Example sentences of "it be time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been on 10 or 11 tours in my career and it 's time that I spent a little while with my family . |
| 2 | I think it 's time that NME broke the office rules and had an article on the New York Dolls . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's time that was forgotten in this house , ’ he said brusquely . |
| 4 | Before starting comrades I think it 's time that we nailed a couple of lies that are being put about , about this union and other trade unions . |
| 5 | It 's time that they looked at themselves . |
| 6 | Comrades , it 's time that this union , along with other trade unions , made it absolutely clear to the Labour leadership , we are the Labour Party , it is us that gives resources , our time , our money , everything to try and get them elected and it 's time they stopped kicking us in the teeth at times such as this . |
| 7 | It 's time that was stopped . |
| 8 | So I think it 's time that er we dragged this county council into this century and not into the century , or the centuries of Mr 's forefathers . |
| 9 | Well do you think it 's time that you started taking time off in lieu ? |
| 10 | We 've done well it 's time that that was actually passed on . |
| 11 | Surely it is time that breweries understood the importance of their Victorian pubs , and turned to conservation rather than mutilation . |
| 12 | ‘ It is time that Mr Lawson was targeted with all his friends . |
| 13 | The speaker offended by gross lapses of taste — ‘ It is time that old bachelor on the Tiber got married ’ , — ‘ Nicodemus was a religious sneak ’ — and by forceful appeals — ‘ Will the hypocrites please leave the church ? ’ |
| 14 | Mr Grant adds : ‘ It is time that the needs of children were given this kind of priority . |
| 15 | It is time that Mr Major let British interest rates be fixed by the needs of our low-inflation recessionary economy , not by the Germans ' need to fight the rising inflation caused by their economic mismanagement . |
| 16 | We are altogether too frivolous towards feet and it is time that someone put their foot down . |
| 17 | It is time that technical education remained not much more than a debating topic , although the Education Act 1918 , did make 14 the universal minimum leaving age and , far more controversial , it began to introduce compulsory part-time day continuation classes . |
| 18 | Despite this marked success , or because of it , it is time that serious consideration is given to the industry , particularly the pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical sections . |
| 19 | I FEEL it is time that someone spoke out about our appalling refereeing standards . |
| 20 | It is time that we turned to the inside of our book and began to explore its mysteries and terminology . |
| 21 | It is time that players realised that if their club had not given them their chance they would not be internationals . |
| 22 | The data are piling up thick and fast , and it is time that we paused to examine how far we have travelled and which direction we should now follow . |
| 23 | Dr Dowling thinks that it is time that we stopped ‘ tinkering at the edges of the problem ’ of the preregistration year and totally rethought our responses to it . |
| 24 | It is time that these facts were addressed . |
| 25 | It is time that feminists did too . |
| 26 | It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival . |
| 27 | It is time that more attention was drawn to the contribution of the SBS to the war in the Mediterranean ; what better way than to republish this first class account . |
| 28 | Maybe it is time that I came in out of the storm . " |
| 29 | Erm we 've we 've actually developed social housing really rather as it 's been an opportunity we 've grabbed it and we 've done it , you know , some of it 's been very very good an and nobody 's knocking that but I think it is time that we took stock and actually had a a proper policy and a proper strategy on sa on social housing . |
| 30 | It is time that has speeded up , so everything gets speeded up — not just the clocks — but your heart-beat , your breathing , the rate at which your brain ticks over , and so the rate at which you think . |