Example sentences of "we have a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We know how your leaks happened and we have a good idea where the information ends up . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , we have a general idea , Mr Dillon , ’ Paula replied tartly . |
| 4 | Yet/in any event we have a firm idea about the most effective path and unreservedly recommend that at the beginning of the project one looks at the list of telephone numbers and addresses on the last page of this brochure . |
| 5 | But , as with any archaeological object , such interpretations can be made only when we have a secure idea of when and where a coin was made , and the methods of dating coins and attributing them to mints is therefore discussed first in Chapter 2 , where it will also be seen that the same techniques for dating and attributing coins can sometimes be turned round , using coins to date other objects or to identify places . |
| 6 | The trouble is that few of us have a clear idea of what our motivated abilities are . |