Example sentences of "have a [adj -er] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I can arrange to have it buried in a motorway tonight , unless anybody has a better idea ? ’ |
| 3 | he has a better idea of the total market picture , especially in relation to marketing opportunities between segments of that market , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 6 | No , I 've had a better idea ! |
| 7 | My dear Mary had had a truer idea when she called Victor ‘ The Modern Prometheus ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You will also understand yourself more , you will have a better idea of what motivates you . |
| 10 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
| 11 | This way you will have a better idea of whether the job will suit you , you avoid wasting your and the interviewer 's time , and you sidestep one possibility of creating a negative impression . |
| 12 | We should then have a better idea about the Gold Cup . |
| 13 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 14 | I 'll have a better idea when I can see the background . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 16 | Dr Tony Martin , a whale biologist at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , said : ‘ It is marvellous that it 's worked and hopefully people both here and internationally will now have a better idea of how to solve a similar problem . |
| 17 | BY THE end of this month the International Stock Exchange will have a clearer idea of the problems ahead of it in its establishment of a clearing house for the settlement of share deals . |
| 18 | Or this at least was the academic orthodoxy , and by examining this and subsequent debates we should have a clearer idea of the analytical tools which can be of help in understanding the changing nature of local politics in Britain . |
| 19 | And Lennie will have a clearer idea after the game about his side 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 20 | In his opening address on 29 September the pope rejected the notion , common since Vatican I , that the authority of the pontiff alone was sufficient to govern the Church , and listed the four aims of the Council : that the Church should have a clearer idea of its own nature ; that there was need for renewal ; that Christians of all denominations be brought closer together ( he apologized for the Catholic Church 's own failings in its relations with non-Catholics ) ; and finally , the need for dialogue between Church and world . |
| 21 | Because of her daily contact with the sufferer the warden will have a clearer idea of the degree of dementia than anyone , family or otherwise , whose contact is only occasional . |
| 22 | He had planned the whole scheme and ought to have a better idea than me of what was going to happen . |
| 23 | ‘ They seem to have a better idea of the indie ethic in America , ’ muses Jim . |
| 24 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 25 | Erm I 've had one comment from the people in Nottingham , that er we need to have a clearer idea of exactly what we want from people , and then let them go away and and read more detailed bumf in more detail . |
| 26 | This teacher obviously felt that self-assessment helped her children to have a clearer idea of what marks and grades referred to . |
| 27 | No , wait a minute , I 've a better idea ; she might be able to get Paul to bring them if she can catch him before he leaves for the airport . ’ |
| 28 | The back row were swifter to the loose ball , had a clearer idea of what to do with it when they got there , and their impressive half-backs were given every opportunity — which they eagerly took — to control the game . |
| 29 | Next day he had a better idea , and sent word to Mr Shankar that he would have to go instead . |
| 30 | She had a better idea . |