Sentence examples for broad thrust of from inspiring English sources

Lansley is confident that the prime minister is supportive of the broad thrust of his reforms.

Thatcher replied: "What do we mean by 'welcoming the broad thrust of the report'?

Hurd requested Thatcher's support for his own statement, in which he would "welcome unreservedly the broad thrust of the report".

However, the broad thrust of what he was saying was obvious: if you thought the threat from al-Qaida, however defined, had gone away, you were wrong.

In trying to tie down the broad thrust of budgetary policy though, Mr Brown has tried to leave less room for doubt.

But he does not appear to have a lot of room for manoeuvre because the government has already indicated that it supports the broad thrust of Browne's.

As such, we believe that the broad thrusts of the concepts represented by the questions are more useful than the questions themselves.

I voted in favour of the report before us, because I identify with its broad thrust, both in terms of what are – and should be – the main grounds for concern at international level, and in terms of what the EU's priorities should be in this regard.

The broad thrust is devastating criticism of the police.

In August 1989, Thatcher queried her government's response to the Taylor Report, writing a hand-written comment on a Downing Street briefing note: "The broad thrust is devastating criticism of the police.

Whatever Watts says, her tape plainly backs up the broad thrust - and even much of the detail - of Gilligan's reports.