Example sentences of "[det] a good idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several members of the Council think this a good idea . |
| 2 | Is this a good idea or not , because I do some long distances at regular times . |
| 3 | Is this a good idea and how can they stop him coughing ? |
| 4 | Is this a good idea and is there a specific perm for my hair type ? |
| 5 | Is this a good idea ? |
| 6 | Was this a good idea ? she asked herself . |
| 7 | Find an appropriate means of learning about my PC — I have thought about evening classes — is this a good idea ? |
| 8 | Is this a good idea , to have this kind of er , presentation to bring you up to date . |
| 9 | 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a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |
| 10 | Choosing a field some distance upwind on the other hand , is not such a good idea . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , shaking her head , ‘ I do n't think that was such a good idea now . |
| 13 | Ideal in good weather ; not such a good idea when rough . |
| 14 | I think taking the Bookman away is n't such a good idea . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I explained at length that I did n't think this was such a good idea . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | While programmers have not been able to do that the results they have achieved suggest that this may not be such a good idea . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ If it 's such a good idea , why did n't you take Patrick to the Foundling ? ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps the newspapers were n't such a good idea . |
| 23 | According to Cary Cooper , professor of organisational psychology at UMIST , this is not such a good idea . |
| 24 | John Thornton is not sure that common investment funds are such a good idea . |
| 25 | ‘ Now , Anabelle , are you sure that is such a good idea ? ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If your partner is opposed to condoms , uncooperative or not interested , sexual intercourse may not be such a good idea . |
| 28 | However well intentioned , are records of achievement such a good idea ? |
| 29 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think that 's such a good idea . |