Example sentences of "be high time [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is high time that we assessed the desirability of judicial intervention in its own terms . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 11 | The old man had spoiled her and it was high time that she faced facts . |