Sentence examples for the general understanding from inspiring English sources

But the general understanding is that directors direct and managers manage.

The general understanding is that women most usually suffer financially from divorce.

The general understanding was that the younger Lee was being groomed to eventually succeed Goh.

The general understanding about the relationship between secularism and secularisation is based on a reified reading of European history.

He added: "In this instance the general understanding among my colleagues is that this is an artistic issue.

E-mail etiquette often necessitates a response within 24 hours, with the general understanding that sooner is better.

She quoted him as saying: "The general understanding among legal counsel in other countries is that local law would apply to foreign media".

The general understanding is that Cave wrote these songs before Arthur's death, and had already been working on demos with Ellis to give them shape.

The OED may offer a wider range of definitions, but the general understanding of comedy is something that makes people laugh.

In "21st-century statecraft," though, "the general understanding, which cuts across parties, is that the United States can't solve all of the problems in the world," she said.

The discovery, made in 1972, had implications for the use of bacteriophages in cloning, as well as for the general understanding of the recombination process.