Sentence examples for general thrust of education from inspiring English sources

While the prime minister's team insisted, after landing in London, that he was "100% behind Michael" on the general thrust of education policy, Cameron is said to have been seething at the way he had been blindsided by what looked very much like a calculated leak from the education secretary's inner circle.

The general thrust of it, however, is clear enough.

A spokesman for McDonnell said the general thrust of the speech had been agreed beforehand.

I agree with the general thrust of "Testing and Learning" (editorial, June 19).

It's a smartly written scene, with finely graded reversals of character that support the general thrust of "Frozen".

Overstating his strength in Texas and Arkansas where, technically, he is trailing Cruz, the general thrust of his optimism was well-founded.

"The general thrust of their argument seems to be that the president and the Congress are immune from judicial review," he said.

Mr. Cayne's admission over risk-taking was a departure from the general thrust of testimony by himself and four other Bear Stearns executives.

Despite these shortcomings, though, the general thrust of policy was in the right direction: arrest the downward spiral in the financial sector and support over-all demand.

Kirschner, although agreeing with the general thrust of Noble's views that this is the century of "putting it together again", sounds a note of caution.

The identity of the omnipresent voice isn't clear, but given the general thrust of things, it could well be the Big Man himself.