there is a general acceptance/ agreement/ assumption that it is …; the same general analysis goes some way toward explaining why …; the official responses to the riots took a general and specific form; the hope of an early peace had been too general; some further general aspects of cases involving …; there was no general attempt to …; in the more general case, however, they are complex; thus a general class of solutions can be obtained by considering …; it is this more general class of solutions that is considered in this section; it is more important here to underline an important general characteristic which …; the general clause has converted them into trusts; the Middle Ages developed no general concept of progress; general conformity brought the age of hypocrisy to an end; the general data presented by him are undeniable; the same applies to the general deterrent argument; the Conservative party was clearly losing three general election defeats in a row; there is a feeling that …; the most general form of this view is that …; there appears to have been a general feeling among them that …; in general, growth is a moulding process; we can form still more general ideas; some general legal rules do exist; one of the most general of these is that …; this result is quite a general one; it is in this general perspective that …; the second general point is that …; two other general points also emerge from the discussion of …; such a projection does not in general preserve causal relations; will there be any general principle that is true of all life?; there are, however, some general questions to which at least a partial answer can be given; there is no general rule which …; the more general situation is presented by the cases which …; in this case a general superposition of solutions is possible; in general terms that is true; consider the case in a general way;