Example sentences of "[art] [adj] idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the narrow idea of bindingness does not in itself take us to a real ‘ ought ’ , to a genuine obligation ; it only says that if you are going to play the game of law this involves taking the rules and decisions as mandatory or non-optional . |
| 2 | The broad idea is that financial-service companies should have the right to operate throughout the EC on the basis of a single ‘ passport ’ , issued by the supervisory authority in their home country . |
| 3 | But the broad idea is that events are governed by laws of nature which apply whenever similar events occur in similar conditions . |
| 4 | There is in fact no completely clear or uncontentious way to draw this distinction but the broad idea is enough for present purposes . |
| 5 | The broad idea is that statements belong to languages and facts to the world . |
| 6 | The prevailing idea then among Conservatives was that computers were ‘ hi-falutin ’ and ‘ impersonal ’ . |
| 7 | The grandest idea of all , however , was never attempted , even though , according to North , Reagan had thought it ‘ great ’ . |
| 8 | Just over a year ago everyone got a bit of a scare when an opinion poll showed that one third of the French agreed with the extremist ideas supported by Mr Le Pen — priority for the French ( as opposed to immigrants ) in jobs , housing , and family benefits ; the abolition of all income tax and its replacement with higher rates of VAT ; the reintroduction of the death penalty for murderers and drug traffickers ; and the expulsion of the immigrant long-term unemployed ; the banning of tourist visas for Arabs and Africans ( to stop illegal immigration ) , and so on . |
| 9 | There was , however , also an ethical strain to the progressive ideas of this period . |
| 10 | Inevitably , in time , some of the progressive ideas being put forward seeped into public consciousness . |
| 11 | Certainly , George Burnett , weak-willed and indolent , was to suffer the most from the rash ideas and too easy friendships which that summer produced . |
| 12 | It was an indication of the great difficulty the European idea would have in achieving concerted action in even a single economic sector , and suggested that the recently established and broader European Economic Community of 1957 would not find it easy to secure its broad objectives of common policies and a common market . |
| 13 | Here there is talk of cooperation on foreign policy and of furthering ‘ the European idea ’ ; there is also seen to be the need to ‘ protect ’ Europe 's ‘ common interests ’ and to invest ‘ this union with the necessary means of action ’ . |
| 14 | But the cubic idea is the same , but it 's six point six cu , kilos per cubic foot . |
| 15 | They get into discussion with a neighbour on Concorde going to New York and when they get back they say they 've got the finest idea since sliced bread . |
| 16 | Blackstone 's idea of sovereignty addresses both the legal idea of the unlimited legislative power of the Queen-in-Parliament and the political idea of vesting absolute power in a single institution . |
| 17 | She feels that exhortations are fine but the real purpose of a writer should not be dissolved in the political ideas of the time . |
| 18 | Durkheim 's sociology as a whole , and in particular his view of the need for a new moral authority in society , not only provided general support for the political ideas of the Third Republic in France , but had a direct influence upon educational policy and the attempts to create a ‘ secular morality ’ . |
| 19 | In Britain , especially , the political ideas of trade union leaders in recent decades have been very confused ; on one side , most of them have continued to proclaim their general support for the Labour Party , and thus for the idea of a socialist society , however vaguely conceived , while on the other side , many of them have accepted in fact the principles of a market economy in the emphasis which they place upon ‘ free collective bargaining ’ . |
| 20 | Spinelli is the leading federalist in the European Parliament and it is crucial to understand both the political ideas and the political strategy which have combined to produce his recent initiative . |
| 21 | There is presently no reason to reject the simpler idea that the C-terminal part of the α-subunit contacts DNA in the -40 and -45 regions . |
| 22 | Yet Clark had known all along of the military preparations ‘ Musketeer I ’ and ‘ Musketeer II ’ and had been dismayed when Dulles seemed to have aborted them with his Suez Canal Users Club ; and after the Anglo-French meeting in London in September he had put out ‘ a dull communiqué , and no one has the least idea of what big things were abroad' . |
| 23 | The had not the least idea that their love was a crime in people 's eyes . |
| 24 | I must confess that I have not the least idea what this phrase could mean in an orthodox Christian context . |
| 25 | I had n't the least idea where on the head was the best place to hit or how hard it had to be . |
| 26 | She had not the least idea of what she should do next , other than perhaps to fasten the strange garment about her waist . |
| 27 | No one , that is , save Edith Rose who had not , at that time , the least idea who Thomas might be . |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't the least idea , ’ Mrs Baggley said loftily . |
| 29 | She had not the least idea what was going on , and she was smiling into the night in enquiry and wonder , her brows arched halfway to laughter , her lips parted in a whimsical welcome to whatever might be pending . |
| 30 | And he has n't the least idea of how much it will come to . |