Example sentences of "an idea [conj] the " in BNC.

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1 The scheme is an adaptation of an idea that the Japan Electronic Machinery Industry Association developed three years ago to guide ambulances and rescue vehicles through cities .
2 It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment .
3 In conclusion , I feel that the basic things which happen to the boys on the island would apply to girls also but would come about in a way both more slow and less physically violent , yet I have an idea that the scars left on the minds of girls who have been on an island together in Lord of the Flies circumstances may well be deeper and longer-lasting than those of boys in the same situation .
4 Ancient Aachen was , above all , the site of an idea and the idea was empire .
5 But when an idea or the picture is false , we are more conscious of it as a separate thing , for we can clearly see it as a preconception or a prejudice .
6 Increasingly local Law Societies are either undertaking training or can be persuaded to do so , and bringing down an experienced personal injury practitioner or trainer from London may not seem too horrendous an idea if the local Law Society is funding and arranging it .
7 She had an idea where the first sniper had been but in any case he could have moved .
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