Example sentences of "it be [noun] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's ability to boost the production of red blood cells can also have an extraordinary effect on an athlete , increasing his aerobic capacity , and dramatically improving speed and endurance . |
| 2 | Unhappily , it 's time to take the gloves off ( temporarily I hope ) and adopt the principles of the street fighter . |
| 3 | Business hospitality When business is done and the meeting concluded , nothing revives the hardworking executive like a glass of Scotch … and when it 's time to seal the deal with valued clients , there is no more fitting toast nor better appreciated mark of esteem than to offer the noble spirit . |
| 4 | Time for last minute shopping and a last look at the sights , then it 's time to bid The Hague farewell and transfer to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for your afternoon or evening return flights to your chosen airport and home . |
| 5 | So should you discover that you are spending more time in Safeways than on the north-bound carriageway of the A9 , it 's time to tackle the South Glen Shiel Ridge . |
| 6 | ‘ I think it 's time to say the Rosary , ’ he said earlier than usual , taking out his beads . |
| 7 | Anybody who 's anybody knows that a pair of brand new trainers — bright laces undone , tongues out , displaying that all important brand name — says more about you than a wallet full of gold credit cards ’ , you know it 's time to leave the country and live on a desert island in your bare feet or search the loft for your ex-issue Diadora Borg Elite or Stan Smiths . |
| 8 | Day Eight : You are at leisure until it 's time to leave the Hotelship and catch your scheduled flight back to London Heathrow from Dresden airport . |
| 9 | It 's time to save the NHS . |
| 10 | It 's time to turn the tables . |
| 11 | It 's time to turn the tables on the management . |
| 12 | And it 's time to put the team before any individual gripes . |
| 13 | It 's time to put the lid on all the talk . ’ |
| 14 | It 's time to open the chamber and load up , then place the gun carefully down by your side . |
| 15 | It 's time to open the presents — |
| 16 | So , while it 's a dull spot for sales , it 's time to prepare the ground so that , when the holiday-makers return , Wimpey will get the lion 's share of the Autumn buyers . |
| 17 | Yep , it 's time to ring the changes . |
| 18 | IT 'S TIME to announce the Diary Press Awards for 1989 . |
| 19 | Jenny with you till five o'clock and er as usual it 's time to play the mystery movie quiz . |
| 20 | No great tunes or psychotic spiels — if burning your sister provides such little fuel maybe it 's time to reconsider the rest of the family 's future . |
| 21 | No great tunes or psychotic spiels — if burning your sister provides such little fuel maybe it 's time to reconsider the rest of the family 's future . |
| 22 | What makes an object fashionable it is ability to signify the present ; it is thus always doomed to become unfashionable with the movement of time . |
| 23 | Castors , as well as being a straightforward mobility device , also help with kitchen hygiene when it is time to clean the floor . |
| 24 | It is time to leave the capital and have a walk ; let us rise betimes . |
| 25 | ‘ We think it is time to kill the project off , ’ one official told New Scientist last week . |
| 26 | It is time to turn the tables and consider how the existence of life may have affected the atmosphere of the early Earth . |
| 27 | He says : ‘ I suggest it is time to examine the structure of the Federation . |
| 28 | It is time to examine the validity of this argument . |
| 29 | After dinner it is time to visit the bakers , hard at work in the mobile field bakery . |
| 30 | It is time to treat the spectators as paying customers and look after them . |