Example sentences of "a fair idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you listen to the music on individual programmes you will soon get a fair idea of where the playlist is at each week . |
| 2 | IMAGINE light deprived of its ability to illuminate and you get a fair idea of the insubstantiality of neutrinos . |
| 3 | As the Council proceeded , theologians had a fair idea of what kind of text was coming , and were prepared to explain its teaching and its practical implications . |
| 4 | I had a fair idea as to who had done it , and I passed on my suspicions about so-and-so and so-and-so , and asked for something to be done about it . |
| 5 | Is it , it was a fair idea |
| 6 | He wants you to know that you 've got those and you 've got a fair idea of how much you 're leaving . |
| 7 | There was no card but Dawn said she had a fair idea who they were from . |
| 8 | ‘ We can never measure the effect we have on other people , ’ he said , although he , more than most , had a fair idea . |
| 9 | I 've a fair idea , ’ and here he smiled a benign leer which long ago Mary had learned to repulse but still — unawares — could cause her to coil up in herself in shame , ‘ they 've come here express to see the Beauty . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have a fair idea , yes . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I think I have a fair idea of that . ’ |
| 12 | It is difficult to imagine a school appointing a Head of French or Science without having either a fair idea of what a French or Science curriculum should be or a commitment to quickly devise one . |
| 13 | She had a fair idea of what was coming . |
| 14 | Erm although we can , if you look closely you can see that this chap has got a shrimp net in his hand , er so you get a fair idea of what 's going on . |
| 15 | The task of organizing her grandmother 's funeral had fallen to her a couple of years before and , although the present situation was bound to be more complicated , she had a fair idea of the steps Veronica would need to take . |
| 16 | Erm , we 'd had a meeting prior to going so we had a fair idea of you know , we kind of got together and shared some thoughts before we , before we went . |
| 17 | He had a fair idea of what Heydrich had been up to in Aalborg , and he hoped he might get confirmation this way . |
| 18 | they mean , you 've you 've got a fair idea . |
| 19 | Leith had a fair idea that Rosemary , against all odds , was similarly affected . |
| 20 | You see , there was n't much to go on , just your name , which the housekeeper remembered , a fair idea of what you looked like , and the fact that you were somehow connected with the art world . |
| 21 | best thing to do when you see the football results is to look at who their playing next week , and then you can get a fair idea of who 's gon na do what |
| 22 | Okay someone else in your own class say who 's got a fair idea about what 's going on but |
| 23 | Er well we would we would record them and and that would be it you know but we would have a fair idea when we 'd be recording the album like that you know there 's always be a place in a Foster and Allen programme for a Beautiful Dreamer so if you get a sound that 's pretty close to that there 'll always be a place for a an up tempo sound that that Mick would do so you have to sort of pick ones with a good story line and a good melody and again that you can work a good video round you know . |
| 24 | That will give you a fair idea of the sort of environment in which institutions are placed , and the sort of environment in which you might be happy , and again , go for the environment in which you think you will be happiest . |
| 25 | a fair idea . |
| 26 | just because we 've got a fair idea of you mi , |