Example sentences of "have a [adj -er] 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 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | And Lennie will have a clearer idea after the game about his side 's strengths and weaknesses . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |