Example sentences of "it be [noun sg] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , it 's mot going to be easy , not least because it will require the politicians to be more cooperative and less combative . |
| 2 | What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing . |
| 3 | 6.1 Even at this later hour the Trade Union has illustrated it 's willingness to talk to and avoid confrontation . |
| 4 | After that I made a habit of sending Timmy upstairs ahead of me when it 's time to go to bed . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's time to go to bed , ’ she said to the children . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's time to go to the reception , now , ’ Mum said . |
| 7 | Now it 's time to go to Ambridge where Lynda Snell is waiting expectantly … |
| 8 | Surely it 's time to talk to the United States about how they succeed by having a minimum wage in most states and giving trade union rights to people that we deny the same firms employees in this country . |
| 9 | They know our taste in music here , and the whole place rocks until around 5am , when it 's time to retire to the sunrise , tuck into t burger at the Star Club café just outside , or go on and do whatever else you want to do . |
| 10 | So perhaps it 's time to look to ourselves for fun , not to chemicals that make us edgy , paranoid , ill — and broke . |
| 11 | But by God , when governments meddle with labour , trade , and sup ply , it 's time to look to your shutters and locks . ’ |
| 12 | In this form it is brush applied to cold surfaces and therefore marketed as a cold oven cleaner . |
| 13 | It is time to turn to the turbulent scene of public examinations as they now are . |
| 14 | However having spent so long on Tolkien 's powerful and complex image of evil , it is time to turn to his portrayal of the ( in appearance ) often weaker and much more limited power of good . |
| 15 | Having set out a critique of multicultural and antiracist conceptions of racism and elements of an alternative theorization , it is time to turn to notions of culture in multiculturalism and antiracism . |
| 16 | Here it is time to turn to a consideration of what has become in the last decade , and is still as I write , perhaps the single most popular learning model in the trade today . |
| 17 | With the situation well under control it is time to return to the Company HQ . |
| 18 | Having taken a brief and summary view of the history of democracy , and the opposition to it , it is time to return to the question of definition , which an historical perspective should help to clarify . |
| 19 | It is time to return to the question of " norm " on which the notion of deviance depends . |
| 20 | One could never say ‘ I have reached the limit of my religious development ; it is time to return to the secular plane and develop there correspondingly . ’ |
| 21 | This keeps him happy until it is time to go to the nursery by which time she has cleared up the mess . |
| 22 | One day , Bonney decided it was time to return to the world of cars and concrete and people . |
| 23 | He tried to cover up the flutter of surprise by leaning forward and telling the driver it was time to return to New Scotland Yard . |
| 24 | With that threat having been neutralized , argued Buchanan , it was time to return to a form of nationalism based upon protectionism , minimal government , an avoidance of foreign entanglements , and a defence of the " Judeo-Christian values " which formed the basis of US culture and which were in danger of being " dumped onto some landfill called multiculturalism " . |
| 25 | It was time to go to bed . |
| 26 | After two or three days of exploring Stanley and its environs it was time to go to ‘ camp ’ ( from a Spanish word ‘ campos ’ meaning countryside ) and our tour of the islands took us to the three or four places equipped to deal with small parties of visitors . |
| 27 | He had some notion of hiding in the ruins until it was time to go to the theatre . |
| 28 | But when it was time to go to bed , Catherine put her arms round her father 's neck to say goodnight , and immediately screamed , ‘ Oh , he 's dead , Heathcliff ! |
| 29 | She yawned , and decided it was time to go to bed . |
| 30 | Amiss had a fruitless stab at trying to imagine Joan , Kate or Mary tumbling with Ramsbum and then wisely concluded that it was time to go to bed . |