Example sentences of "a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet North also thought it was ‘ a good idea ’ , ‘ a right idea ’ , ‘ a neat idea ’ . |
| 2 | To ring her the following morning seemed , therefore , not just a good , but even a right idea . |
| 3 | What remains is regret , a persistent idea that they might have been happy in the homeplace , if only they could have survived there . |
| 4 | The format for the many specialist companies supplying credit information on individuals and companies varies but the following sample reports will give you a broad idea of what 's available . |
| 5 | But by the nature of the staff that we have in this school , I do n't know whether Mr Goddard deliberately tries to surround himself with fools so that the school will collapse when he leaves , but the quality of the people that he has , in terms of having a broad idea of education is just a non-starter . |
| 6 | Tessa thought that putting the bite on people for fun-money was a terrific idea . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a terrific idea ! ’ |
| 8 | They do things like , that 's a terrific idea , boss . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's a terrific idea … ’ |
| 10 | It consists of an 8-metre-diameter beehive tomb , with a large square capstone still in place , and a 20-metre-long entrance passage on the east side ; it is like a simpler , trial-run version of the great tholos tombs at Mycenae , and it may well be that the Mycenean tholos tombs originated as a Minoan idea ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 11 | Sex itself was a strong idea but it evolved quite slowly . |
| 12 | Mr Lawrence went into the Pru with ‘ a strong idea ’ of what he wanted to do . |
| 13 | It gives one quite a strong idea of what it 's going to be like to be a corpse . ’ |
| 14 | It was a dear idea , terribly sweet . |
| 15 | Then you have time to fix on a definite idea of how you want the final mix to sound . |
| 16 | I have a definite idea of how I want to look . |
| 17 | The majority of potential users of desktop publishing systems have a definite idea of what they want to do with the system ; publish a newsletter , produce catalogues , spruce up company reports , etc . |
| 18 | That in lower income groups , not because you could n't afford to heat the bedrooms , but there 's a definite idea that bedrooms are for sleeping in , rather than living in . |
| 19 | If a specific idea has been discussed over the phone confirm the details in writing . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a hideous idea , Peng Yu-wei . |
| 21 | Instead of adopting the cyclical idea of time , the Jews are said to have believed in a linear concept , based in their case on a teleological idea of history as the gradual revelation of God 's purpose . |
| 22 | It 's what you 've written a a complete idea in itself , and does it have a main verb . |
| 23 | Each , it 's not a phrase , it 's each clause is a sentence , because it 's a complete idea . |
| 24 | We at least have a subjective idea of what an echo is , but we have almost no subjective idea of what it might be like to perceive an electric field . |
| 25 | A strange idea , but it does save reapplying your lipstick after every cup of coffee . |
| 26 | THE SUICIDE of an art is a strange idea . |
| 27 | This too is a strange idea . |
| 28 | A strange idea came to me . |
| 29 | ‘ What a strange idea ! ’ |
| 30 | So obviously the UN would not try such a strange idea — or would it ? |