"You ran it on the general lines that I suggested?"

All Steve had to do was to position himself along their general line of advance and make contact.

"You understand the general lines on which I think the paper should be conducted?"

I don't really know very much, but I'm familiar with the general lines.

He had to talk with Blake, agree upon a general line.

That would be a good point, and fits in well with the general line of thought.

So I dropped it and took a more general line towards life.

But the Christmas tree, the music and the general line of the story remain the same.

I should like to know basically whether there is a general political line on sanctions.

Ardmore could not understand the words, but he knew the general line it would take.