Example sentences of "[det] a [adj] idea " in BNC.

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1 Is , is , is that different to any other land law before , is well is , is this a new idea or is it just picking up on other
2 Several members of the Council think this a good idea .
3 Is this a good idea or not , because I do some long distances at regular times .
4 Is this a good idea and how can they stop him coughing ?
5 Is this a good idea and is there a specific perm for my hair type ?
6 Is this a good idea ?
7 Was this a good idea ? she asked herself .
8 Find an appropriate means of learning about my PC — I have thought about evening classes — is this a good idea ?
9 Is this a good idea , to have this kind of er , presentation to bring you up to date .
10 Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances .
11 Mountbatten proposed that he and Amanda should accompany Charles , so he could show ‘ the two young people I love so much … the country which means so much to me ’ , but the Duke of Edinburgh thought this a bad idea .
12 Choosing a field some distance upwind on the other hand , is not such a good idea .
13 lifting off suddenly in mid-bend is n't such a good idea either — in short you just have to be aware all the time of how much power you have in so little car .
14 ‘ No , ’ she replied , shaking her head , ‘ I do n't think that was such a good idea now .
15 Ideal in good weather ; not such a good idea when rough .
16 I think taking the Bookman away is n't such a good idea .
17 You are faced with half a packet of dusty dried peas , the unopened naan bread mix that seemed such a good idea at the time and the smoked oysters left over from last year 's Christmas hamper .
18 I explained at length that I did n't think this was such a good idea .
19 ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea .
20 The heating in the Met Office was by means of an open coke fire , and this we kept stoked up high on cold nights , but I 'm not sure that this was such a good idea .
21 While programmers have not been able to do that the results they have achieved suggest that this may not be such a good idea .
22 If you have to rely solely on public transport then the rural life may not be such a good idea , unless everything that you have to be near is within your area .
23 ‘ If it 's such a good idea , why did n't you take Patrick to the Foundling ? ’
24 Perhaps the newspapers were n't such a good idea .
25 According to Cary Cooper , professor of organisational psychology at UMIST , this is not such a good idea .
26 John Thornton is not sure that common investment funds are such a good idea .
27 ‘ Now , Anabelle , are you sure that is such a good idea ? ’
28 OK , so I 've never seen Kurt look quite that pale before , and I 'm not sure it 's such a good idea for Courtney to be zipping about with Kurt on that hired motorbike while seven months pregnant but , hell , it 's not as if anyone 's dead .
29 If your partner is opposed to condoms , uncooperative or not interested , sexual intercourse may not be such a good idea .
30 However well intentioned , are records of achievement such a good idea ?
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