Example sentences of "have a [adj -er] idea of " in BNC.
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| 1 | he has a better idea of the total market picture , especially in relation to marketing opportunities between segments of that market , |
| 2 | Had he seen a letter from Pope Gregory in AD 601 he 'd have had a better idea of what was happening . |
| 3 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
| 4 | You will also understand yourself more , you will have a better idea of what motivates you . |
| 5 | By that time , we shall have a better idea of what this country wants its accountants to do . |
| 6 | This way you will have a better idea of whether the job will suit you , you avoid wasting your and the interviewer 's time , and you sidestep one possibility of creating a negative impression . |
| 7 | Dr Tony Martin , a whale biologist at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , said : ‘ It is marvellous that it 's worked and hopefully people both here and internationally will now have a better idea of how to solve a similar problem . |
| 8 | BY THE end of this month the International Stock Exchange will have a clearer idea of the problems ahead of it in its establishment of a clearing house for the settlement of share deals . |
| 9 | Or this at least was the academic orthodoxy , and by examining this and subsequent debates we should have a clearer idea of the analytical tools which can be of help in understanding the changing nature of local politics in Britain . |
| 10 | In his opening address on 29 September the pope rejected the notion , common since Vatican I , that the authority of the pontiff alone was sufficient to govern the Church , and listed the four aims of the Council : that the Church should have a clearer idea of its own nature ; that there was need for renewal ; that Christians of all denominations be brought closer together ( he apologized for the Catholic Church 's own failings in its relations with non-Catholics ) ; and finally , the need for dialogue between Church and world . |
| 11 | Because of her daily contact with the sufferer the warden will have a clearer idea of the degree of dementia than anyone , family or otherwise , whose contact is only occasional . |
| 12 | ‘ They seem to have a better idea of the indie ethic in America , ’ muses Jim . |
| 13 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 14 | Erm I 've had one comment from the people in Nottingham , that er we need to have a clearer idea of exactly what we want from people , and then let them go away and and read more detailed bumf in more detail . |
| 15 | This teacher obviously felt that self-assessment helped her children to have a clearer idea of what marks and grades referred to . |
| 16 | The back row were swifter to the loose ball , had a clearer idea of what to do with it when they got there , and their impressive half-backs were given every opportunity — which they eagerly took — to control the game . |
| 17 | One was immense drive for power which I did n't fully understand until I had a better idea of the second quality . |
| 18 | I think he got on er , quite well down there , because he 'd spent a few days up here he had a better idea of what he wanted to ask , and what he wanted to talk about and so on , but erm , only because his deadline 's and |
| 19 | They probably have a clearer idea of the type of person needed in the post . |