Example sentences of "idea [be] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one of a variety of possible techniques to develop self-confidence , it is sometimes suggested that ‘ assertiveness training ’ is helpful , the idea being that stress is reduced if one knows , in appropriate circumstances , how to be assertive rather than aggressive . |
| 2 | Now Hewlett-Packard Co is following Digital Equipment Corp in — as an option — charging for all HP 3000 and HP 9000 software according to the number of users on the machine , regardless of the processor size , the idea being that customers get to pay for what they actually use . |
| 3 | This happened to be the very moment when I dropped the punt-pole into the water , the idea being that Dennis could grab hold of it and I would then pull him in . |
| 4 | This repudiation of language is often associated with the more romantic forms of political radicalism , the idea being that language is one of several devices by which the ruling elite manipulates cognitive structures to its own advantage , and that it is only by storming the Bastille of linguistic tradition that human beings have any hope of being restored to a state of primaeval egalitarian fellowship . |
| 5 | Another way of expressing the same idea is that logic is like kicking a ball — it may go in a straight line , but if the direction is wrong it will not help the team to win the game . |
| 6 | I think the idea is that Sun is that they see it as somebody 's gone poof poof want to be to write quickly and they would argue that a Sun reader has a sharp attention span . |
| 7 | [ The idea is that probability , which was originally spread out in a wavefunction ( or packet ) covering " here " , " there " and perhaps " everywhere " , is now all concentrated " here " . |
| 8 | This can take many forms , but the idea is that part of it is strapped around your backside ; this prevents the hook from riding up and allows you to take all the weight of the rig by sitting . |
| 9 | That idea is that sovereignty is something to be guarded , preserved and held in splendid isolation , the idea that we must always think of sovereignty as something that we are required to hand over , required to lose , to surrender or to sacrifice — conceding , in the words of my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley , powers demanded by the Community . |
| 10 | The basic idea is that profit from long-term business is recognised as it accrues rather than when it emerges as a cash surplus released from a long-term fund , as the current statutory method dictates . |
| 11 | The idea is that tax , payable annually in arrears , would be based on taxable expenditure , which is the difference between net receipts during the year and net savings over the same period . |
| 12 | The idea is that community standards could be more closely applied on a local level . |
| 13 | But the Department of Transport says it 's important to ban the plates because simply having them on the car , changes the driver 's behaviour and the idea is that speed is always a danger on our roads and anything that contributes to safety is to be encouraged . |
| 14 | IBM Corp and Blockbuster Entertainment Corp were yesterday due to launch their joint venture to market systems for duplicating audio compact disk recordings in retail stores : the idea is that record companies could eliminate the need to press hundreds of thousands of copies of major recordings — instead the store would tap into central databases at each record company to collect the tracks requested and record them onto a blank disk ; although no pilot systems have yet been launched , IBM said the system also could be used to make and sell computer software and video games on demand ; the IBM-Blockbuster system is expected to be designed to distribute albums in original form , rather than enabling customers to mix and match their choice of tracks , and negotiations are reportedly already under way with several record companies ; a typical CD would take about six minutes to make , complete with the glossy packaging buyers expect . |
| 15 | Diagrams illustrating this are familiar from books on optics , and the idea was that distance is calculated and judged by means of these angles . |
| 16 | Hazel 's first idea was that Cowslip was showing the symptom of some kind of disease . |
| 17 | Whose stupid idea was this separation , anyway ? ’ |