The phrase "a general position that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a broad viewpoint or stance on a particular issue or topic.
Example: "The report outlines a general position that climate change is a pressing global issue requiring immediate action."
Alternatives: "a broad stance that" or "a common viewpoint that".
They have retreated to the general position that a negative relationship exists between debt loads and growth.
The policy makers and analysts gathered here -- called the "pro-globalization elite" by one of the participants, Alice Rivlin, the former vice chairman of the Fed -- showed no inclination to back off from their general position that increased trade and a general reduction of the economic barriers between nations are good things.
In that respect, the findings support Fordham's general position that the nation's current focus on raising basic skills sometimes neglects a need for the continued growth and challenging of high-achieving students.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] TurkeySIR As a Cypriot who is still suffering the consequences of the Turkish invasion of 1974, I cannot but agree with your general position that Turkey and Europe need each other ("Dark in the east", August 1st).
The P-AI-2 analogues ribose-5-phosphate and ribulose-5-phosphate bind to LsrF in the same general position that other aldolases bind phosphorylated substrates (e.g. E. coli DERA and FBPA, T. tenax FBPA and M. jannaschii ADH synthase), suggesting that the canonical aldolase active site is conserved in LsrF.
We believe the finding properly belongs in the paper because it supports our general position that nuclear changes are central to the persistence of long-term memory (although we agree with the reviewer that histone acetylation cannot account for the reinstatement of memory following chelerythrine treatment).
Not one Republican of note has formally entered the race for attorney general, a position that is seen as a steppingstone to higher office and that often attracts a bumper crop of ambitious county executives and district attorneys.
But Hayden insisted in a statement issued Thursday to the CIA workforce that the review was designed to "enhance the performance" of the inspector general, a position that is supposed to function as an internal watchdog.
He is angling to connect the seemingly minor local issue of the tax break to a discussion of corporate welfare in general -- a position that could make him stand out from the rest of the mayoral field.
