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

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1 ‘ Everyone thinks it a great idea , ’ Mrs Bean said happily .
2 Do you think it a good idea coming into drama training direct from school ?
3 Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ?
4 ‘ I — we — thought it a good idea at the time , with the late closing and it so hard to get people off the premises — and all the cleaning up to be done afterwards … ‘
5 The old tiger himself pronounced it a good idea , even if his friends had to listen in a state of uncharacteristic sobriety .
6 If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ?
7 Nails thought it a good idea .
8 Not only did the Bishop think it a good idea but he would be very happy to preside .
9 Is it a good idea to fix some ?
10 As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep .
11 Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ?
12 Is it a good idea ? 3.7 .
13 Lugh had never thought it a good idea , and he had said so at the time , only nobody had listened .
14 My enterprising publishers , the same Little , Brown , thought it a good idea for me to present copies to Roman Catholic opinion makers .
15 We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it .
16 But is it a good idea to break the punctuation rule , even for such a reason ?
17 I thought it a good idea . ’
18 And erm on page thirty six , on two , is it a good idea because has a dreadful bend and I 'm really in favour of this .
19 ‘ Because I thought it a good idea to have your home address , ’ he added , in the same tone .
20 I do n't think , think it a good idea really .
21 Is n't it a good idea though ?
22 I shall be asking him questions such as ‘ Is it a good idea for parents to encourage their children to become interested in science by buying them toys , such as a chemistry sets , for Christmas ’ .
23 I mean I would n't ever think it a good idea to encourage women to leave the home if they thought that their job was in there looking after small children , but it 's very obvious nowadays that a very large number of women do n't want to in the home any more .
24 Mrs Dare thought it a splendid idea to serve cooked meals on washing-day , and promised to tell everybody she knew about the project .
25 Simon Draper thought it a bad idea , but realised that argument was futile .
26 And if you compare the cost of an oven , microwave and halogen hob separately , the Concept 's price of around £1099.00 makes it a bright idea .
27 He thought it a fine idea , and presently excused himself — returning with a bottle of Mrs Westaway 's cowslip wine , in which to drink to the new venture .
28 To begin with , the Gnomes thought it a fine idea to be part of the traditional Fidchell and Bith of the Bog-Hat told how the Wolfkings had played it during the Winter Solstice with solid gold figures studded with ivory and pearl , which the Gnomes always had the supplying of .
29 Although geneticists may think it an odd idea , it is therefore sensible for us to speak of genes ‘ for ’ stone shape , stone size , stone hardness and so on .
30 ‘ Why , thank you , ’ she accepted , and , thinking it an excellent idea , she returned to her room to rearrange her suitcases to take to Prague with her only that which she thought she would need .
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