Sentences with phrase «vague ideas as»

By using specifics, you'll avoid vague ideas as well as generalized statements.

We are all like pioneers crossing oceans and mountains, with vague ideas as to what to bring, where we're going, or when we'll get there.

the Fed has never been in a situation like this one and does not have the vaguest idea as to what it is doing.

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Since then companies have been drawn to CSR, attracted by nice - sounding, if vague notions such as the «triple bottom line» (the idea that companies can simultaneously serve social and environmental goals as well as profits).

b) Make vague comments about being for the free markets of private sector entrepreneurial freedom that give little or no idea of what policies he will actually pursue as President.

A. W. Tozer said, «The idea of the Spirit held by the average church member is so vague as to be nearly nonexistent.

This idea of twoness above is not as vague as it sounds, for we can agree on a certain arbitrary model set containing what we call two things, our cow and rock if we wish, got by counting or other means, and declare that any other set has two things if it can be put in one - to - one correspondence (in modern terminology, bijective correspondence) with our model set.

The virtue of Zaret's approach is that it demonstrates the relevance of broad social conditions as effects on religious ideas, but instead of pinning these effects on hidden psychological states or vague generalities about interests and legitimation, it traces the factors actually involved in the specific contexts in which ideas were produced, modified, and disseminated.

I had the vague idea that, if taxes were low and efficient, the rest would work out about as well as possible.

One may choose to call this Spirit, God, so long as one realizes it is a vague idea at the end of emotionally profound gropings, not a Cartesian clear and distinct idea, let alone a crystalline concept from Scholastic logic - chopping.

We were not wealthy, and insofar as my parents held much of what passed for advanced ideas in those days, they believed in that vague kind of middle - American progressivism that expressed itself in Scandinavian furniture, subscriptions to the New Yorker, and «educational playthings.»

I applaud people who have chosen that path and stick to it, and I must say I find it intensely tedious to listen to those cynical «vegan - bashers» who think they are amusing as they snark away at vegans without having any idea why they are even doing so, other than being threatened by something they don't understand, or by some vague aversion they have to any spiritual - sounding practice or «liberal - hippie - sounding» philosophy.

He has a vague idea of what he would like to do as president, but didn't get into policy matters with Vanity Fair.

But that was what I wanted, and I wish I had expressed it that way as opposed to the vague idea of intimacy.

This will help them realise the practical monetary value of the toy, as opposed to a vague idea that it's just something mom or dad will replace in a flash if broken or misused.

As Cameron's circle intensify their preparations for Thursday's television debate, by issuing pleas at Tory HQ for fresh ideas, shadow ministers have told the leadership that their «big idea» is too vague and needs to be scrapped in favour of practical policies.

Another idea was to limit the drug to specific populations who are at the very highest risk, such as homosexual people who use intravenous drugs, but the FDA adopted a vaguer category encapsulating anyone at high risk of contracting HIV.

Hopefully this article has given you ideas on how to make precise targeted goals as opposed to vague resolutions.

Filmmaker Alex Garland's take on Jeff VanderMeer's book — the first of an alliterative sci - fi trio known as the Southern Reach Trilogy that also includes «Authority» and «Acceptance» — is very much on the «loose» end of the adaptation spectrum, which suits the movie well: There's a lot about the novel, which is rich in ideas but intentionally vague about certain details, that would have been exceptionally difficult translate to screen.

However, the idea to switch from Cranston's character to Taylor - Johnson's as the lead is not only miscalculated, but has a vague odor of studio heads wanting to place a 30 - something, good looking white male as the lead of their movie.

In this time - based versus mode, where getting the highest score depends on speed as much as skill, the player with slower - moving blocks has no chance of winning if the player with fast - moving blocks has even the vaguest idea of what they're doing, as the blocks simply don't move fast enough to get to the highest score even if masterfully directed.

He was respected worldwide — adored by Jean Renoir as well as the Beatles... He was the Nouvelle Vague... a certain idea of cinema — indefinable, wild, fascinating... and I loved him.»

The latter statement is vague and suggests that teachers know how to differentiate but have decided not to do so, while the former statement promotes inquiry and thought — it is written as a question and gives teachers a clearer idea of possible instructional shifts.

«A lot of people have a vague idea of what higherorder thinking is, but they don't have enough information to say, «I do these things, and as a result, my students are thinking critically,»» explains Cindy Todd, art education program chair at Ferris State University in Michigan.

Moving from general and vague ideas about «reconstructing» content and incorporating English as a second language techniques to becoming very specific and using concrete tools for complex instruction.

The leaders of Parallel Action, whom Musil depicts as so many ridiculous marionettes, are thus all in search of a «redemptive idea,» which they evoke endlessly yet in the vaguest of terms — for indeed, they have neither the slightest inkling of what the idea might be nor how it might perform its redemptive function beyond their country's borders.

Others may have a vague idea of who their audience will be, such as women, young adults, business people, etc..

Like me, you probably have a vague idea that you can't be held responsible for fraudulent use of your credit card, as long as you report the fraudulent charge to the card issuer sooner rather than later.

Finding a large dog who is matted to the point you have to really know the breed to see what he is, who is afraid of your hand even when you are holding a treat, who doesn't have the vaguest idea what a lead is, and one who is severely underweight can make you want to cry... BUT when he looks at you with those big wonderful brown eyes, wags his tail, and gives you a big Bouvier kiss, you know how minor the things are that you see as wrong.

Reviews come with just a few quick words from the site or magazine that are vague at best and rarely ever help you ascertain why your latest game flopped, leaving you in the dark as to what you might need to think about fixing for your next release, and that can be frustrating, especially if your company is on the verge of going bust and you really need to make your next game sell but have no idea where to start — does it need to be a fraction more story - based, or perhaps you need to adjust the balance of graphics and sound.

Growing up, I remember I never had the vaguest idea what I'd do as an adult.

So far, we don't have as solid an idea of what's coming other than a few titles scheduled for vague releases sometime in the spring.

We already have a vague idea of how much better Destiny 2 will look on the new systems, seeing as comparison gameplay was displayed earlier this year, showing Horizon: Zero Dawn «s upgrades on the PS4 Pro.

So I always had vague ideas of how «cool» it would be to grow up and be a videogame developer, but I really didn't think about it as an actual career until high school and my first years of undergrad.

It's clear Blizzard wants you to take chances and test each character's capabilities, and while the skill - cap on each hero is high, each character is immediately useful as long as you have a vague idea of what their skills do and when to use them.

On the western edge of SoHo, Kate Werble will open a show on Saturday of Lui Shtini's paintings, which merge vague, surrealist shapes with the idea of painting as a skin.

«Our MEGA-plate takes complex, often obscure, concepts in evolution, such as mutation selection, lineages, parallel evolution and clonal interference, and provides a visual seeing - is - believing demonstration of these otherwise vague ideas.

Ahead of his time, with so many vague and unformed but interesting ideas, it is fair to say that his spatial concept foreshadowed installation and environmental art and his promotion of gesture as art prompted performance as art.

As viewers, we have a vague idea of the struggles and disciplines that go into creating works of art that get our attention, provoke thought, or simply move us.

Artist Andrew Cornell Robinson curated this nine - artist outdoor exhibition, which will take over a parking lot in Ridgewood, and though its curatorial premise is so incredibly vague it sounds like satire — «This exhibition sets out to examine the idea that the condition of the interdisciplinary imagination has the potential to create new forms and visual experiences» — the lineup, from an artist who dresses as Bigfoot to a ceramicist who makes apocalyptic office furniture, sounds fantastic.

As such, the areas where the fit is still relatively poor will tend to become smaller in magnitude, narrower in scope, and require a more specialized knowledge simply in order to have a vague idea of what they are.

The idea that large numbers of people are voluntarily going to give up the travel or limit their diet for something as someday vague as global warming is positively inhuman, much less the millions that would have to forgo the life of comfort that we see as a floor for existence in the West.

So far so good; it's a fine diagnosis, but not really a cure as far as I can tell, at best a vague idea of a cure that has a fancy name.

I suppose this makes him inferior or dumb in your eyes, so I presume your dismissal of his ideas as «vague and incomplete» must be true, according to Steven Mosher.

Woolf noted that the short form requires the author to narrow to the essential and not to be the «voice which is as a plague of locusts — the voice of a man stumbling drowsily among loose words, clutching aimlessly at vague ideas...» Id.

A vague idea of a budget committed to memory isn't as effective as a real budget documented in a spreadsheet, or on one of several budgeting / savings apps for your smartphone.

Although we still have no idea when it's supposed to go official (sometime in the next couple of months is the safe, vague bet), the OnePlus 3 has been the protagonist of several unauthorized photo - shoots of late, as well as speculative reports detailing confidential information like hardware specs and retail prices.

Certain fields are somewhat vague, and while you may have a clear idea of what the position you're applying for presupposes, you might find it difficult to guess what counts as a relevant ability.