At this point, though, Schlumberger can only offer vague examples of how Sema is being used to enhance Schlumberger's traditional oilfield services.
He was a bit vague, for example, about global warming.
Many details of the scheme remain vague: for example, who the unit would report to.
Mr Jaitley was far too vague, for example, on a long-overdue goods-and-services tax to raise revenues and boost internal trade.
Also, sometimes the wording of the covenant will be vague – for example, you might be able to argue that your chickens are pets.
Some management teams offer only a vague vision for example, "providing information to anyone, anytime, anywhere". IT units respond to such ill-defined goals by trying to build platforms capable of responding to any business need.
And second, that frame may range from being rather sharp to rather vague, for example, from "cutting costs by 10percentt before year end" to "getting this place in order". The frame of any managerial job, as suggested by its placement in the center of the rounding model, is a kind of magnet for the behaviors that surround it.
Their proposals are vague — promising, for example, to reduce both "overuse and underuse of health care".
And when addressing other companies that might be comparable in size and profitability to the operating-systems concern, Mr. Greenhill and Mr. Williams were vague, giving no example except for Microsoft itself.
The Conservative arts manifesto was thin and unconvincing in this regard, with, for example, vague indications of a new emphasis on "endowments".
