Example sentences of "a rough idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't get much time for reading , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ but I 've a rough idea what he was about . |
| 2 | His wife gave me a rough idea of what their insurance situation was . |
| 3 | Secondly make sure that you are not interrupted during the meeting and have a rough idea about the format which the interview should follow . |
| 4 | The figure you get from those calculations will give you a rough idea of the pension you would receive if there were no inflation nor pay rises between now and your retirement date . |
| 5 | 70 have a rough idea — and 10 would settle for something totally wrong . |
| 6 | To give a rough idea of the price , a Style I dreadnought retails at £1,150 , and a Style II dreadnought at £1,695 . |
| 7 | Now you have a rough idea of your foot type , what do you look for ? |
| 8 | You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily . |
| 9 | I had a rough idea in my mind , before going to Portugal , of the approximate shape and design of the picture I wanted to create . |
| 10 | We have a rough idea ( although we may be mistaken ) of the rate at which new stars form ; we suspect that many , if not most , of them have planets — and so on until we come to the question about how long our ‘ ideal ’ technological civilization might expect to endure , to which any answer must be the most unfounded of guesses . |
| 11 | ( 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 . ) |
| 12 | ‘ A rough idea , ’ Talbot said . |
| 13 | And to give a rough idea of where the group makes its money , she cited breakdown of turnover by geographic area . |
| 14 | By looking into the pile of a rug and comparing the intensity of colours with those on the surface , you can obtain a rough idea of how far the mellowing process has progressed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To get a rough idea of the half-life of the initiated complexes the heparin challenge was allowed to proceed for either 15 seconds or for 10 minutes before the addition of KMnO 4 ( simultaneous addition of KMnO 4 and heparin was not possible since the chemical reagent oxidizes the heparin ) . |
| 17 | ROS : I merely suggest that the position of the sun , if it is out , would give you a rough idea of the time ; alternatively , the clock , if it is going , would give you a rough idea of the position of the sun . |
| 18 | ROS : I merely suggest that the position of the sun , if it is out , would give you a rough idea of the time ; alternatively , the clock , if it is going , would give you a rough idea of the position of the sun . |
| 19 | Trace it to its source and it might give us a rough idea of the way we came in — which might give us a rough idea of south , for further referee . |
| 20 | Trace it to its source and it might give us a rough idea of the way we came in — which might give us a rough idea of south , for further referee . |
| 21 | cos as far as annual reports are concerned you just want a statement from Hugh , and a rough idea of how we 've performed financially . |
| 22 | I had a rough idea from the photograph where the site was , but on the ground everything looked different . |
| 23 | In the market , shareholders in one automobile firm can observe the profitability of the competitors to obtain at least a rough idea about the managerial quality of the given firm . |
| 24 | They had a rough idea of when the murder took place from the state of the body — not exact , but within a day or two . |
| 25 | I have a rough idea . |
| 26 | This gives a rough idea of the number of choices that have to be carried forward in order to produce word graphs of this size . |
| 27 | The techniques of scanning and skimming can both be used to gain a rough idea of what an article or book contains , so that you can read parts in more detail if you want to . |
| 28 | Not to the degree of er detail that is on the map , but a rough idea of what we be encountering . |
| 29 | Yeah , if it , if it 's an illness , not a simple accident , an accident is probably , or you 've got a rough idea as to how long you gon na be off for . |
| 30 | I mean I 've got a rough idea of what the things are |