Senchagov Prices Gennady Yagodin Public Education Gen. Vladimir Kryuchkov State Security ( KGB )
16 Leases are long , perhaps 25 years , and tenants agree to be responsible for general insurance and repairs .
17 The external verifiers will each be responsible for general SVQs in a particular vocational area .
18 The nine verifiers , each of whom is responsible for general SVQs in a particular vocational area , met to look at issues concerning the additional assessment .
19 It is unwise for general practitioners and the staff of casualty departments to delay giving antibiotic treatment until a lumbar puncture has been performed , such a response may prove fatal .
20 That itself is some forty million pounds below the association of Welsh counties assessment of what is actually needed to meet the needs of the community and it is in any event not available for general spending .
21 The increase in the cost of repaying mortgages ( the greatest component of the average family 's budget ) caused a reduction in the amount of money available for general consumption and hence a reduction in living standards .
22 This annual edition lists all current materials available for general distribution .
23 Additional papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons , civil engineers , were deposited ( not available for general consultation ) .
24 The rules say that any beam-line must be available for general use at least one third of the time .
25 All this would seem to cast some doubt on the idea that in using the language for communicative purposes , the learner automatically and without other instruction internalizes the detailed knowledge of language as a generative system available for general use .
26 It can be readily made available for general use .
27 New patients ' NHS notes are essential for general practitioners : they contain specific details of past treatment and confirm what the patients say about their current treatment .
28 It is , perhaps , too man-orientated for general use but it is an excellent ‘ reader ’ on a complex subject seen in its historical context .
29 A good quality tape-measure that will not stretch is necessary for general sewing use .
30 The batteries are still too heavy , require too much maintenance and are too inefficient and expensive for general introduction into public transportation . ’
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