Example sentences of "[verb] a clear idea " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the full implications of the Act in terms of capital expenditure , existing plant life and product costs will not be fully apparent until industry has a clearer idea about how the new law will be enforced . |
| 2 | Maurice Sendak also has a clear idea of his role ( Lorraine , 1977 , p. 152 ) : ‘ To be an illustrator is to be a participant , someone who has something equally important to say as the writer of the book — occasionally something more important , but certainly never the writer 's echo ’ . |
| 3 | He is an eloquent man , and one who has a clear idea about his role as an artist , ‘ I am aware of belonging to a tradition , I look to Picasso , Giotto , Goya , Beckmann , Chagall . |
| 4 | For this reason , on top of the operational plan for the coming year , a more detailed one is produced explaining individual accounts , the outlook and resources , ‘ so ensuring that every underwriter has a clear idea of what the company 's strategy is and , more importantly , why we 're doing it . |
| 5 | Labour needs a clear idea of its own raison d'être . |
| 6 | I mean have you got a clear idea of the relationship between the so-called Author and his character . |
| 7 | Saying ‘ no ’ to many things at work is another way of declaring ‘ I 've got a clear idea about my priorities . ’ |
| 8 | The Trust still asks my advice , but it 's not an easy process because although I 'm very old I 've still got a clear idea about what I 'd like to do in the garden . ’ |
| 9 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 10 | Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit . |
| 11 | The summer schools or workshops offered by the drama schools last approximately five weeks , and give a clear idea of what full-time drama training involves . |
| 12 | These utterances , emerging from longer periods of silent thought , were often obscure , but Ludens had begun to feel that , not yet perhaps but soon , he would be able to frame a clearer idea of what Marcus was all the time thinking . |
| 13 | Effective history teaching at all levels must bring pupils into contact with primary evidence , and it is important therefore that , from the outset , the teacher of history forms a clear idea of the important distinction between primary and secondary sources . |
| 14 | This has been done in the case of a number of last ( Ipswichian ) interglacial deposits in Britain to give a clearer idea of sea level at that period and the amount of East Anglian downwarping since ( Sparks and West , 1971 ) . |
| 15 | No one from either DEC or the museum could seem to give a clear idea of how complete the prototypes will be at the end of the research contract in April 1995 . |
| 16 | This is intended to give a clear idea of what the module is about . |
| 17 | Of the early basilicas , built in the second-fourth centuries A.D. none exists entirely unaltered , but sufficient survives or has been carefully rebuilt to the original pattern to give a clear idea of what such churches were like . |
| 18 | To build up a more stable relationship , rather than simply seeing how much time the work took and charging by the hour , we have all had to come to terms with pricing in a market , giving a clear idea what the budget will be and taking much more care to explain what we 're charging for . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And Lennie will have a clearer idea after the game about his side 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The members of any organisation should have a clear idea of its general purpose which is expressed in the form of a ‘ mission statement ’ or ‘ corporate objective ’ , defining the business in which the organisation is involved . |
| 25 | You will not be able to find out all you need to know if you do not have a clear idea before you go into the interview of : |
| 26 | Although you should have a clear idea of how you would expect and like candidates to reply to this and other questions do bear in mind that nervousness can have an effect on what people say . |
| 27 | You must also have a clear idea of why you want such a system . |
| 28 | Before it embarks on the task of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ the local church must have a clear idea as to the hoped-for result of such an undertaking , and should make appropriate plans to maximise the chances of achieving it . |
| 29 | Do people have a clear idea how to become members and to transfer that membership ? |
| 30 | Although meetings are not always called to decide upon definite action — the purpose may be , for instance , to do a ‘ raincheck ’ on the progress of a project — everyone involved should have a clear idea of the meeting 's objective(s) and an active contribution to make . |