Example sentences of "[be] [pers pn] [adv] [noun sg] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Is it not time that they devised a positive policy , to ensure that the many thousands of miles of hedgerows that were grubbed up or allowed to go to waste over the years are replaced ?
2 After the second of these excursions he came back to Marian 's side with : ‘ Is it not time that we took a look into this sack ? ’
3 If that is so , and it does seem to be so , is it not time that we rejoice together while we are being nourished together at his table .
4 Is it not time that we tried to co-ordinate an effort on that basis to enable the Soviet Union to pick itself up and start taking a proper role in the world economy ?
5 Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war .
6 Is it not time that he started backing the British car industry in the way that the Germans support theirs ?
7 Can I just say that my father who is eighty four , is caring for my mother er for the past eleven years , and we keep sort of saying well is it not time that she should maybe go into hospital ?
8 Is he seriously suggestion that he himself is n't totally obsessed with the numbers game ?
9 ‘ And was it just coincidence that I get invited to the Flaxton dance , that I 'm seated next to him ?
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