Example sentences of "a bright idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone must have thought it was a bright idea , though . |
| 2 | First , there always has been and always will be room for a small shopkeeper with a bright idea . |
| 3 | Apart from its intrinsic interest , Plate Tectonics is also an excellent example of how many major scientific advances are made : the starting point is a bright idea in the mind of some unusually-gifted scientist , an intuitive feeling probably based on thoroughly shaky evidence rather than some great intellectual tour de force . |
| 4 | Intended as well to improve the educational chances of children in the deprived inner cities , when first proposed they had the somewhat dubious appearance of being the outcome of a bright idea , one that would kill a variety of birds with the same stone : up with the inner cities ; , down with Local Authorities ; up with privatization ; down with education in the arts . |
| 5 | Angela soon had quite a bright idea . |
| 6 | Then I had a bright idea — why not go home to see if any more rubbish was available . |
| 7 | Someone had a bright idea — ‘ let's put 'em round our necks . ’ |
| 8 | Allen studied the Neolithic revolution and became convinced that it was not a matter of someone having a bright idea and beginning to plant seeds . |
| 9 | Here the shapes of the characters ' mouths show that they are happy , sad , puzzled or ‘ miffed ’ , a black cloud over the head indicates that the character is feeling defeated or depressed , the lighted electric-bulb over the head indicates that the character has a bright idea , or the exclamation mark over the head shows that the character is amazed . |
| 10 | And if you compare the cost of an oven , microwave and halogen hob separately , the Concept 's price of around £1099.00 makes it a bright idea . |
| 11 | Then Derek had a bright idea : why not look inside the baler ? |
| 12 | Typically , someone has a bright idea and decides to put it into play . |
| 13 | The fact that a particular publication does not offer these types of promotion on a regular basis does not mean that it will not be interested in discussing a bright idea . |
| 14 | ‘ There was nothing confidential about it : it was a bright idea some Americans had for setting up training courses — that sort of thing — for their businessmen and other people coming over to Britain for the first time . |
| 15 | It 's a bright idea , brought up by thought up by somebody , writes it down on back of envelope , whacks it into the legislation without proper thought . |