Example sentences of "have [been] a [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | A solution , of course , is to program the patches in a logical order , but a bank ‘ Down ’ pedal would have been a better idea , especially as the A4 can be used to send MIDI commands to external MIDI devices , such as another processor . |
| 2 | Fairclough played a Batty-esque defensive midfield role as far as I could tell , marking Shearer might have been a better idea , though he did an OK job as it was . |
| 3 | Publishing the old figures compiled from Job Centres , said Mr Hibbert , alongside the new ones might have been a good idea just to show how misleading the old ones had been . |
| 4 | ON THE eve of polling day the Prime Minister was asked whether , on reflection , it would not have been a good idea for him to have debated with Mr Kinnock on television . |
| 5 | By what route this strategy will proceed is unclear — technology swapping , OEM or other — however , the company admits that it probably would have been a good idea had Tandem Computers Inc and Pyramid had meshed their respective hardware and Unix software experience in that area two years ago . |
| 6 | He had n't shaved recently , and a little soap might have been a good idea . |
| 7 | I 'd already decided I wanted to go into the Army and it would n't have been a good idea to have anything on my record about supporting some left-wing group . |
| 8 | For some time now , the SARA Executive has been seeking input more generally from the rowing population for the updating of its Development Plan , but what might have been a good idea to achieve this seems set for a less than successful conclusion . |
| 9 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |
| 10 | At the same time , a nasty backward glance , a creeping suspicion suggested a consultation with Anderson might have been a wise idea before taking the practical action that had ended in such discouraging disaster … |
| 11 | Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time . |
| 12 | ‘ If it had been anything else then a doctor would have been a sensible idea , but once somebody stops strangling you , you recover , do n't you ? ’ |