Example sentences of "[art] [adj] idea [prep] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although few in the audience could have had the slightest idea of what the songs were about , their power to move was undiminished by the language barrier ; such was their skill in vocal expression that the audience could tell which of the songs were mildly comic . |
| 2 | So what I want to do is to introduce the basic idea of what the learning does and how the network sort of works underne underneath it . |
| 3 | figure including a space between three lines , is the real as well as nominal essence of a triangle ; it being not only the abstract idea to which the general name is annexed , but the very essentia , or being , of the thing itself , that foundation from which all its properties flow , and to which they are all inseparably annexed . |
| 4 | The first idea on which the report was based was that the home civil service ( the foreign and colonial services were not included ) should be organized as a single body of men with a common system of recruitment based on academic ability . |
| 5 | Full-scale life-size reconstructions give visitors the best idea of what the site was like in the past , however . |
| 6 | Dennis Parsons was an accountant of the new ‘ creative ’ variety , for whom the firm 's actual turnover represents only the original idea on which the completed tax return is based . |
| 7 | Only the proprietor of the six left in the room had a clear idea of what the concept meant . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This is intended to give a clear idea of what the module is about . |
| 10 | In framing its monetary policy a government must have a clear idea of what the goals of the policy are , which monetary variable it is going to attempt to control and by what means , whether to take a long-term or short-term perspective , and how the policy fits in with other policies . |
| 11 | The drafter must have a clear idea of what the terms are intended to achieve ; broadly , he/she must have ( 1 ) a sound grasp of the relevant law applying to contracts of supply and ( 2 ) a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business and the client 's particular needs . |
| 12 | I think that they are likely to give a better idea of what the finished advertisement will look like and can do a better job of communicating the necessary commitment to their way of presenting the product than can the account executive . |
| 13 | Although we could n't speak the language , there were enough ‘ … issimos ’ attached to the adjectives to give a good idea of what the locals thought of the route , and the frequent appearance of numbers like VIII , VII+ , A4 and A3 on the topo seemed more in keeping with our previous experience than the more modest gradings given by Ron James . |
| 14 | She had a good idea of what the envelope would contain , and she was already feeling faintly irritated . |
| 15 | I mean I 've got a rough idea of what the things are |
| 16 | At this stage , the discussion is limited to the ideas , the words of the script and a general idea of what the visual will look like . |
| 17 | They give us a vivid idea of what the lending libraries would be like if the popular mass-circulation libraries had not been crushed by the public libraries in their politically motivated post-war form . |
| 18 | The natives on the other hand , being bilingual , had a shrewd idea of what the Greeks wanted to hear and spoke accordingly . |
| 19 | This enables those concerned to gain a firmer idea of what the new country holds in store for them and decide whether they are likely to be happy living there . |