Eight-thirty in the morning is not, frankly, the kind of hour at which any civilised person would generally wish to find themselves in a smart Soho restaurant.
The orderer, generally, wishes to begin and end on a high, defining note; to mix weak with strong, shorter with longer, formal with free; and to lead the ideal reader along a certain contour of implied argument.
Investigators generally wish to extend the results from their research sample to the larger population; however, this delicate extension is complicated by the presence of sampling error.
Jane Jacobs' concept of eyes on the street claims that movement through an area will create natural surveillance (Jacobs 1961), and since criminals do not generally wish to be observed or apprehended, such surveillance can prevent crime.
White House budgets are generally wish lists that serve as opening bids in annual spending negotiations that are ultimately decided by Congress.
This is a phrase I hear often, along with "I am colorblind," used interchangeably and invariably by well-meaning persons of Caucasian descent, who generally wish to convey that race and/or skin color are not foremost in the mind when encountering other human beings.
However, patients with complex and serious illnesses generally wish to delegate authority for decision-making about treatments and procedures to their doctor [32], [35].
