Perhaps this season would reveal that they had been connected from the offset - two halves of a grand, overarching narrative - but the season was in fact drably bifurcated.

But they haven't filled that vacuum with any overarching narrative, they have filled it with trite soundbites.

At a deeper level he points to the limits of contemporary liberal democracy, defined as the inability to place particular events and policies within an overarching narrative.

The role of a gamified learning environment may be structured to provide an overarching narrative which functions as a context for all the learning activities.

Although an anthology of short stories, the individual stories are somewhat linked, creating an overarching narrative for the book.

The judge said that it was the court's 'overarching objective' to be fair to both sides.

His overarching objective was to translate findings into policy and practice.

This was our overarching objective.

The overarching principle was one of sensitivity to others.

This can be contrasted with other political and social philosophies which derive their core assumptions from one overarching principle (such as liberty/autonomy for libertarianism).

Engage with the business strategy — know the organisation's mission, objectives, strategy and tactics at a macro level, and make sure all actions that are taken align with these overarching principles.

It should blend theory with practice, allowing us to understand some overarching principles as well as offering us practical tools.

The report detailed 14 recommendations to fulfill four overarching principles.

Setting ten-year goals and settling on an overarching theme for your vision can't be done in a snap.

The overarching theme of the government's educational reforms has been to enhance opportunity for all pupils regardless of background or ability.

It will be live, as usual, and probably tackle a big, overarching theme rather than one of the week's news stories.

But the novel's overarching theme and narrative lack bite.

The overarching theme was new beginning.

This straightforward response (we think) need not imply any grand, overarching theory of press regulation.

There's no overarching theory, no readily identifiable villain, no single moment to which the current combination of caution, despair, and underachievement that defines studio thinking can be traced.

What has been happening has no overarching theory or grand narrative to claim our allegiance, and much of its detail may not survive the next decade of theoretical reconfiguration.

Scientific controversies are minor and concern the details of the mechanisms of evolution, not the validity of the overarching theory of evolution.

With the loss of interest in overarching theories and development-problems bound to the late colonial era, witch-hunts and witchcraft-beliefs were treated as an issue of specialists.

These callings—the overarching vision by which they would weigh the value of any particular job, expenditure, or decision—became a map for their lives.

Is there an overarching vision that unites them all?

It was less than an overarching vision.

I can detect no overarching vision for nurturing the renaissance of the bus.