1.   I am not against the general tenor of that which is sought.

2.   In many ways I sympathize with the general tenor of this complaint, as May quickly become apparent.

3.   The general tenor of the letters, the thread that ran through the vast majority soon became clear.

4.   The general tenor of those reports is that while much has been achieved, a very great deal remains to be done.

5.   And the general tenor of discourse has profoundly changed.

6.   Decision-makers are then apprised of the numbers and general tenor.

7.   Parliamentary elections are only three months away, Yeltsin and his government are not popular, and the general tenor of the nascent campaign is strongly nationalist.

8.   There will be two notable exceptions to the general tenor of patchy, light precipitation.