Sentences with phrase «vague generalisations»

This was due to the young age of the parties» children (twins, who were three), the fact that he could not also look at the capital award, the very vague generalisations put forward by the husband as to the wife's earning capacity and the fact that the original order already provided for a reduction in the maintenance payable to the wife of 50p for every # 1 she earned (net).

All this to demonstrate that when people use vague generalisations — «models» predict this, «scientists» say that — when there are specific data that could be used instead (which model?