Example sentences of "be [pers pn] a good idea " in BNC.

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1 Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ?
2 If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ?
3 Is it a good idea to fix some ?
4 Is it a good idea for DEC to boast that its VAX 6310s were the ‘ workhorses ’ of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's electoral analysis machine when the BBC 's predictions of the UK election result last week — along with just about the entire market research industry — turned out to be so wide of the mark ?
5 Is it a good idea ? 3.7 .
6 But is it a good idea to break the punctuation rule , even for such a reason ?
7 And erm on page thirty six , on two , is it a good idea because has a dreadful bend and I 'm really in favour of this .
8 I shall be asking him questions such as ‘ Is it a good idea for parents to encourage their children to become interested in science by buying them toys , such as a chemistry sets , for Christmas ’ .
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