Sentence examples for general grip from inspiring English sources

In contrast to school age players in general, grip strength was poorly associated with neck strength (r=0.2) in front-row players; instead, player weight (r=0.4) and the number of years' experience of playing in the front row (r=0.5) were the only relevant factors in multivariate modelling of cervical strength (R=0.3).

Thank you for "Bangladesh in the Generals' Grip"(editorial, April 15).

As Western and even South-East Asian governments condemned it, China urged the world to respect Myanmar's laws.Myanmar has been under a military dictatorship since 1962 and the generals' grip looks as strong as ever.

Because she speaks like the Oxford academic's wife she once was, because foreign journalists are usually smitten by her and because the generals' grip on power seems stronger than ever, it can be easy to see her as some sort of western-imposed saviour, irrelevant to Myanmar's harsh realities.

This popular endorsement was nice for the former general, whose grip on Sudan since his 1989 coup has been shaky.

She also wanted administrative reforms, to prise control over contracts from the general's grip and outsource the army's rations.

Such behind-the-scenes talks came close to reaching a blueprint of an agreement on the decades-old dispute while Gen. Pervez Musharraf was Pakistan's president, but they were suspended last year as the general's grip on power slipped away.

Deprived of any reward from India, it is not surprising that the general's grip started to weaken.India's underlying attitude, in short, has looked too much as though it believes that the status quo suits it fine and doesn't need to be changed substantially.

Soon before the matches, a general strike gripped Britain, effectively shutting down most travel into the country.

The general strengthened his grip in a recent shuffle of senior soldiers.

The appointment, part of a broader top-brass shuffle, consolidates General Kayani's grip on the army.