Example sentences of "it [is] now [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's now time to relax and to put some of the preceding information into practice .
2 It 's now time to dedicate the memorial plaque which will be located in the control tower .
3 We do n't want to accrue er interest even if it 's being expenses by B-Sky-B if it 's not going to actually be paid for many years , but to the extent that it 's er likely to turn into cash in the relatively near future , then I think we would erm think it 's now time to start addressing that issue and the result would be that we should probably erm accrue some reasonable and not very substantial amount of back-interest er in the current financial year .
4 By the time you 've mastered gybing , you can sail in almost any direction and so it 's now time to look at the five essentials for sailing well .
5 Having described the principles of operant conditioning in respect of non-verbal behaviours , it is now time to explore how they relate to speech and language .
6 Does the Minister think that it is now time to implement the proposals in the report ’ Escaping the Debt Trap ’ to introduce social loans , to take more stringent action against loan sharks who exploit poor people by their extortionate interest rates and to encourage a more responsible lending policy by banks ?
7 It is now time to move on to new pastures .
8 It is now time to put the twin concepts of line and centre-line into practice by having your partner launch attacks .
9 It is now time to put the issue to the British people .
10 I feel it is now time to put these arrangements on a slightly more formal basis , in particular because we might thus be eligible to affiliate to SCP , and get a start-up grant from them , and possibly from other bodies , to equip ourselves with tools .
11 In November , details were given regarding the season to date and it is now time to update to the midwinter break .
12 It is now time to take stock of this hand .
13 It is now time to ask for the fish to be bagged , but do n't let the dealer seal the bag and assume your purchase .
14 It is now time to deal more directly with the tensions evident in the internal culture of the movement ; they were never entirely absent but the strains they imposed became increasingly hard to manage in the 1830s .
15 It is now time to call attention to an incongruity in the conception of the rational man from which this chapter started .
16 Crucially , it would be premature to conclude , on the basis of the lack of vociferous support for the welfare state in recent years , that it is now time to jettison what Pinker ( 1993 ) has termed the unitarist approach to welfare .
17 After this digression , it is now time to examine the way in which the curriculum , divided as it should be between the practical and the theoretical , is to be reflected in the school examination system .
18 It is now time to examine in more detail the intricate relationships between plants and animals , beginning with ‘ predation ’ of plants by animals , or herbivory , its extent and plant resistance to it , then the interactions that are more clearly of advantage to plants , namely dispersal of propagules ( i.e. genetic material at the diploid level ) and pollination of flowers ( i.e. dispersal of genetic material at the haploid level ) .
19 It is this creative extendability of the linguistic code that we had in mind in the earlier discussion of deviation and foregrounding ( see 1.4. ) and to which we shall return in 4.6 ; but it is now time to recognize that these are relative , not absolute concepts .
20 As he completed the ceremony he said : ‘ I think it is now time to start our tour of the Illuminations .
21 Surely it is now time to start a national debate on the long- term future of the economy .
22 A non-unionist should have no right to representation , but believes it is now time to change to change this attitude .
23 It is now time to recognise the impracticability of the two tier system for phlebotomy and persuade all health care workers to wear gloves for venepuncture .
24 The time has wandered on to 11.15 pm and the only person that the august gathering has heard is the MC , but it is now time to introduce the first speaker , who needs little or no introduction .
25 In response to recent unbelievably horrific crimes , surely it is now time to introduce strict control on the depiction of extreme violence on films and videos .
26 It is now time to confront my anthropological model with the experience of reading the plays .
27 However , to build on the past achievements of chemistry , it is now time to look at the material and constructional requirements of biosensors .
28 Therefore , it is now time to look at the concept of beta ( Β ) a little more closely .
29 Having looked at the various strategies for using options it is now time to look at the valuation of options .
30 Bank of Ireland has made significant cost savings with the introduction of Bank Assistants and it is now time to redistribute some of those savings amongst those who most deserve it .
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