Sentence examples for General plea from inspiring English sources

Others are making a more general plea for peace.

There was a general plea of not guilty and a trial by jury.

"It was just a general plea to be heads up, be aware and participate".

(On Saturday, Trevor Timm, of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, put out a "general plea" for a leak).

Mr. Bush reiterated his own position in a context of a general plea for strengthening the country's armed forces.

Instead the film ends up being a sort of pep talk for parents and general plea for gay rights.

This felt quite different from general pleas for support, or from applying for a grant in an amount that has already been predetermined by some foundation.

But he was said to be resisting the generals' pleas to take the job.

Even as he met Lee, Grant rejected the rebel general's plea for "peace" and insisted that only politicians, not officers, could end the war.

Despite the general's pleas, however, Specialists Lyaacoubi and Bahammou say they were swept into a tide of suspicion after the Fort Hood shootings, which occurred midway through their Fort Jackson training.

But neither the US National Security Agency, which has gradually resiled from its admission to our commission that it held two relevant records, nor, as Dr Banton's letter (29 August) suggests, the UK government, has so far responded with any vigour to the secretary-general's plea for cooperation.