I like the idea of our guys thinking they can still do it.
Isn't the whole idea behind feminism about women thinking for themselves?
A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death.
A good idea, all right - couldn't have thought of a better one myself.
Good idea to let them know that we're still here in case they think we moved out.
Was it an idea we had not thought of before?
"Not a bad idea, but I don't think you could get them to use a back door."
A good idea, he thought, to ask a question like that.
These ideas were not equivalent to mind or thought as such.
The ideas of the right gain ground because people think they are effective.