"general tendencies" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to broad patterns or trends that can be observed. For example, "Most people have general tendencies to seek out new experiences."
The trainer discusses general tendencies, and individual experiences are generalized and reformulated in terms of future oriented cognitions and behavior.
But beyond such general tendencies, the modernists did not agree on specifics.
And there do tend to be two general tendencies that focus around how much government you think you need.
When Robert Perez, the Yankees reserve outfielder, played with Ichiro in Japan two years ago, Ichiro asked about general tendencies of major league pitchers.
From the rest of the show — reams of painting, installation, sculpture and photography — it is hard to discern much in the way of general tendencies.
Often, about the best we can do is isolate general tendencies, and then look carefully to see whether they apply in the case under consideration.
Nonetheless, though the "adventurist" phase of Communist-inspired militancy was over, more general tendencies toward direct bargaining and strike activity persisted in both countries.
Turning to the translation it-self, though each of the seven volumes is the work of a different translator, some general tendencies emerge supporting Prendergast's contention that the novel is "far more robustly hewn" than is commonly supposed.
Nonetheless, a few central cases and some general tendencies can be given with some confidence.
The seasonality of APP, at both sites, presented a similarity in the general tendencies.
Finally, we present the results of a listening test and discuss their general tendencies.
