Example sentences of "idea [conj] [noun] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that art is part of a tradition is a further step . |
| 2 | It took some getting used to the idea that Gentiles were fellow-heirs in God 's kingdom , brothers and sisters in the same family , for there was a great deal of prejudice against the Gentiles . |
| 3 | Thus the idea that instruments are substitutes at all is rather damning for a restrictive practices policy which , like that currently in operation in the UK , is based upon form rather than effect . |
| 4 | The Christian religion has always resisted the idea that Mary is part of the Godhead ; she is in no way equivalent to the male Christ . |
| 5 | The idea that femaleness is part of the definition of the word wife seems relatively reasonable ; but questions arise when one considers that — as we noted above — gender seems to be a conceptual component in many unrelated lexical items ; and that oppositions often function covertly as hierarchies , which means it may not be a neutral fact that this system represents women as the negative of men . |