Example sentences of "[pron] be time [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There was time to watch this game !
2 It 's time to take some control of events and do what is not expected . ’
3 It 's time to do this work .
4 Maybe it 's time to demolish Scottish bothies
5 It 's time to stop supporting Linfield , John , and give the other clubs the credit they deserve .
6 IT 'S TIME to name some winners in the diary 's annual Squishy Satsuma Awards for Christmas card initiative .
7 It 's time to make that change .
8 It 's time to get these laws off the backs of the working class .
9 It is time to empower elderly people too .
10 It is time to leave this place .
11 If intellectualism only leads to a cultivated despair or a hankering after dictatorship , then it is time to give ordinary intelligence a chance .
12 It is time to give serious consideration to a standing United Nations army , perhaps paid for by the rich and manned by the poor of the world .
13 After three years , it is time to draw this saga to a close .
14 ‘ Now , ’ he said , very softly , ‘ I think , perhaps , it is time to say other things . ’
15 The Prince calls for everyone to realise that it is time to take adequate stock of such landscapes , our collective effect upon it and our responsibilities towards it .
16 If you see the caterpillars crawling around on the bottom of the cage , you will know it is time to put some soil there .
17 Now that we have learnt to take account of the unpaid domestic labour of younger women as positive inputs into the economy ( Piachaud , 1985 ; Joshi , 1987a ) , it is time to extend this approach to the variety of unpaid activities of older people if we are to obtain an accurate picture of their role in the economy and of the extent to which they are a net ‘ burden ’ upon it .
18 Nearly 50 years after the 1944 Education Act it is time to bring all education provision more into line with the sort of society it would be realistic to work towards today .
19 Firstly , it is time to accept that television viewers are now totally multi-channel orientated , no longer staying with one channel solely .
20 It is time to challenge standardised doctrines of patriarchy and imperialism .
21 It is time to study these conditions in more detail .
22 It is time to recognise that fact and radically rethink the provision of long term care .
23 Of course , the COSHH regulations do not apply offshore , and the Minister ought to consider whether it is time to provide such protection for those who work in the offshore industry .
24 But if a child is still excessively aggressive and antisocial at six or seven one 's mental alarm bells should be sounding ; it is time to seek professional help .
25 These are some of the questions and comments I 've heard recently and I thought it was time to give some answers .
26 Helen Carpenter has always taken an interest in clothes and has a good eye for colour but , approaching 40 , she felt it was time to rethink some areas of her looks .
27 She decided that she had done enough research ; it was time to start detailed plotting of her novel .
28 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 .
29 The Mother Superior knew it was time to end this interview , so now she stood up , saying , ‘ Well , Mrs Winkowski , I 'm sure you can leave your charge with us with an easy mind .
30 On the home front it was time to make new plans fo r the future .
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