But the understanding breaks down when it comes to defining their precise role.

The chief said the precise roles of the other three in the shooting were not clear.

And the precise role of American airpower also needs to be defined.

All the board wants to discover is your precise role, if any, in the massacre.

The precise role that the agencies will play is expected to come up during the annual meeting.

There are also questions about the precise role played by the implanted tissue.

The Council fails to clarify the precise role of the public authority.

Of course, its precise role does not seem well enough defined.

But the two countries have been unable to agree on how to characterize the Americans' precise role.

At no point does he spell out the precise role of the state.