10 sentences with 'idea'
Example sentences and phrases with the word idea and other words derived from it.
• « Until before I met Dr. Walsh, I was more than satisfied with the idea of Dr. Russo operating on me. »
• « "His idea was to advertise the island's natural treasures as something pleasing to the eye," says Fernando Gómez Aguilera of the César Manrique Foundation. »
• « "At first," he clarified in 1922, "the idea of the (horseless) carriage did not seem to me as practical as the idea of an engine doing the heaviest farm work. My most constant ambition has been to take the burden of farm labor off the shoulders of flesh and blood, to unload it on steel and engines." »
• « Ford's idea for the Model T was that the power unit should be in one piece, containing all four cylinders. »
• « After Sorensen wrestled for some time with the practical difficulties of that idea, Henry presented him with a new suggestion: split the top of the block from side to side. »
• « Based on the idea that a sick body can heal itself through its natural resources, the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) created homeopathy at the end of the 18th century. »
• « The homeopathic idea that the body holds the key to curing disease also influenced the spirit of the creators of other alternative therapeutic disciplines. »
• « Nicotine gum or patches: the idea dates back to 1942, when the first nicotine injections were tested intravenously to attenuate the well-known "abstinence syndrome", the main cause of failure in any attempt to quit smoking. »