Example sentences of "have a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | To select the optimum requires accurate knowledge of the eigenvalues , which at the outset of a calculation is of course not available ; but if one has a general idea of the disposition of the eigenvalues , shifting can save much time . |
| 2 | Also a writer , dancer , and an aspiring actress , Zoe has a firm idea of the kind of films she would like to act in . |
| 3 | However , the full implications of the Act in terms of capital expenditure , existing plant life and product costs will not be fully apparent until industry has a clearer idea about how the new law will be enforced . |
| 4 | ‘ I can arrange to have it buried in a motorway tonight , unless anybody has a better idea ? ’ |
| 5 | he has a better idea of the total market picture , especially in relation to marketing opportunities between segments of that market , |
| 6 | If I were Harold of Wessex , which I 'm glad I 'm not , I should send a polite embassy soon , preferably under Bishop Ealdred ; to extract the child before someone else has a better idea . |
| 7 | Mrs M Dunn of Oban , Scotland has a good idea for maximising space in a small bathroom . |
| 8 | They arrive in Dorset and Kevin sets up the tent , but Sharon has a different idea . |
| 9 | Here the shapes of the characters ' mouths show that they are happy , sad , puzzled or ‘ miffed ’ , a black cloud over the head indicates that the character is feeling defeated or depressed , the lighted electric-bulb over the head indicates that the character has a bright idea , or the exclamation mark over the head shows that the character is amazed . |
| 10 | Typically , someone has a bright idea and decides to put it into play . |
| 11 | Maurice Sendak also has a clear idea of his role ( Lorraine , 1977 , p. 152 ) : ‘ To be an illustrator is to be a participant , someone who has something equally important to say as the writer of the book — occasionally something more important , but certainly never the writer 's echo ’ . |
| 12 | He is an eloquent man , and one who has a clear idea about his role as an artist , ‘ I am aware of belonging to a tradition , I look to Picasso , Giotto , Goya , Beckmann , Chagall . |
| 13 | For this reason , on top of the operational plan for the coming year , a more detailed one is produced explaining individual accounts , the outlook and resources , ‘ so ensuring that every underwriter has a clear idea of what the company 's strategy is and , more importantly , why we 're doing it . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , back in Leeds , the Cud fan club has got its first PO box number and the Rev Martin Baker — a one-time member of utterly crap Leeds Punk & Western combo The Buttercookies ( along with a gentleman called Sick O'War and our very own James Brown ) — has a sound idea . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just had a wizard idea , ’ he said . |
| 16 | One of the things that 's wrong with British shipping is that too much of it is in the hands of ancient mariners , dyed-in-the-wool shipping families that have n't had a new idea since the days of sail . |
| 17 | In addition , the Emperor had always had a vague idea that an Iberian union between Spain and Portugal would be advantageous to both countries . |
| 18 | She had always had a vague idea that psychotherapists made you lie down on a couch and waffle on about your problems until finally , in some miraculous way , they were no longer problems , just a pain that had been gradually eased away . |
| 19 | He had had a good idea for a story the previous lesson and spent much time preparing a detailed picture to start it off . |
| 20 | I just move some of this stuff out the way , I know , I 've had a good idea , a smart idea |
| 21 | It is typical of this Tory government , a government that has not had a constructive idea all the time it has been in office , but thinks that union bashing is the only answer to the country 's problems , that thinks it is the only way to unite the Tory troops . |
| 22 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 23 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 24 | EVER since Greece won its freedom from the Turks in the 1820s — no , ever since the Turks took Constantinople on that black Tuesday at the end of May in 1453 — the Greeks have had a Megali Idea , a Great Idea . |
| 25 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 26 | Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've just had a wonderful idea ! |
| 28 | ‘ Listen , I 've had a wonderful idea . |
| 29 | My dear Mary had had a truer idea when she called Victor ‘ The Modern Prometheus ’ . |
| 30 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |