"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.