Example sentences of "has 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 | For he has a few ideas of his own . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Robert Mason , who has many years experience in catering , has an excellent idea of how to welcome his guests : a small decanter of sherry , fresh fruit and chocolate , await you in your room . |
| 17 | So he has an interesting idea that we can set up democratic procedures to protect the minority within those procedures so that tyranny of the majority is something that afflicts only certain types of democracies , but if we have other types of democracies then we can protect the minority and the idea for proportional representation is often claimed in this light , but actually it does n't work as an idea , because although it allows a minority to be represented , represented is a different from being protected and so even if there 's a member of parliament with the one member of parliament with your unpopular views , that does n't mean that your unpopular views wo n't be made illegal say , because the fact that there 's one member of parliament wo n't mean that |