Example sentences of "[be] high time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's high time that the voice of the British people was heard in this House , ’ he said . |
| 2 | In England , in particular , it 's high time that both sides — administrators and players — came out into the open and made it quite clear what they want and what they are prepared to do . |
| 3 | We believe it 's high time that both er prison staff and prisoners were able er to seek er an independent outside view , er whenever there are difficulties . |
| 4 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 5 | It is high time that such comment should be permitted together with the necessary alteration to the words of the caution . |
| 6 | It is high time that the concept of imagination was separated from that of the loose , the soft , the non-examinable , and the ‘ standardless ’ . |
| 7 | It is high time that more of you spoke up in protest against us whenever we invite you to do that which is impractical or inappropriate . |
| 8 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 9 | Given that so many kinds of pollution are avoidable , it really is high time that we all did something to bring an end to this needless damage . |
| 10 | Indeed , crevasse rescue is usually banished to the appendices of instruction books on mountaineering skills , and it is high time that an entire book be devoted to unravelling the conundrum of the permanent snows . |
| 11 | It is high time that we assessed the desirability of judicial intervention in its own terms . |
| 12 | It is high time that the Opposition gave recognition to all in the service who have achieved these excellent results . |
| 13 | It is high time that we got rid of the Government who have characterised the 1980s with cardboard city and got a Government for the 1990s who will start using bricks and mortar again . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues can save money if they do not believe in the nuclear deterrent , and it is high time that they told the country what their priorities are . |
| 15 | It is high time that Wolverhampton got round to proposing some reorganisations . |
| 16 | While I can not associate myself with some of the language used by the hon. Member for Sunderland , South ( Mr. Mullin ) , many people feel that it is high time that the United States modernised its economic relations with Vietnam and started to observe the common action programme agreed between 24 countries in respect of the Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong . |
| 17 | Is not it really the case that the Government do not care about training , that we have a disastrous training record and that it is high time that we had a Labour Government to tackle the problems ? |
| 18 | It is high time that the Minister went to see Anglo-United and told it to get its act together and stop polluting the environment . |
| 19 | It is high time that there was a public inquiry into the matter and that the Minister of Agriculture made a statement at the Dispatch Box . |
| 20 | It is high time that the private Bill procedure was reformed . |
| 21 | It is high time that some of the myths presented by Labour Members were buried once and for all . |
| 22 | Even though the Prime Minister has not incorporated the provision into the agreement at Maastricht , does he not agree that it is high time that we in this country also took those steps for ourselves ? |
| 23 | It is high time that all the elected authorities of the republic originate from the free choice of its citizens . " |
| 24 | It is high time that Scotland set a lead to the world by establishing a fixed date for Easter . |
| 25 | After a decade of being made to feel that you were somehow lacking as a person if you did n't manage to cram thrice-weekly workouts into your schedule , it was high time that a good reason not to exercise emerged . |
| 26 | Sadly , over the years , it has been far too easy for men such as Beck to infiltrate the sloppy system used by many local authorities and it was high time that the Government took steps to prevent further scandals . |
| 27 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 28 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |