Example sentences of "[verb] that it be time [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Through using eye contact and body language to indicate that it 's time to move on .
2 BOOZE AND THE BALANCE SHEET Excessive drinking costs companies dear , and many have realised that it 's time to do something about it
3 Does not the Minister think that it is time to ensure that that Bill is put on the statute book to safeguard what Churchill once described as the greatest of British institutions ?
4 They want to be slim of course , yet after months or years of dieting failure you would think that it was time to stop trying .
5 In the latter case the effect upon strategy may be to signal that it is time to divest rather than invest .
6 When Davies converted a penalty three minutes into the second half , Oxford realised that it was time to take matters into their own hands .
7 I realised that it was time to take back control over my children 's lives and I joined the city wide anti-dampness campaign instead .
8 As Nazi Germany started to crumble into dust during the final battles of 1945 Gehlen realised that it was time to change sides .
9 The wind that day had been increasing with the approach of bad weather and the instructor , who had decided that it was time to stop , was towing the glider to the hangar .
10 Then his uncle had decided that it was time to send him to school .
11 He had decided that it was time to think things through and settle them once and for all , but whenever he started thinking about Zeinab thoughts became memories of touch and smell and look and emotion and he became most unsettled .
12 Despite the fact that she had been deeply touched by the open friendliness of the Greek couple , it came almost as a relief when finally Niall signalled that it was time to leave .
13 British Rail management has said that it is time to start thinking about the passengers — ‘ customer-orientation ’ — but does not seem to have any other ideas for improvement .
14 Does my hon. Friend consider that it is time to take a fresh look at the whole question ?
15 Women may feed their husbands or lovers with energy and then , after a while , change tack , deciding that it is time to draw the tide of emotional response towards themselves .
16 It had been , however briefly , a time when her body and her mind had fitted together so tidily and wholely that , waking up one morning and deciding that it was time to go back to Oxford and visit her mother , was neither traumatic nor casual , but straightforward .
17 And then , deciding that it was time to start dropping bombshells , ‘ Some actresses have continued acting well into the eighth month of pregnancy . ’
18 Truman commented that it was time to stop " babying the Soviets " .
19 In late August I was finishing my day at the heart clinic , where I had been working for several months , when I decided that it was time to go .
20 The latter decided that it was time to visit the bridge and examine the suspect area .
21 The fact that the organisers decided that it was time to show Spanish Pop and the French New Realists made sense ; Martial Raysse has always seemed to me a very interesting artist , but he has been ignored outside France .
22 After lots of requests , the company decided that it was time to develop an armoured car for the average American .
23 It was getting dark and the wind had freshened , the rain gusting through the length of the shed so I decided that it was time to pack up and head for the nearest hospitable pub where I had been told I would be able to get a good meal of hot pie and peas .
24 So I decided that it was time to pack up I decided that the nights were made to sleep on n n n and I was going to sleep on them you see ?
25 We decided that it was time to start on Jack Nopps ' apricot brandy .
26 On his return to the USA Horton decided that it was time to try out some of his ideas , and to test them with the light of practical experience .
27 With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first .
28 Ace decided that it was time to fetch the Doctor .
29 ‘ I thought we just established that it was time to start back ? ’
30 The next time you need to backup the directory you copy it into \WORK\WORK\WORK and so on until you feel that it is time to start the backup off from the start again .
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