Whatever happens this week will affect only the broad shape of any final deal, rather than the details.
That gives the broad shape of Apple's battle plan in the software and services side of the smartphone market, which is approaching saturation (and hence the point where further growth has to be won from rival platforms).
But Edmund Gordon in the Daily Telegraph was of a different opinion: "Enright's interest is not, however, in the broad shape of the affair so much as in its texture..
Insiders in Washington and close outsiders say that the broad shape of a deal emerged from the talks America's secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, had with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, in October.
The evidence against the expected-utility approach seems overwhelming, and the broad shape of an alternative, thanks to the earlier work of Mr Thaler and others, is reasonably clear.
But before lawmakers can fight over the broad shape of the federal government, they must keep the current government open for business, and the House moved Wednesday to do that.
Lyons responded: "I know the broad shape of it but I also know it's a complex contract relating to a range of different things he does in television, radio and elsewhere and I don't know much [Today presenter] John Humphrys gets so, you know, I've limited how much search I've done on this, let's be clear.
One participant says that the politicians were happy to joke around over meals but reverted to intransigence the minute they began to talk about the new government.EU sources say that agreement has been reached on the broad shape of a government, and that the haggling is over junior positions within it.
This is supported by the broad shape of the satellite peak observed at approximately 719 eV.
You can make plausible different assumptions that can budge the figures a little one way or another, but this is the broad shape of their plans.
