At the insistence of their lawyers, who sat in on the interviews, the three would not discuss their case beyond voicing general assertions of innocence.

The right hon. Gentleman might look close to home before he makes that general assertion.

This study challenges the general assertion that only carbohydrates significantly impact insulin production.

The laws and theories that make up scientific knowledge all make general assertions of that kind, and such statements are called universal statements.

My mediumship, I can assure you, is a particular instance of the general assertion.

Leapor makes general assertions about marriage in this poem partly because she cannot make further particular observations without offending Octavia.

Except for a general assertion that reasoning is a reckoning (otherwise, a compounding and resolving), he had no other account of knowledge to give.

I cannot, however, go along with your general assertion that the European Union has failed to bring about equality.

Moreover, some excessively general assertions such as 'healthy' or 'good for you' have absolutely no scientific foundation and may even deceive the buyer.

If we examine this closely - and I believe there can be no general assertions which are correct - we can see some positive aspects.