Sentence examples for general refers from inspiring English sources

In his pre-summit report, the UN secretary general refers to the flouting of law as "contagious" – when states disrespect the basic rules governing the conduct of war, they invite others to do the same.

Irina Bokova, Unesco's director general, refers to the problem as a "cultural genocide" and is establishing a crack team including Interpol – the international police organisation – and a number of international cultural agencies.

In English, "Quebecers" refers to all residents of Quebec, regardless of their principal language or lineage, and "Québécois," in general, refers to French-speaking inhabitants or natives of Quebec.

Equalization in general refers to the removal of unwanted noises, while making the good stuff (voices, highs, lows and mids) more prominent and natural.

A final issue of dual-aspect approaches in general refers to the problem of panpsychism or panexperientialism, respectively (see the review by Skrbina 2003, and the entry on panpsychism).

Process mapping in general refers to activities involved in defining exactly what a business entity does, who is responsible, to what standard a process should be completed and how the success of a business process can be assessed.

Latvians in general refer to mothers, Lithuanians to masters.

At the time, James Comey, the deputy attorney general, referred the case to Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States attorney in Chicago.

In what seemed a veiled warning, the general referred to the crackdown of 1988 and said the popular uprising then showed the need to maintain law and order.

When the then attorney general referred the case against Tariq Aziz to Scotland Yard, I accused him of kicking the issue into the long grass.

In 1984, the state attorney general referred to the south wing as "the innermost circle of hell in the Maryland prison system".