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

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1 it 's a better idea though is n't it
2 It 's a nice idea .
3 It 's a nice idea that in business or banking you can go through a period of ‘ consolidation ’ , but it seldom works out that way .
4 ‘ Yeah , but it never really came into play , although it 's a nice idea and it looks good .
5 ‘ It 's a nice idea , ’ he said .
6 So whilst you might think it 's a nice idea to make a change to some procedure or work instruction or whatever you want to call it , there may be the odd occasion on which it 's not actually possible to bring in a change because we 're faced with still er meeting the requirements in the base er I S O Nine Thousand document .
7 I think it 's more when we actually see people doing it , but it 's all , it 's a nice idea to give you a little bit of basic just to think about , and again we wo n't be expecting this to be demonstrated to the on this afternoon 's role page , you done all your preparations for that have n't you .
8 It 's part of his consciousness , yes , that 's a nice idea .
9 I think it 's a nice idea but I do n't , I think once we 've settled down we 'll get used to it .
10 I think it 's a nice idea , I just do n't think it 's necessary .
11 ‘ Well , it 's a daring idea .
12 ‘ It 's a hideous idea , Peng Yu-wei .
13 ‘ That 's a first-rate idea , ’ Harry said , ‘ because I shall be tied up tomorrow .
14 It 's a daft idea .
15 I think have somebody had er half suggested it and then said oh no , that 's a daft idea !
16 ‘ That 's a ridiculous idea .
17 ‘ That 's a ridiculous idea … ’
18 Clients at the unit admit it 's a gimmicky idea but they say this cookbook is different from the others .
19 Each , it 's not a phrase , it 's each clause is a sentence , because it 's a complete idea .
20 That in lower income groups , not because you could n't afford to heat the bedrooms , but there 's a definite idea that bedrooms are for sleeping in , rather than living in .
21 Mm do n't think that 's a new idea , I think we were all brought up on that idea .
22 But now there 's a new idea being tried out .
23 So that if you say to a primary teacher ‘ Here 's a new toy , here 's a new idea , why not try it ? ’ then they 've got the opportunity to do so without sort of dramatically changing things .
24 It 's a simple idea which should channel hundreds of millions of pounds into worthwhile causes .
25 ‘ That 's a wizard idea . ’
26 Stepan Verkhovensky kits himself up with umbrella , travelling-bag , walking stick , broad-brimmed hat , belted overcoat and top-boots like a hussar 's ; and — Quixote overlaid for English readers by Pickwick , the White Knight , Mr Toad — he talks the language of ‘ high adventure ’ and the open road : ‘ there 's a great idea in the open road too ! ’
27 ‘ That 's a great idea ! ’ said Simon , enthusiastically .
28 I think it 's a great idea . ’
29 It 's a great idea ! ’
30 ‘ We think it 's a great idea . ’ ’
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