Example sentences of "[pron] be time [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Youth-v-experience or perhaps it 's time a woman won in Stockton South The three candidates squaring up to each other in the battle for Stockton South are quick to use the differences that lie between them as political ammunition . |
| 2 | Leading a protest outside the Scottish Office , Campbell Christie , the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , said : ‘ It 's time the Government took a lead in addressing the unemployment crisis and laid the foundations for long-term sustainable economic growth . ’ |
| 3 | It 's time the bridge went it causes chaos with the traffic |
| 4 | The families ' lawyer says it 's time the matter was sorted out . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's time the dust settled on the whole business . ’ |
| 6 | These valuations are way over the top and it is time a lot of these councillors where brought down to earth . |
| 7 | ‘ It is time the slaughter of the innocents of Warrington really provoked the people of this Republic and particularly the Government into more than the by now ritual condemnation of such awful acts . ’ |
| 8 | It is time the myth of the kilted , bagpipe-playing ambassador is put to rest . |
| 9 | Unisys customers , attending a bi-annual meeting of the Unisys Users ' Association in Amsterdam this month , were in favour of the new direction , but they feel it is time the company put its head above the parapet : ‘ Unisys has very good products , but they never tell anyone about them , ’ said one insurance company systems manager . |
| 10 | It is time the public and the press gave it to them . |
| 11 | Mr Griffiths said : ‘ It is time the Government laid down proper guidelines to stop the public being duped . ’ |
| 12 | It is time the Government took a lead in addressing the unemployment crisis and laying the foundations for long-term sustainable economic development for Scotland . ’ |
| 13 | Basing the deprivation payments on the Jarman index still seems the best option , although it is time the Department of Health supported research into its validation . |
| 14 | I think it is time the thing was put a stop to . |
| 15 | It is time the import of these fish was banned or retail outlets prosecuted for selling them . |
| 16 | In the belief that it was time a woman was honest about the experience , my paintings try to convey the sensation of giving birth and my feelings at the time . |
| 17 | The Conservatives handed out the Greens ' fairly innocuous version of the 1989 Queen 's Speech gratis , too , in the belief that it was time the public had their eyes opened to what the party was really about . |
| 18 | He fears motorists are no longer held in high esteem and it was time the Government took steps to limit the amount of damages payable after a traffic accident , otherwise there would soon be no motorists left . |
| 19 | Patrick , who read Greats at Oxford , felt it was time the mould was broken , but says he was astonished when , after graduating , he came equal first in the Foreign Office exam . |