Example sentences of "have a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You will also understand yourself more , you will have a better idea of what motivates you . |
| 3 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We should then have a better idea about the Gold Cup . |
| 6 | ‘ We will have a better idea tomorrow as to whether he is out of danger but he is looking healthy . |
| 7 | I 'll have a better idea when I can see the background . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you have a better idea ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then driving to the house in Donegal in her pea-green Polo Fox ( ‘ I did n't choose the colour , it was a present from my daddy ’ ) she admitted , with amusement , she did not have a real idea what Parr did , and did not care a jot . |
| 11 | Many applicants will have a firm idea of what they want to study at university , but others will want to take some time to consider various possibilities before they apply . |
| 12 | Peter 's clever — he 'll have a good idea , I 'm sure . |
| 13 | More importantly , by the time you finish this chapter , you should have a good idea of the right size and shape for your body . |
| 14 | In the past 30 days you have been training your body to work at its optimum potential ; and you will now have a good idea of what you can achieve by using the Walking Diet recipes and aerobic walking . |
| 15 | Most of you , however , will already have a good idea of where you would feel most secure . |
| 16 | That way we shall have a good idea of all the different kinds of rose , where to look to find the right variety to suit a particular purpose , and more importantly , where not to look , and what to leave alone . |
| 17 | An obvious and good choice of audience is their classmates because the student " reporters " will have a good idea of what would interest them . |
| 18 | Now you have read the money pages , you will have a good idea of the price of the properties you can afford to buy , so you can start home hunting . |
| 19 | You may already have a good idea , when planning your new kitchen , of the type of operation you want , but unless you have previous experience of designing a kitchen , there could be problems in store . |
| 20 | You must at least have a good idea . ’ |
| 21 | The American experience makes it reasonable to expect that , as the effects of the new advertisements and quotations regulations take hold , awareness of typical APRs will slowly climb so that in maybe seven or eight years ' time most people do have a reasonable idea of them . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And Lennie will have a clearer idea after the game about his side 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily . |
| 28 | ( I 've done dozens of lectures now , in front of all sorts of people , and I always make it up as I go along , although I suppose I must have a rough idea about what I 'm going to say . ) |
| 29 | Once Columbus had found his new continent , and the discovery was common knowledge , anyone else mounting an expedition westward would have a rough idea what he would find . |
| 30 | The members of any organisation should have a clear idea of its general purpose which is expressed in the form of a ‘ mission statement ’ or ‘ corporate objective ’ , defining the business in which the organisation is involved . |