The writer justifies this rather broad generalisation by quoting three instances of such provocation, which I will take one by one.

Only fools make broad sweeping generalisations about things they clearly have no idea about.

However, as a broad generalisation, premiums are usually around 0.5 per cent and upwards of the annual sales you want covered.

While this is a broad generalisation it is one that we think most teachers will agree with.

Only broad generalisations are possible, drawing on Romany and Irish traveller history, which can sometimes apply to other groups.

As a very broad generalisation, many politicians seek certainties and facts whilst scientists typically offer probabilities and caveats.

The duo's country is never named and the epithets thrown at them are most likely just broad racial generalisations.

The chapter begins by characterising the different forms of football hooliganism, and makes broad generalisations about the type of people who are most commonly involved.

In mathematics, Schinzel's hypothesis H is a very broad generalisation of conjectures such as the twin prime conjecture.

That's a pretty broad generalisation.