Sentence examples for vague rubric from inspiring English sources

The book is divided into themed headings – "Planning", "Building", "Buying", "Speculation", "Slump" and so forth – but they are often a very vague rubric, with similar points and examples recurring in each.

Finally, his hysterical notion of Al Qaeda as a terrifying Mafia-like octopus requires revision in the light of such recent political analyses as Jason Burke's "Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror," which persuasively presents Al Qaeda as a vague rubric for disparate terror groups rather than a discrete entity.

Aimard's typical strategy is to huddle modern and classical works under the umbrella of a vague but enticing rubric; in the case of Mostly Mozart, it's "Bach & Polyphonies".

This limitation also brings about another problem on the lengthy and vague descriptors of the rubric.

As mentioned in the early part of this section, the lengthy and vague descriptors in the rubric discourage students to read it because it can just trigger anxiety and probably, further confusion.

But Finister is effecting some kind of apotheosis with her exquisite blown beats, ethereal production, and a series of evanescent whispers that only vaguely fall under the rubric "singing": it's not full-bodied but empty, drained; less a voice than a void.

The language used in rubrics has been criticized as being vague and unclear (Turley & Gallagher, 2008), which results in different interpretations by different raters (Knoch, 2009; Weigle, 2002).

But the donations to the party committees, which come under the rubric of so-called party-building activities, fall under a vague area of the law.

The universities that admitted them, and already have awarded degrees to a few, have been exceedingly vague about what how they'll treat the students, retreating behind the rubric that steps will be taken on a "case-by-case basis". They've refused to discuss individual students by name, citing federal privacy law.

Vague descriptors and/or qualifiers can also be clarified if students will be involved in the creation of the rubric.

What falls under that rubric?