Example sentences of "[pers pn] a good idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are uncertain of the type of frame you want to use , or even of the very important role it plays in setting off the finished picture , browsing through the photographs in this book should give you a good idea of the tremendous versatility of frames , and also show you how the correct frame will focus the eye on the design itself , as well as balance all its elements . |
| 2 | In one respect it is superior , as by staying lower down you will be constantly amazed by the ever changing scenery — higher up the views give you a good idea of the terrain you 'll be walking through the next day . |
| 3 | Kathy and Eric Price run this small hotel as an ‘ extended home ’ which should give you a good idea as to its all pervading atmosphere of warmth and hospitality . |
| 4 | This should give you a good idea of what to expect if you do n't have the processing power or , perhaps more importantly , the inclination , to go Windows shopping . |
| 5 | A decade 's collection of Alasitas money will give you a good idea of the unsteady course of Bolivia 's economy . |
| 6 | I think the bit that stands up above the horizon is fine , I mean I think that gives you a good idea of what it would have been like had you been able to get the whole , or not perhaps the whole of it , but a lot more of the post up above the horizon simply by getting down lower . |
| 7 | Knowing how the camera portrays you will give you a better idea of how others see you . |
| 8 | To give you a better idea of how these three areas can contribute to self-control and ability to succeed with weight control , we will next look at each of them in some detail . |
| 9 | To give you a better idea of what you 'll be paying for , we put five shoes from leading manufacturers to the test . |
| 10 | You should enquire what the rules are and additionally , to give you a better idea of what size pension you might realistically expect , you could ask for some practical examples — say , over the last five years — of retired individuals in a similar earnings bracket to your own . |
| 11 | I feel we ought to be able to give you a better idea of the performance of different planning authorities . |
| 12 | I can give you a better idea after the autopsy , from examination of the stomach contents . |
| 13 | Gives me a better idea of what he 's doing-how much he 's spending , what he 's spending it on . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I played in the unofficial Tests against all the rebel sides that came out to South Africa in the 1980s and that gave me a good idea of what to expect . |
| 15 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
| 16 | That gave me a good idea actually . |
| 17 | But this time can you concentrate more on what you are going to do with your body to actually tell people via your body or give them a good idea of exactly what you mean |
| 18 | It may be that their experience of GIST has given them a better idea of the amount of work and energy involved in trying to change things ( Kelly et al . , |
| 19 | Do you think it a good idea coming into drama training direct from school ? |
| 20 | Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ? |
| 21 | ‘ I — we — thought it a good idea at the time , with the late closing and it so hard to get people off the premises — and all the cleaning up to be done afterwards … ‘ |
| 22 | The old tiger himself pronounced it a good idea , even if his friends had to listen in a state of uncharacteristic sobriety . |
| 23 | If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ? |
| 24 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 25 | Not only did the Bishop think it a good idea but he would be very happy to preside . |
| 26 | Is it a good idea to fix some ? |
| 27 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
| 28 | Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ? |
| 29 | Is it a good idea ? 3.7 . |
| 30 | Lugh had never thought it a good idea , and he had said so at the time , only nobody had listened . |