11.   The aggressiveness of the commercial would seem to reaffirm the general perception that the race is, indeed, a close one.

12.   The general perception among Heat players is that Saturday was an aberration.

13.   The general perception is somewhere just above used-car salesman.

14.   The general perception is that the Kings had the better season.

15.   The general perception is that the Yankees began to put themselves back together again by buying talent.

16.   The general perception that sports is too small a field to retain his attention is untrue, Costas says.

17.   The general perception is that the man is more action-prone.

18.   The general public perception is that he has yet to defeat Parcells in an NFL game.

19.   The main reason for the swap not going forward is a general perception among investors that the chances are minimal for a wave of corporate bond defaults.

20.   The shift has the potential to affect not only religious relations, but the general perception of Islam, a religion that is still a mystery to many Americans.