But in the United States, the main idea of each paragraph should be in the first sentence.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Today the idea lives on in a new generation of string trimmers and edgers that people often call weed whackers.

VOA: special.2011.07.19

Amizade's executive director, Eric Hartman, thought of the idea in Brazil in nineteen ninety-four, which explains the Portuguese name.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

To test this idea, the team in Cuba offered $100 to anyone who would agree to be bitten by infected mosquitoes.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Those scientists included researchers who question the idea that human activity is causing temperatures in the atmosphere to rise.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

I may come up with an idea and it may end up being something in the middle of the piece.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

It is always a good idea to keep a lot of necessary supplies in the home even before winter begins.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

A better idea is to harvest foods either early or late in the day, then leave them to cool naturally.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

They also said it was a bad idea for the United States to take control of any nation in the Caribbean.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of four-season farming.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

Critics of the idea say the living areas in submarines are too small and narrow for men and women to serve together.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

It would violate the Constitution and the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence: the idea that all men are created equal...

VOA: special.2010.07.22

This idea developed long ago in British common law to define the responsibility of teachers toward their students.

VOA: special.2009.07.09