He cautioned against drawing sweeping conclusions from the failure of the meeting Wednesday to produce an agreement.

But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion, either for the short or for the long term.

Those who monitor the city's foster care system are reluctant to draw sweeping conclusions about the latest trends.

But the study was too small to draw any sweeping conclusions about fish oil and risk for postpartum depression.

"And what led you to that sweeping conclusion?"

In fact, the only safe conclusion about globalization's impact may be that no sweeping conclusion is possible.

Mrs. Wilson, among many others, however, cautioned about making sweeping conclusions.

Another group thinks he is drawing sweeping conclusions from a temporary period of good economic luck.

Among the independent schools that took the test, variations in performance discourage sweeping conclusions.

But some of her most sweeping conclusions are subject to challenge.