"outline situation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to give the broad details of a particular situation or to give a brief summary of something. For example: "Let me give you a brief outline of the situation. Our company has taken on two new employees in the past month and we need to allocate them to the right departments."
Although Dr. Frieden said that he did not anticipate the need to quarantine vast numbers of flu victims, the plan does outline situations under which voluntary or mandatory isolation measures would be encouraged or imposed to contain the disease.
In a separate news conference here, the senior American military commander in Iraq outlined situations in which he said extra troops might be needed.
Rather, he outlines situations in which it might be worth considering the use of monetary policy as a regulatory tool, and he advocates that his colleagues at the Federal Reserve "keep an open mind" when considering responses to what look like potential financial threats.
Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, will make a statement to the Commons on Tuesday to outline the situation as the original 31 December deadline for resolving the talks looms.
When you outline this situation to anyone who hasn't had cause to become familiar with NHS maternity services, there's usually some initial resistance to the possibility that this can be happening: surely we don't allow commercial sales reps to wander NHS wards at will?
In outline, the situation resembles that of Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" (and its movie version, "A Place in the Sun"), in which a poor boy irresistibly drawn to a rich girl and all the pleasant luxuries that come with her manages to get his impoverished girlfriend pregnant.
Furthermore, we predict that bistability of the system is a rare phenomenon in this context, but outline a situation where it may be selected for.
These reports outline the situation of children in the country and explain the measures taken to realise their rights.
These government reports must outline the situation of children in the country and explain the measures taken to realise and protect their rights.
These reports outline the situation of children in the country and explain the measures taken by the State to realize their rights.
